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 “A” Trio, Lebanon’s longest-lasting improv trio feat. Mazen Kerbaj, SharifSehnaoui & Raed Yassin.

The entire festival will be live-streamed directly from ECLAT’s web portal.

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Marathon on the day of the revolution

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