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Concert: Manchester Jazz Festival – Sanem Kalfa & George Dumitriu + Shahbaz Hussain & Helen Anahita Wilson

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As part of Manchester Jazz Festival’s Celebrating Europe series, this concert will be a UK debut for Sanem Kalfa & George Dumitriu from The Netherlands via their native Turkey and Romania.

Winner of the Montreux Jazz Competition, Sanem sings original compositions and arrangements in Turkish, Portuguese, Italian and English.

New duo Shahbaz Hussain & Helen Anahita Wilson’s mixture of Asian-inspired jazz brings together Punjabi rhythms, Persian melodies and original contemporary jazz.

Presented as part of Going Dutch with the support of Dutch Performing Arts and Jazz Promotion Network.

Sanem Kalfa & George Dumitriu
Sanem Kalfa voice, electronics / George Dumitriu guitar, viola, electronics

Shahbaz Hussain & Helen Anahita Wilson
Shahbaz Hussain tabla / Helen Anahita Wilson piano