Loop Tales – Camille El Bacha & Naghib Shanbehzadeh

With Loop Tales, Camille El Bacha and Naghib Shanbehzadeh bring Western classical piano into dialogue with Persian and Middle Eastern percussion. The piano sometimes evokes echoes of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Ravel, and Steve Reich, while zarb, dohola, kouzeh, daf, and bendir bring a vibrant, organic rhythmic texture. Each piece unfolds as a looping narrative, built on repetition and evolving cycles that gradually transform. In this dialogue, piano and percussion weave an immersive counterpoint in which textures, movement, and musical traditions intersect, creating a sonic space where cultures meet and reinvent themselves.