Arabian Nights – Belly Dance Extravaganza with Kerimeh Okan and Oriental Orchestra

Saturday, 16th September, 2017 20:30
22:00

Arabian Nights will open with a classical Egyptian song, performed to by Oriental dancer Kerimeh. As the set progresses, Kerimeh will dance along with Musicians to an eclectic fusion of instruments and songs from Turkey, Egypt and Persia, with a hint of Flamenco.

Kerimeh is of Egyptian and Turkish descent and comes from a family of musicians. An award winning performer she has danced internationally from Turkey to Brazil, performed at the Fringe festival, Cruise ships, concert halls, appeared in Film/Tv and entertained at many weddings and henna events.

Kerimeh has a unique style, with her mesmerising shimmies and impressive drum solos. Kerimeh will soon have you up dancing the rest of the night. Yalla!

Florian Schmidinger is a musician and drummer/percussionist who has played in various styles and bands, in Germany, Greece, France, India and Scotland. Over ten years ago he joined a Middle Eastern music group and discovered his love for this kind of music.

Florian has worked on different music recordings projects as multi instrumentalist. Three years ago he started playing the flute followed by the Ney. "Deep interior sound and music can heal and unite our hearts in the light of meditation."



Ali Rahmani has played the middle eastern percussions such as Tombak, Darbuka, and Daf since the age of 9 and has trained with top percussion masters in Iran. He has conducted various rhythm workshops for beginners and professional level percussion students as well as belly dancers.

Ali joined various multi-ethnic bands in Italy, recorded two albums and performed many concerts in different cities in Italy. Since moving to Scotland he has performed extensively in Edinburgh and Dundee with Scottish and Iranian professional musicians.

Mohammed Nafee is an international singer and Oud player who leads the Edinburgh based 'Babylon Arabic Band', consisting of seven musicians. Their music originates from Iraq, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon and they have been performing in the U.K. and at international festivals since 2002.










Omar Afif is a Gnawa musician originally from Essaouira on the Moroccan Atlantic coast. He is a soloist singer who plays a Guembri, a three-stringed bass instrument. He collaborates with other musicians creating fusions between Gnawa music, Scottish folk and much more. Gnawa is a traditional North African folk music that combines ritual poetry with traditional music and dancing, using Berber and Arabic rhythms from ancient African Islamic culture.









£10 at the door

For anyone attending the Poetics of Science Seminar either on the Saturday or for the whole weekend, please note that the seminar's cost already includes the evening events.

For more information, please ring 01450 880215, or write to secretary@chisholme.org