Paris-born Syrian flautist and composer, Naïssam Jalal embodies the spirits of a diverse range of musical expressions. From a European classical music education to studying nay in Damascus, to years spent in Egypt learning Arabic classical music, returning to Paris to begin collaborating across the musical spectrum from jazz to hip-hop to pan-African styles, and investigations of Carnatic music, her achievements are impressive. Her own musical projects are myriad with the flagship being her Rhythms of Resistance ensemble. Her style is uniquely universal while her clear-eyed view of our contemporary problems fires her compositions with intensity and transcendent beauty.

Naïssam Jalal (comp, fl, nay, voc), Mehdi Chaïb (tenor & soprano sax, percs), Karsten Hochapfel (g, clo), Damien Varaillon (db), Arnaud Dolmen (dr)