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  • "Tristan Driessens found his calling east of the Bosphorus, becoming one of the West’s few masters of the oud." HÜRRIYET DAILY NEWS (TR)

    Tristan Driessens

  • From Istanbul to Benares. Once upon an encounter

    TRISTAN DRIESSENS & LEVENT YILDIRIM

  • Persian and Ottoman classical music

    DIDAR

  • Upcoming album release: 12 June 2026

    KUDSI ERGUNER, TRISTAN DRIESSENS, YIORGOS BERERIS

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KUDSI ERGUNER, TRISTAN DRIESSENS, YIORGOS BERERIS

Remembrance of a Forgotten Path

Kudsi Erguner: ney, artistic direction, arrangments, Tristan Driessens: oud, Yiorgos Bereris: piano. EN/ George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, whose teaching proposes work on oneself and on consciousness, profoundly influenced twentieth-century spirituality. After numerous journeys to the Middle […]

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Upcoming Concerts

Sportpaleis, Antwerpen, BE

Bagdad Messie

't Smiske, Asse, BE

Tussenland – Charlotte Speck & Tristan Driessens

Art Base, Brussels, BE

Trio Chronopoulou

X, Leiden, NL

Didar

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Seyir Ensemble

Aref Qazvini (1880–1934), "Del Havas", March 6, 2026, Belgium - ای دل غافل

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TOASAVES ON TOUR – FALL 2025

FROM WOMEX TO KLANGKOSMOS We are delighted that Toasaves, the Belgian collective acclaimed for their boundary-defying interpretation of Flemish folk songs, has been selected to perform a showcase in WOMEX Tampere ! Their debut album, Zwerver, was notably awarded “Best Album” […]

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