The Journey of Four Songs

A musical folk and fusion tale from Michel Elefteriades with, in order of appearance: Melhem Zein, Tony Hanna, Nahawand, the Chéhadé brothers, Hanine, Imad el Rifaï, José Galvez, Son Cubano, the Yugoslavian Gipsy Brass Band, the soloists of the National Georgian Band, the Folkloric band of Baalbeck Temples…

This is the story of four shepherd songs, born many centuries ago, on the steps of the Baalbeck temples.

For the new millennium, those immortal songs decided to discover the world. They left their native village on a cloud, stopped by the Balkans, payed a visit to their Flamenca and Greek cousins, refilled their energy before crossing the Atlantic sea to, finally, land on the  Caribbean  pearl:  Cuba .

This particular work is placed under the sign of giving harmony, even through paradox. 

A surrealistic musical tale in which primary folklore transcends and popular feeling refines.

The scenography is futuristic, and lays on traditional dances and pastoral deprivation. 

It’s a musical challenge, where four Lebanese folkloric songs with no big intervals, composed on purely oriental scales, offer a Balkan, Flamenco, Rebetico and Salsa version, with no forcing at all. 

An initiatory two ways ticket, a living proof that harmony between different cultures is totally possible at a time where medias only mention the “Clash of civilizations”.