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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” […]

Tristan Driessens (BE) – oud, compositions, direction, Christos Barbas (GR) – ney flutes, piano, vocals, Nathan Daems (BE) – ney flutes, tenor saxophone, Annemie Osborne (LU) – cello, Andrea Piccioni (IT) – tamburello, riqq, bendir, Levent Yildirim (TR) – doholla, bendir, […]

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 […]