The Inner Unity Ensemble brings together musicians of the diaspora from Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey, the Kurdish regions and Italy. Their music works with modal and microtonal concepts from Iranian radif and Arabic and Turkish maqam, combined with harmonic ideas from European classical music and jazz. At Nowruz 2024 they played with Sakina Teyna.
With jazzhane
- 17.03.2024 Nowruz Festival, Moods Zurich
About
Defying the colonialist term «World Music», the Inner Unity Ensemble connects musicians of the diaspora with a very diverse set of backgrounds to (re)create music across cultural, regional, and genre borders. Their music is defined by modal and microtonal concepts found in Iranian Radif or Arabic and Turkish Maqams blended with various harmonic concepts in European classic music or jazz. Welcoming rhythmic accents and melodic harmonies as rich as their very own diverse heritage, the band features musicians from Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey, the Kurdish regions, and Italy. For the first time and perfectly fitting to the Nowruz festival, the Inner Unity Ensemble will also welcome Sakina Teyna, a Kurdish-Alevi singer from Varto in Turkey.