TERDAD 2021
From July 2-4, 2021, Irtijal proudly took part in TERDAD 2021 Festival in Beirut. Under the auspices of UNESCO's "Li Beirut" initiative for reviving the cultural sector in Beirut, TERDAD consisted of 3 days of public performances and workshops, organized in...
Space 21 “Broken Resonance”, by Moment Duo
Independent cultural project Space 21 in Kurdistan has launched its Bandcamp page - with an album of free improvisation entitled "Broken Resonance", by Moment Duo (Khabat Abas & Hardi Kurda). Listen to it...
Voice Affairs ECLAT Festival Stuttgart
This week is the premiere of Voice Affairs in Stuttgart’s ECLAT Festival / Musik der Jahrhunderte. The Stuttgarter NeueVocalsolisten will be presenting work by Aya Metwalli, Youmna Saba, Raed Yassin & Cynthia Zaven. The festival program also includes a concert by...
Irtijal at CTM’s 2021 online edition
Last October, an unprecedented team-up between Irtijal, Ruptured, Frequent Defect, The Ballroom Blitz, and Tunefork Studios yielded a day-long music marathon + fundraiser in Beirut, orchestrated by our friends Morphine Records in Berlin. 5 of these superb performances...
Unbound Listening #1
As part of our continued relationship with HCMF - Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, this year's online edition of Hcmf will feature a talk between Sharif Sehnaoui, Rabih Beaini, Rénata Sabella, and Fadi Tabbal, followed by live performances from Aya Metwalli...
Irtijal’20 – XXth International Festival of Experimental Music in Lebanon
Irtijal Festival’s home city of #Beirut has undergone, in the past year alone, the steady collapse of its economic and banking sectors, waves of revolutionary protests, a deadly criminal blast that devastated entire neighborhoods, and, last but not least, renewed and...
Marathon on the day of the revolution
We are taking part in Morphine Records' exceptional 17-hour fundraising event this coming Sunday, alongside Ruptured, Tunefork Studios, Frequent Defect, and The Ballroom Blitz. Featuring an all-star Lebanese line-up playing live from The Ballroom BlitzThe Lebanese...