Spring Duets: Nawras Altaky & Tony Roe

Spring, a time of renewal and growth. In our annual Spring Duets series we celebrate this sense of spring by creating new encounters between musicians we hold in high regard. Whether they are young heroes, internationally acclaimed performers, improv veterans or unique outsiders, together they take on the challenge of creating a new sound. Each duo will perform a set of 20 minutes, after which they will be interviewed by Hasna El Maroudi.

Vocalist, composer and ud-player Nawras Altaky blends beautiful Arabic melodies with the freedom of jazz harmony and the power of classical counterpoint like no other. The young musician has already shared the stage with big names on the Dutch jazz scene, including pianist Tony Roe. Roe has played on our stage several times with a whole host of projects, including Tin Men & The Telephone, Janne Schra & De Vogels and in duo with Vernon Chatlein.

Nawras Altaky ud/vocals & piano, Tony Roe piano/electronics