DISCOVER THE OJM’S MEDINEA SESSION ALBUM
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Released in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée, the album Live at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Medinea Session, Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée, recorded at the 2022 Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, is available on CD and on all streaming platforms. This album is a musical journey through new pieces that have resulted from the collective composition sessions of the OJM; the pieces are accompanied by singer Claron McFadden.
Launched in 2014, the Medinea Sessions invite artists from the Mediterranean region to come together and compose musical works solely through the collective composition process. Under the artistic direction of Fabrizio Cassol, the musicians exchange ideas and create a unique repertoire based on oral tradition, thus privileging the memorisation of shared ideas over the traditional Western assimilation of written scores. This innovative approach transcends traditional musical boundaries and offers an incomparable degree of diversity.
Live at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Medinea Session, Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée
July 2022
Produced by Outhere Music under the Fuga Libera label
Artistic direction: Fabrizio Cassol
Guest artist: Claron McFadden
Composer-performers:
Wafa Abbès (vocals), Ahmet Ozan Baysal (bağlama), Rahma Bel Haj Yahia (oud and vocals), Giovanni Chirico (saxophone), Georgi Dobrev (kaval), Sarra Douik (oud and vocals), Bernat Cucarella Sifre (percussion), Elif Canfeza Gunduz (kemenche), Colin Heller (nyckelharpa), Pierre Hurty (drums), Hamdi Jammoussi (percussion), Alexandros Kentris (bouzouki), Panagiotis Lazaridis (clarinet), Ahmed Litaiem (ney), Matteo Nicolin (guitar), Dimitria-Mirsini Pontikopoulou-Venieri (violin), Benoit Quentin (double bass), Wajdi Riahi (piano), Ottavia Rinaldi (harp), Athina Siskaki (violin), Adèle Viret (cello), Oscar Viret (trumpet), Hacène Zemrani (saxophone)
Thanks to all the artists who contributed to the collective composition process during the other sessions.
The Festival d’Aix extends its thanks to the Région Sud – Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, the main supporter of the Orchestre des Jeunes de la Méditerranée since its creation.
