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All About Jazz Reviews New Amir ElSaffar Production ‘Luminiscencia’

2012 Fellow Amir ElSaffar recently debuted his new work, ‘Luminiscencia’, at the Flamenco Biennale in Amsterdam. The piece brings together an ensemble of renowned Flamenco performers that include vocalist Gema Caballero, dancer Vanesa Aibar, and percussionist Pablo Martin, along with electronic musician Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch and Dena ElSaffar, who plays traditional Iraqi Fiddle. All About Jazz writer Henning Bolte, who reviewed the performance, wrote: “The expectation aroused by the program brochure and the remarkable line-up was exceeded by an exceptionally captivating performance of subliminal radiation and rare touching beauty.” Read the full review here.
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LADAMA At TEDx Charlottesville

LADAMA, made up of OneBeat Alumni Daniela Serna, Maria Fernanda Gonzalez, Lara Klaus, and Sara Lucas, were invited to perform at the TED Conference in Charlottesville last April. The cross-cultural collaborative project emerged from OneBeat class of 2014, and has since recorded and released an album and toured the world with the goal of empowering youth and women through music. In a newly released video from the conference, LADAMA discuss how they use rhythm and musical collaboration to overcome cultural and ideological barriers. The band also performed their songs “Night Traveler”, and “Porro Maracatu”. Watch the full talk and performance below. Stream their self-titled debut album HERE.
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Amel Zen Featured on CNN’s ‘African Voices’

Onebeat Fellow Amel Zen was featured on CNN’s TV series ‘African Voices‘, a show that highlights the continent’s brightest and most innovative artists musicians, designers, and architects. In the program, Amel talks about her musical upbringing, her participation in OneBeat 2014, and her traditional style of singing- Daynen. She also talks about her artistic influences, particularly from her home country of Algeria, and breaks down the many rhythms and musical traditions from each part of the country. Watch the segment below: