Part of the residency Makam Nights
Living Room
"Labyrinth Ontario welcomes Labyrinth Catalunya’s artistic director, Christos Barbas, to Makam Nights!
Born in Thessaloniki, Greece, Barbas has studied the ney and Ottoman classical music with prominent performers in Greece and Turkey, Ömer Erdogdular, Markos Skoulios, and Panagiotis Neohoritis. His approach to music underlines the timelessness and possibilities of older music, encouraging creative expression.
He will perform with Labyrinth Ontario's artistic director, Araz Salek, for a duo on Ney and Tar. This international modal music dialogue is an incredible opportunity, and is presented alongside two workshops leading up to the event.
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Makam Nights is an open space dedicated to sharing knowledge of makam music. Each session we will have different musicians join us in discussion and performance, so bring your curiosity, instruments and ideas to share! No limitations to instruments or training, we welcome experimentation and cross-cultural collaboration. This event is pay what you can, with no one turned away for lack of funds.