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Taha el Hmidi in concert

March 07, 20227:30 p.m.
MADRID
Casa Árabe Auditorium (at Calle Alcalá, 62). 7:30 p.m. 7 euros: general tickets at the box office.
6 euros if purchased online. Tickets sold on this website up to the day of the event at 2:00 p.m., or until sold out. Those tickets which have not been sold online will be sold as of one hour before the event at the entrance to Casa Árabe’s premises (in cash or by credit card) for the price of 6 euros (5 euros for officially unemployed persons, students of Casa Árabe’s Language Center and Youth Card holders. You must demonstrate this status by showing the proper document in order to receive the discount). Assigned seating with tickets. 

Guitarist Taha el Hmidi is presenting his first album, Out of Nowhere, at an
intimate concert. It is taking place on Monday, March 7 at our headquarters in
Madrid. Tickets now on sale.

Taha el Hmidi is a young Moroccan guitarist originally from Kenitra who is already considered amongst the best jazz guitarists from the Maghreb region. At this concert, he is presenting his first album, Out of Nowhere, which he composed and produced himself. Taha shifts effortlessly between jazz and rock, with a touch of the blues and psychedelic sounds. Distorted guitar sounds, effects, delaysand loops all form part of Taha’s new sound, which he uses to take his listeners on a musical journey.

El Hmidi took up music at the age of 16. During his early years, he experimented with other styles, including indie and metal, and he played for other bands in Europe. In 2016, he returned to Morocco and created his own project in the field of improvisation. He then joined the Diapozone collective, allowing him during those years to take part in intense professional activity through residency programs and participation in festivals. It was in 2018 that Taha decided to launch his most personal project, thus contributing to the Moroccan jazz scene with a style influenced by names like Christian Scott, Alfa Mist and Bob Reynolds, one result of which is the album we are now presenting.

During this first concert at Casa Árabe, he will be accompanied by renowned musicians from the Madrid music scene, like Pablo Hernández Ramos on saxophone, a performer he previously played with in Morocco and France, Denis Bilanin (keyboard), Javier Geras (bass) and Akindimeji Onasanya (drums).

Listen to Taha el Hmidi here.