Music: Ghalia Benali

A musical return to a bygone youth in Tunisia, in which French chansons, Indian and Egyptian musicals and sung readings from the Koran called the shots.

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Date and time Friday 15 January 2010 22:05 tot 23:00 uur
Location Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

The Tunisian Ghalia Benali was raised in an artistic family, and she got acquainted early on with music and poetry from all parts of the world. French chansons, Indian musicals, and sung readings from the Koran determined her development as a grown-up singer. Her migration from Tunisia to Belgium was of a big influence to her. Her music takes the audience back to the sweet melancholy of her childhood.

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Ghalia Benali

(Brussels, 1968) is rightly called a multitalent. She sings, acts, writes, dances and is a visual artist. Ghalia Benali grew up in Tunisia. At age 21 she came to Brussels to study graphic arts. She took with her the music from her youth and childhood days: from French chansons, Persian and Egyptian music to sung readings from the Koran. With her present theatrical tour she pays homage to the great Oum Kalthoum, assisted by Moufadhel Adhoum (üd), Vincent Noiret (double bass) and Azzedine Jazouli (Arabic percussion). The Egyption singer, who died in 1975 is still known today as the voice of the Arab world. ‘Oum Kalthoum was my first musical school’, says Ghalia. At age four she listened tirelessly to an LP record of ‘Al Atlal’, probably partly fascinated by the hypnotic spinning of the record. With her tour Ghalia Benali aims at bringing to life again the overwhelming emotion of the profound and authentic songs of the great Egyptian diva.
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