Date: November 08, 2024

Venue: Kings Place

Address: 90 York Wy, London N1 9GE, United Kingdom

Time: 19:30

Ages: 10+

Abbas Righi

Journey with Malouf and Algerian music

Abbas Righi, master of the Malouf tradition, returns to London following his resounding success at the Al Maqamat Festival in June.

Constantine musician, composer and performer Abbas Righi performs the poetry and music of Al-Andalus, a historic Muslim civilisation which flourished on the Iberian Peninsula (modern day Portugal and Spain) between the eighth and fifteenth centuries. During that era, the region flourished with extraordinary musical creativity, whose reverberations can still be felt to this day, across the Arabic-speaking world. Each city has developed its own ‘school’ of Andalusian music, each with its own nuances and influenced by local traditions.

Righi is a celebrated exponent of these ancient Andalusian musical forms as they took root and developed in Constantine, eastern Algeria. His performances are a tribute to the beauty of nature, the grace of beloved women, and the poignant sorrow of separation.