This is the 20th time we have had the pleasure of announcing this special evening at the Tamburi Mundi Festival: The Tamburi Mundi Special "Gala", at which the festival and (almost) all participants present themselves, is now a firm tradition and the heart of the festival.

An evening of percussion that could hardly be more musically contrasting, more colorful or more diverse. An evening on which the most diverse facets of the frame drum world come together: Drummers from Japan, Spain, Tajikistan, Italy, Ukraine, Poland, Belgium, Algeria, Turkey, Iran, Israel, the USA and Germany bring their rhythms and compositions with them. The music of the evening is created over the course of the festival week. People present their own music to each other and get to know each other's music. This requires a great deal of openness and a willingness to embrace the new and the different. And last but not least, spontaneity and great improvisational skills, when musicians join in unplanned at the last minute... This really gets the hall and the festival grooving and is precisely what makes this evening so lively, so unique and also so unpredictable. Pulsating liveliness and joy that must not be lost, especially in this day and age!

The evening and the atmosphere are difficult to put into words, but the only thing that can already be said for sure is that there will be more musicians: There will be more musicians on stage than originally announced here. It's best to come to the concert and experience this evening for yourself!

With

Musical conception and direction: Murat Coskun

Glen Velez | Frame Drums, voice
Andrea Piccioni | tamburello, frame drums, voice
Khayrullo Dadoboev | Doira, percussion
Kasia Kadłubowska | percussion/ vocals
Emanuela Lodato | tamburello, vocals
Robbe Kieckens | frame drums, percussion
Isabel Martín | Pandeiro Quadrado, vocals
Juana Larreta | Frame Drums, Darbuka
Takashi Tajima | Frame Drums, Percussion
Sara Fotros | Daf (Persian frame drum)
Michał Pękosz | frame drums, percussion
Salim Beltitane | North African percussion
Lorenzo D`Erasmo | frame drums, jew's harp
Francesco Magarò | tamburello, frame drums, voice
Denys Vasyliev | frame drum
Max Gerwien | Congas, percussion
Yaschar Coskun | frame drums, percussion
...and other guests!