In 2022, Tristan Driessens wrote a cycle of new compositions as part of his creative trajectory as an artist-in-residence at the Concertgebouw of Bruges. For this occasion, Soolmaan became a six piece line-up with musicians coming from Greece, Turkey, Luxembourg, Italy and Belgium. The Soolmaan Sextet consists of the Belgian jazz saxophonist and flutenist Nathan Daems, the Greek ney virtuoso, pianist and singer Christos Barbas, percussion masters Andrea Piccioni and Simon Leleux and cellist from Luxemburg Annemie Osborne. The upcoming album Kashgul (Seyir Muzik, 19 April 2023) presents compositions where powerful contrasts are at the center, inspired by the music from India, Persia and the Ottoman empire.
