Anouar Brahem

For almost forty years, Anouar Brahem, Tunisian composer and oud master, has been creating music both rooted in a highly sophisticated but ancestral culture and eminently contemporary in its global ambition. His 11 albums on ECM Records label, acclaimed by the public and international critics alike, together with the success of his music in concerts throughout the world, are sufficient evidence to confirm Anouar’s place as one of the most fascinating and inspirational artists in the current world of instrumental music. His sensitive yet rigorous music constantly redefines a cleverly composite universe of poetry and culture, ever balancing between discretion and sensuality, nostalgia and contemplation.