Piers Faccini, Farah Fersi
- Friday, july 2, 2027
- 8:00 PM-11:55 PM
- Centre de la Vieille Charité 2 Rue de la Charité, 13002 Marseille, France
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On July 2, 2027, at the Centre de la Vieille Charité in Marseille, Piers Faccini will bring his voice and guitar to a set in which songwriting remains at the center. Since Leave No Trace (2004), the Anglo-Italian singer based in the South of France has been carving an open folk, nourished by acoustic blues and Mediterranean colors, with a penchant for spare arrangements and modes that let the songs breathe. A quiet adventurer, he has also made encounters a driving force, even engaging in dialogue with West African instruments, notably alongside kora player Ballaké Sissoko on Shapes of the Fall. This concert promises to be a soulful journey, in the wake of Faultlines, his upcoming album slated for 2027.
Joining him is Farah Fersi, a Tunisian-born composer, who foregrounds the qanûn, the string instrument that is a key feature of Arab music. A virtuoso, she pushes its codes with a ten-finger technique and a percussive playing style that broadens its palette. Between classical heritage, jazz, Sufism, and sounds from elsewhere, her compositions seek a balance between tradition and invention, and give the qanûn a decidedly contemporary presence.
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Centre de la Vieille Charité
2 Rue de la Charité, 13002 Marseille, France