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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)

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ILLUMINANS TENEBRAS, LIESELOT DE WILDE, EUGENIE DE MEY, TRISTAN DRIESSENS,

Divan-e Shohud – The Book of Visions (Ramée, 2026)

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Lieselot De Wilde: soprano, Eugénie De Mey: alto, Christos Barbas: ney, percussion, Nabil Naïr: ney, Nathan Daems: ney, Tristan Driessens: oud, artistic direction With the present recording Tristan Driessens and the Illuminans Tenebras Ensemble hope […]

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Upcoming Concerts

De Appelvink, Stadhuis Damme, BE

Tristan Driessens, Levent Yıldırım, Brice Soniano

Festival de Fès de la Culture Soufie et des Sagesses du Monde, Fèz, MA

Luthopia #2: Daud Khan, Tristan Driessens, Milad Mohammadi, featuring Arianna Savall

Kapel Hollands College, Leuven, BE

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Festival du Soufisme d'Anderlecht, La Maison du Soufisme, Bruxelles, BE

Khaled Al Hafez, Tammam Al Ramadan, Tristan Driessens

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DEBUT ALBUM ILLUMINANS TENEBRAS ENSEMBLE

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We are very delighted to announce Illuminans Tenebras’ debut album, which will be released on September 4th, 2026, by Belgian Early Music label Ramée distributed by Outhere. More info. With the present recording Tristan Driessens […]

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TOASAVES ON TOUR – FALL 2025

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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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