Drawing from his strong influences in jazz and flamenco music that he has played over the years, guitarist Ali Omar El-Farouk returns for a third year with his flamenco jazz trio with two of his favourite human beings and artists from Montreal: Shaun Ryan on electric bass, and Hanser Santos Gómez on percussion. This powerful trio develops a sound together by delving into the flamenco jazz genre that has been constantly evolving over the past few decades, presenting their unique interpretations of some of Ali’s original compositions, and of well-known jazz compositions.
A one-of-a-kind performance not to be missed! 🎵🎶
4873 St Laurent Blvd. Doors open at 8:30 PM. The concert starts at 9 PM.
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the door.
BIOGRAPHIES
ALI OMAR EL-FAROUK
www.aliomarelfarouk.com
Ali Omar El-Farouk is an Egyptian/Canadian guitarist and oud player based out of Montreal and Cairo. He is an active performer, teacher and composer with a professional career spanning more than two and a half decades which includes performances in Egypt, Canada, U.S.A., Turkey, Spain, Italy, Thailand, and cruise ships touring the Bahamas and the British Isles. His versatile musical vocabulary is a result of his privileged exposure to both eastern and western cultures. He spent years studying jazz music, traditional Arabic/Middle-Eastern music, flamenco music, and western classical music.
He has worked in jazz groups, rock/blues/pop bands, all the way to Middle Eastern and flamenco ensembles. His performances include the Festival Du Monde Arabe, Festival Nuits D’Afrique, Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques Festival, and Festival Sefarad in Montreal, the Feria del Libro Festival in Spain, as well as the Manial Palace Festival, the Jazz Mania Festival, and the Cairo Jazz Festival in Cairo.
His first album ‘Ela Mataa?’ was recorded in Montreal and released in 2019. He holds a Licentiate degree in Jazz Performance from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, one of Canada’s top music institutes, and a Bachelor’s degree with Distinction in Jazz Studies from Concordia University in Montreal. He is as passionate about performing live as he as about teaching music and he teaches music at his own studio and online.
He was the 2022 recipient of the ’Friends of Manial Palace Museum Association’ award in Egypt, which was presented to him by His Highness Prince Abbas Hilmi and the great classical pianist maestro Ramzi Yassa.
SHAUN RYAN
Shaun Ryan is a prominent Montreal-based bassist who is well-versed in multiple genres and can be heard performing with numerous groups in a wide variety of settings including various festivals, private events, clubs and restaurants in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
A Dean's Honour List graduate from Vanier College in 2007 and a graduate with Great Distinction from Concordia University in 2010, Shaun was the recipient of Concordia's Oscar Peterson Showcase Award for the Montreal 2010 International Jazz Fest.
Shaun has written and performed with a number of Montreal-based groups, including The New Black, The Morph-tet, Peggy Hogan, Chris Tauchner Quintessence, Kevin Moquin and the Bad Ideas, Speedy Johnson and Jonathan Emile. Shaun is currently performing with Chanda & The Passengers, the Jazz Mofos, Midnight Miles, and the 40Westt House Band.
HANSER SANTOS GÓMEZ
www.hansersantosgomez.com
Born in Havana, Cuba, Hanser began his musical studies at the age of six. By the age of sixteen, he played professionally as a timpanist for the Sinfónica Juvenil of Amadeo Roldán Conservatory, performing in the most prestigious theatres and festivals of classical music in Cuba. After graduating from Amadeo Roldán Music Conservatory in 2007, he began to explore differents styles of music, leading to collaborations with various Cuban artists and students from the Berklee College of Music.
International collaborations include Lisa Nordström (Sweden) and La Fura dels Baus (Spain) to name a few. During the same year, he began touring throughout Cuba, Colombia and Canada with the Opera de La Calle. While participating in the Festival Internacional del Tambor (Cuba) in 2012, he won first place in the bata drums category.
Since 2014, he resides in Montreal, Canada, performing with various flamenco, latin music and jazz artists. In recent years, he had the pleasure to perform in the Montreal International Jazz Festival, Just for Laughs, Pop Montreal, Nuits d’Afrique and the Festival de Flamenco de Montreal.
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