Magic Spirit Quartet
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Majid Bekkas has his roots in North African music and a long experience in jazz, which makes him a unique musician who masters both traditional music and modern improvisation. He shared the stage with Joachim Kühn, Pharaoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Klaus Doldinger, Bassekou Kouyate and many others.
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Goran Kajfeš draws his music in very different genres, weaves his sounds from Africa and the Middle East with futuristic jazz impulses marked by classical minimalism. His double album X / Y had been proclaimed as the best jazz album of 2012 by The Independent (UK).
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Jesper Nordenström, the keyboard genius, has long been a member of Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra and played with all the actors of the Swedish music scene.
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Drummer Stefan Pasborg is one of Denmark's most brilliant jazz musicians. He had great success with projects such as Ibrahim Electric, Firebirds and his duet with African kora player Dawda Jobarteh.
Majid Bekkas – Guembri, Oud, Vocal
Goran Kajfeš – Trumpet
Jesper Nordenström – Keyboard
Stefan Pasborg – Drums
Ghassan Yammine
Ghassan Yammine is a Lebanese composer, pianist, and performer whose work bridges classical tradition and theatrical expression. He is currently captivating audiences worldwide with his international concert tour "De moi à Aznavour" ("From Me to Aznavour"), a heartfelt tribute to the legendary Charles Aznavour. Following sold-out performances in cities such as Paris, Belgrade, Yerevan, Beirut, Dubai, Amman, Montreal, Toronto, Quebec City, Brussels, Liège, Mons, and Ghent, Yammine continues to bring Aznavour’s timeless legacy to life on the global stage.
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Yammine’s artistic journey is rooted in rigorous academic training. He studied voice under the guidance of internationally acclaimed vocal coach Arax Chekidjian, and holds degrees in piano, composition, and musicology from USEK (Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik, Lebanon). He later pursued advanced studies in piano and composition at the prestigious Conservatoire de Paris, and studied dramatic arts at the Lebanese University – Faculty of Fine Arts.
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As a composer, Yammine has written extensively for piano, chamber orchestra, vocal ensembles, and for the theatre, creating music that is both emotionally resonant and intellectually refined.
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His artistic excellence has been recognized with multiple national and international honors. At the age of 33, he was appointed Knight of the National Order of the Cedar (Lebanon), one of the country’s highest civilian distinctions. At 36, he received the Gold Medal of Honor from the French Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, and at 39, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of the Republic of Lebanon.
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