{"id":1943564,"date":"2026-06-19T23:18:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.ixelles.be\/events\/amir-elsaffar-new-quartet-2\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T23:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T23:18:39","slug":"amir-elsaffar-new-quartet-2","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/culture.ixelles.be\/nl\/events\/amir-elsaffar-new-quartet-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Amir ElSaffar New Quartet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amir ElSaffar behoort tot de meest vernieuwende stemmen op het kruispunt van jazz en Midden-Oosterse muziek. De Iraaks-Amerikaanse trompettist, componist en santurspeler geldt als een pionier in de dialoog tussen jazz en de Iraakse maqam-muziek. In zijn trompetspel vermengt hij jazzimprovisaties met melodische nuances uit de Iraakse traditie tot een klankwereld die voortdurend nieuwe mogelijkheden verkent. In het New Quartet vervoegt de Griekse pianiste Tania Giannouli het vaste trio van ElSaffar met saxofonist Ole Mathisen en drummer Tomas Fujiwara. De diverse muzikale achtergronden van het kwartet versterken elkaar in een gelaagde sound die schakelt tussen intense verstilling en uitbundige energie, zonder ooit haar natuurlijke flow te verliezen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amir ElSaffar behoort tot de meest vernieuwende stemmen op het kruispunt van jazz en Midden-Oosterse muziek. De Iraaks-Amerikaanse trompettist, componist en santurspeler geldt als een pionier in de dialoog tussen jazz en de Iraakse maqam-muziek. In zijn trompetspel vermengt hij jazzimprovisaties met melodische nuances uit de Iraakse traditie tot een klankwereld die voortdurend nieuwe mogelijkheden [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1943566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","template":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Amir ElSaffar New Quartet - Ixelles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/culture.ixelles.be\/nl\/events\/amir-elsaffar-new-quartet-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Amir ElSaffar New Quartet - Ixelles\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/culture.ixelles.be\/nl\/events\/amir-elsaffar-new-quartet-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ixelles\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Geschatte leestijd\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minuut\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/culture.ixelles.be\/nl\/events\/amir-elsaffar-new-quartet-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/culture.ixelles.be\/nl\/events\/amir-elsaffar-new-quartet-2\/\",\"name\":\"Amir ElSaffar New Quartet - 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