Sun, 31 Mar
|Pinto Wharf, Valletta Waterfront
Art Explora Festival - Day 9
Entrance: Free of charge subject to booking
Time & Location
31 Mar 2024, 19:30 – 23:20
Pinto Wharf, Valletta Waterfront, Triq il-Vittmi Furjaniżi tal-Gwerra, Floriana
About the event
The Art Explora Festival and its museum-boat will dock in Xatt Pinto, Valletta Waterfront from the 21st to the 31st of March 2024. The travelling festival and its museum-boat will offer 10 days of FREE artistic and cultural programming on board and on the quayside
19:30
Smadj, a virtuoso on the oud and an electronic music innovator, forges a distinctive musical realm by seamlessly blending influences from the East and the Mediterranean Sea. His unique style, a pioneering force within the realm of electronic music, imparts a special hue to the traditional yet contemporary Mediterranean soundscape, drawing on diverse musical traditions from Turkey to the Maghreb.
With a trail of creative projects, Smadj has etched his mark with 7 solo albums and 3 collaborations with DuOud (Mehdi Haddab/Smadj). His expansive musical journey includes collaborations and artistic ventures with notable figures such as Burhan Öcal, Laurent de Wilde, Natacha Atlas, Erik…