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Crossing voices and rhythms: Amina Alaoui and José Luis Montón
June 18, 2025From 8:00 to 9:30 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62).
From 8:00 to 9:30 p.m.
Free entry until the event’s capacity is reached, by order of arrival.
CANCELLED. Flamenco songs, fado and Arab-Andalusian music will be the starts of this event that includes Moroccan singer Amina Alaoui and Spanish guitarist José Luis Montón. Don’t miss out on the talk that we be held between them after the concert. It will be taking place in Madrid on Wednesday June 18. Come join us!
The event forms part of the international project “Arabic in Spanish,” which explores the socio-cultural importance of the diverse uses of Arabic throughout its long history on the Iberian Peninsula.
The concert will be followed by a conversation in which the performers discuss the role of Arabic in their musical production with the members of “Arabic in Spanish” and the audience.
The international outreach project “Arabic in Spanish: Speaking, Knowing and Belonging at the Edges of Europe” is funded by the PCER fund of the Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities. It is carried out by an interdisciplinary team of researchers which includes Erica Feild-Marchello (Oxford University), Eric Calderwood (University of Illinois), Samuel Llano (University of Manchester), Matthew Machin-Autenrieth (University of Aberdeen), Carol Ready (Oklahoma State University), Montserrat Benítez Fernández (EEA, CSIC) and Estefanía Valenzuela Mochón (EEA, CSIC).
Amina Alaoui, a performer of Arab/Al-Andalus music and a world ambassador of this tradition, combines singing, composition and musicology research. Born in Fez, Morocco, she comes from a family with strong roots in Moroccan academic and folk traditions, as well as coming from a contemporary intellectual and artistic environment. She learned to play the piano and was introduced to European classical music by conductor Mohamed Abou Drar and studied at the Rabat Conservatory (1979-1981) with Ahmed Aydoun and M. Ouassini. She also studied modern and classical dance. In Granada, Amina specialized in Arab/Al-Andalus music and, more specifically, in gharnati music. Having moved to Paris in 1986, she learned the basic principles of gharnati music with Rachid Guerbas, and above all with Ahmed Piro in Rabat. Henri Agnel taught her medieval European music and Djallal Akhbari initiated her in Persian classical music, then giving several concerts with her.
José Luis Montón. A guitarist and composer who has received many prestigious awards, including those given at the Barcelona and Nimes Competitions, the “Copa Teatro Pavón” awarded by the Círculo de Bellas Artes, the prize for Best Music at the “Choreography Competition” put on by the Teatro Albéniz and the “Music Award,” along with violinist Ara Malikian. Playing his guitar, he has toured great stages around the world, and his projects have involved performers such as Carmen Linares, Mayte Martín, Ara Malikian, Rosalía, Miguel Poveda, Pitingo, María Toledo, Antonio Canales, Javier Ruibal and Clara Montes, in addition to others.
The concert will be followed by a conversation in which the performers discuss the role of Arabic in their musical production with the members of “Arabic in Spanish” and the audience.
The international outreach project “Arabic in Spanish: Speaking, Knowing and Belonging at the Edges of Europe” is funded by the PCER fund of the Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities. It is carried out by an interdisciplinary team of researchers which includes Erica Feild-Marchello (Oxford University), Eric Calderwood (University of Illinois), Samuel Llano (University of Manchester), Matthew Machin-Autenrieth (University of Aberdeen), Carol Ready (Oklahoma State University), Montserrat Benítez Fernández (EEA, CSIC) and Estefanía Valenzuela Mochón (EEA, CSIC).
Amina Alaoui, a performer of Arab/Al-Andalus music and a world ambassador of this tradition, combines singing, composition and musicology research. Born in Fez, Morocco, she comes from a family with strong roots in Moroccan academic and folk traditions, as well as coming from a contemporary intellectual and artistic environment. She learned to play the piano and was introduced to European classical music by conductor Mohamed Abou Drar and studied at the Rabat Conservatory (1979-1981) with Ahmed Aydoun and M. Ouassini. She also studied modern and classical dance. In Granada, Amina specialized in Arab/Al-Andalus music and, more specifically, in gharnati music. Having moved to Paris in 1986, she learned the basic principles of gharnati music with Rachid Guerbas, and above all with Ahmed Piro in Rabat. Henri Agnel taught her medieval European music and Djallal Akhbari initiated her in Persian classical music, then giving several concerts with her.
José Luis Montón. A guitarist and composer who has received many prestigious awards, including those given at the Barcelona and Nimes Competitions, the “Copa Teatro Pavón” awarded by the Círculo de Bellas Artes, the prize for Best Music at the “Choreography Competition” put on by the Teatro Albéniz and the “Music Award,” along with violinist Ara Malikian. Playing his guitar, he has toured great stages around the world, and his projects have involved performers such as Carmen Linares, Mayte Martín, Ara Malikian, Rosalía, Miguel Poveda, Pitingo, María Toledo, Antonio Canales, Javier Ruibal and Clara Montes, in addition to others.
