Next show: New York City, Wed 13 Jan
Violinist and composer Layale Chaker was born into an art-loving family, and received training at the National Higher Conservatory in her native Lebanon, Conservatoire de Paris and Royal Academy of Music in London. Her newly-released album with her band Sarafand, composed by her, is woven as a suite that explores aesthetics of Arabic poetry. Composed between Beirut, Paris and London over the past two years and recorded in New York over the summer of 2018, the album unveils musical threads that are mapped through the rhythmical cycles of the twelve classical Arabic poetic meters, and the abstraction of language into sound. Beyond expression, the composition process tries to capture the shape and essence of epic testimonials on life, death, war and love that make the heart of Arabic poetry.
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Layale Chaker plays a distinctive blend of contemporary classical music, Arabic maqam, chamber jazz, and improvisation, often exploring Arabic poetry with her ensemble Sarafand. Follow Layale Chaker on Mood.
Layale Chaker is a French-Lebanese violinist and composer who was raised in Lebanon and trained at conservatories in Beirut, Paris, and London.
