Quartet Faycal Salhi to perform at Idecaf

Faycal Salhi - Photo: Courtesy of Idecaf

At the concert, audiences will have the chance to enjoy the beautiful sound of the famous Middle Eastern instrument Oud played by Faycal Salhi himself.

Faycal Salhi, the band’s founder, and his friends created a different kind of music by combining the traditional Oud with the modern Western musical instruments such as saxophone and contrabass to freshen the modern Jazz with a new flavor of Arab-Andalusian rural melodies.

As a composer and Oud player, Faycal Salhi has successfully performed his unique music worldwide. He was born and raised in Algeria, then moved to France at the age of 11. When Faycal Salhi was 18, he started to learn music on his own and used to play guitar before switching to Oud and oriental flute.

After his two first albums “Sur les routes de l’Orient” (On the Routes of the Orient) and “Timgad” (released by Dam Music), Faycal Salhi recorded the album Elwène with his quartet and published it on March 2011. The album is regarded as an intimate tourist guidebook from East to West regardless of any physical barriers. In addition, Faycal Salhi is also the music composer of the movie “Maison Jaune” (The Yellow House), winning several awards at Mostra, Valencia and the Kerala film festival.

For any further information, please visit the website: www.fsalhi.info.

Entrance tickets are priced at VND160,000 each (50% discount for students)

Tickets are on sale at the Idecaf, located at 28 Le Thanh Ton in HCMC’s District 1.

Free film screening at Idecaf on Saturday

*The movie Les Contes de la Nuit (a late night fairy tale) by director Michel Ocelot will be screened for free at 3 p.m. on Saturday at Idecaf in HCMC’s District 1.

The film tells a story about friendship, love as well as the death. There are a girl, a boy and an old engineer who meet every night at a small and oblivious cinema to paint their face and play roles in their fairy tales.

The movie has Vietnamese subtitle. Tickets which are priced at VND30,000 per person can be purchased at 28 Le Thanh Ton Street in HCMC’s District 1. Free entrance for Idecaf’s students and teachers.