Jiraan is a music group that takes dialogue as a central theme to heart, and seeks meeting points between the musicians and the different musical traditions they bring. For example, a very diverse group of Syrian, Turkish, Bulgarian, Iraqi and Belgian musicians find common ground, although they sometimes do not speak a common language.

Sirto is an instrumental form of music played in the Turkish, Greek and Arabic musical traditions, closely related to a folk dance in which the dancers join hands to form a chain or circle, led by a leader who occasionally breaks away to make improvised steps. to feed.

This dance is comparable to Hora in Balkam music and Dabke in Arab folk from Syria, Lebanon and Palestine.

With this project, Jiraan wants to expose the roots of this dance music and enter into a dialogue through improvisation, either in the form of taksim or jazz solos. Everything with a view to connecting music traditions and music styles, and with respect for each other as musicians.

Line-up:
Shalan Alhamwy (violin & artistic direction)
Mohamad Aldouri (violin)
Ibrahim Kahila (viola)
Emine Bostancı (kemenche)
Damla Aydin (cello)
Katrien Bos (double bass)
Omar Znkawan (sax & clarinet)
Lucie Lelaurain ( duduk & flute)
Maher Mahmoud (oud)
Galina Velikova (vocal)
Jacobus Thiele (percussion)
Jonas Malfliet (keys)