A true hymn to life, the 24 artists of Transcestral express the common perpetual quest for harmony between man and nature, inspired by the music and sacred dances of Sufi and Aboriginal traditions in Canada.

November 8th - 6pm - Théâtre Maisonneuve

Come to see our show at

Booking - France Gaignard

514-616-7705

france@francegaignard.com

Crédit : Michel Pinault

Artists

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Katia Makdissi-Warren - oud and artistic direction

Nina Segalowitz - Inuit throat singer

Buffalo Hat Singers/Norman Achneepineskum - pow wow drum and voice

Anouar Berrada - Sufi singer

Clark - Métis singer and poetry

Josephine Bacon - Innu poetry

Barbara Diabo - Mohawk dancer

Tanya Evanson - whirling dervish

Bertil Schulrabe - percussion

Mohamed Raky - percussion

Firas Haddad - percussion

Eric Breton - percussion

Khalil Moqadem - oud

Didem Basar - qanun

Marianne Trudel - piano

David Ryshpan - piano

Etienne Lafrance - double bass

Michel Dubeau - flutes

Ziad Chbat - nay

Nuné Mélik - violin

Valérie Belzile - violin

Amina Tebini - viola

Carla Antoun - cello

Crédit : Mario Faubert

Crédit : Claude Dufresne

Crédit : Michel Pinault

Photos

Crédit : Michel Pinault

Crédit : Mario Faubert

Crédit : Michel Pinault

Nominations

Gala de l'ADISQ 2022 : Album of the Year - World Music,
Canadian Folk Music Awards: Musical Innovation Award,
Canadian Folk Music Awards : Director of the year - Katia M.-W.

Awards

Global Musical Award : Silver Medal – World Indigenous
Global Musical Award : Silver Medal : Band of the year
Global Musical Award : Silver Medal : Album of the year

Concert of the Year - World Music - (Opus Prize)

Concert of the Year - Montreal (Opus Prize)

Press

"These Ojibwe, Innu, Métis, Inuit, Nakota, Dene and Sufi artists have combined their cultures to offer eleven unique songs that aim to bring people together and do good" (translated) - Véronik Picard

January 21st 2022

"Dazzling album!" - Philippe Renaud

January 22nd, 2022

"Let's add a concert to the offer this weekend that will take place tomorrow at the Outremont Theatre. On stage will be musicians, singers, poets, Amerindian and Sufi cultures. I had the chance to meet the artistic director of the show as well as the singer Nina Selgalowitz." (translated) - Nadège St-Philippe

November 26th, 2021

"When I listened to the three pieces, I said WOW!" (translated) - Fulgence Bla

November 25th 2021

"It has everything that makes an excellent world music album... a beautiful message and a seductive vision of the future." (translated) - Frederic Cardin

November 26th 2021

"Needless to say, this "transcestral" journey is captivating. It plunges us right away into the game of throat singing. It is not two players who confront each other, as is the tradition, but only one (in this case, Nina Segalowitz) who alternates between her marked breath, her rough voice and her "natural" voice (in quotation marks). Tradition or not, the impression of virtuosity remains intact." (translated)- Justin Bernard

16 janvier 2022

"Seventeen artists on stage and many instruments: oud, flute, double bass, keyboard, darbuka and other percussion instruments brilliantly support and offer warmth and enchantment to the singers who use their voices to take us elsewhere, into another world (...) I was very impressed by all the subtleties of throat singing, which are much more numerous than I thought" (translated) - Roxanne Croteau

December 15th 2021

"There's a lot of work on this.... Hats off!" (translated)- Julie Drolet

November 25th 2021