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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

Latest Release

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

Nacht van de Filmmuziek, AFAS Dome, Sportpaleis, Antwerpen, BE

Antwerp Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexandra Arrieche, Tristan Driessens, Lieselot De Wilde

SYNA, Forbach, FR

Ruben Tenenbaum, Tristan Driessens, Robbe Kieckens, Mert Demircioğlu

't Smiske, Asse, BE

Tussenland – Charlotte Speck & Tristan Driessens

Art Base, Brussels, BE

Trio Chronopoulou

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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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