"Visiting Tarab" by Tarek Atoui

Performa and Sharjah Art Foundation Announces "Visiting Tarab", organized by Sound Artist Tarek Atoui to Premiere in the U.S. on November 5, 2011, for One Night Only, as a Commission of the Internationally Acclaimed New York Biennial, Performa 11
 
Organized by Lebanese artist Tarek Atoui, Visiting Tarab will incorporate elements of the world’s largest collection of Classical Arab music as interpreted by 16 musicians and sound artists ranging in expertise from hip hop to electronic and contemporary music. Atoui invited sixteen musicians and sound artists from different origins and practices to Beirut to explore the world’s largest and most extensive collection of Classical Arab music.
 
The result of this research will be the performance in New York City and will feature the artist as well as Anti-Pop Consortium, Uriel Barthelemi, Jonathan Butcher, DJ Spooky, Lukas Ligeti, Robert Lowe, Raz Mesinai, Zeena Parkins, Ikue Mori, Sara Parkins, Elliott Sharp and Zafer Tawil. The one-night-only US performance will be a continuous building of energies, intensities, and textures inspired by the structure and rules of “Tarab,” transforming the New York venue into a space of enchantment and ecstasy.