Tristan Driessens (BE) – oud, compositions, directionChristos Barbas (GR) – ney flutes, piano, vocalsNathan Daems (BE) – ney flutes, tenor saxophoneAnnemie Osborne (LU) – celloAndrea Piccioni (IT) – tamburello, riqq, bendirLevent Yildirim (TR) – doholla, bendir, percussion setup

We are very delighted to mention that Toasaves received the Flanders Folk Award in the category “Best Album“, for their debut album Zwerver, released by Belgian world music label Muziekpublique.

The winter solstice festival is an inspiration for many musicians, and so it is for Belgian oud player Tristan Driessens and Iranian kemençe master Kayhan Kalhor. On 15, 16 and 17 December, they will bring […]

Meet Tristan Driessens, lutenist and composer specialising in early and newer Ottoman music. In his maker project at the Concertgebouw Brugge, he creates new compositions that fuse modal Eastern music with contemporary microtonal jazz, classical […]

It was during a residence on the San Giorgio Maggiore Island of Venice, back in May 2013, that Cypriot violinist Michalis Kouloumis and Belgian oud player Tristan Driessens first played together. They have been working […]

For the next two seasons, lutenist-composer Tristan Driessens (1982) – who has built up an international reputation in the field of early and more recent Ottoman music – will be exploring new paths with Soolmaan […]

With the album Lahza (A Glimpse), Tristan Driessens presents a project entirely made up of free oud improvisations, three of which are accompanied by Iranian tombak and bendir player Bijan Chemirani. Showcasing a distinctive style […]

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 […]