Concerts and workshops featuring the Tablah virtuoso Ibrahim el Minyawi.

Ibrahim el Minyawi is one of the best Tablah or Darabuka players in the world and is reknowned for his outstanding percussion techniques. He was born in Upper Egypt and grew up with Egyptian-Arabic rhythms and music. For over 40 years, he has played in the best venues to an enthusiastic audience, as a soloist or with other musicians and artists. Whether in Stockholm, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Zürich, London, Paris or Cairo, his playing enthralls audiences around the world: the rhythms, sounds and beats he entices from his drum, the speed at which his long, supple fingers move over the fishskin of the tablah. Ibrahim el Minyawe combines the strong natural rhythms of Egypt and the complex repertoire of Arabian music to switch playfully between rural and classical music from his country. In this way, he manages to create a new style from a century-old tradition without losing touch with his roots. The concerts he gives accompanied by his son Ali Abdel Alim are a rarity, because Ibrahim el Minyawi is the only Darabuka player who performs purely percussion concerts and plays solo for an entire evening.