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UMEYA at the Festival Frigiliana Tres Culturas. Friday, 27th of August, 20:00h
Church Square, Frigiliana (Málaga).

Umeya will be at the prestigious Festival Frigliana Tres Culturas, in that fantastic enclave, at the region of Axarquía, that was one of the ultimate refuge for presence of the Moriscos before their definitive expulsion from Spain and that, nowadays, remembers and claims its history as a call to the understanding between the cultures of the World.

Africa and Near East join in the meeting between the Sudanese Wafir Sheikheldin and the Syrian Salah Sabbagh. Their winding rhythms will be the base for the dancing by the beautiful Mónica Sadeh, technically and expressively virtuosa dancer, specialized in the scene show and the teaching of classic oriental dance and sabre dance.

Wafir’s career along his 17 years in Spain has gone trought so eclectic experiencies like ancient music with Eduardo Paniagua, celtic pop with Hevia, Galician folk with Luar Na Lubre, Castilian folk with La Musgaña, Jewish music with Klezmer Sefardí and Radio Tarifa’s rich fusion, as well as with hos ouwn artistical project. At the stage his communication ability, his inventiveness, sense of humour and empathy with the audience stand out.

Salah Sabbagh has been a percussionist for more that 30 years, specialized in Eastern instruments, like darbuka, riq and bendir, both playing as dance accompaniment as well as a soloist. During these years he has broaden his sensibility playing also some other traditional styles, like Egiptian and Balcanic, touring all over the Iberian peninsule and America.

Line-up: Wafir Sheikheldin - accordion, ud, viola, percussions, vocals; Salah Sabbagh - darbuka, riq, daf; Mónica Sade – Oriental dance.

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Davide Salvado - in Festival Planeta Folk
Saturday, August 7th of 2010, 23:00h.
San Pedro de Gaíllos, Segovia. Map

Davide Salvado is a total artist, able to fill the stage with his charismatic presence. He retrieves the most nude tradition and put it in front of us, without any superfluous dressings, but with a careful and personal interpretation.

After years accompaning Xose Manuel Budiño worldwide, and, in parallel, making an intimate work from the Galician, Portuguese and Castilian traditional repertoire, Davide has developed a show where his voice, plenty of nuances and character, subtle and powerful, shines and convinces.

He also plays traditional percussion instruments, like Galician pandeireta (tambourine), Peñaparda’s pandero cuadrado (square frame drum from that Castilian-Leonese village), or the Portuguese adufe (also an square frame drum). In this occasion, Davide will be accompanied by Gonzalo Goás.

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UMEYA - “Culture at the City” series. Saturday 7th of August, 9.30pm, Parque Cuartel Huertas, Mostoles (Madrid).

Africa and Near East join in the meeting between the Sudanese Wafir Sheikheldin and the Syrian Salah Sabbagh. Their winding rhythms will be the base for the dancing by beautiful Monica Sadeh, technically and expressively virtuos dancer, specialized in the scene show and the teaching of classic oriental dance and sabre dance.

Wafir’s career along 17 years in Spain has gone through eclectic experiencies like ancient music with Eduardo Paniagua, celtic pop with Hevia, Galician folk with Luar Na Lubre, Castilian folk with La Musgaña, Jewish music with Klezmer Sefardí and Radio Tarifa’s rich fusion, as well as with own artistical projects. At the stage his communication ability, his inventiveness, sense of humour and empathy with the audience stand out.

Salah Sabbagh has been a percussionist for more that 30 years, specialized in Eastern instruments, like darbuka, riq and bendir, both playing as dance accompaniment as well as a solist. During these years he has broaden his sensibility playing also some other traditional styles, like Egiptian and Balcanic, touring all over the Iberian peninsule and America.

Line-up: Wafir Sheikheldin - accordion, ud, viola, percussions, vocals; Salah Sabbagh - darbuka, riq, daf; Monica Sade – Oriental dance.

Information supplied by MapaMundi