Published on
November 30, 2009 in
Events, Food, Music and Party.
Tags: arab, arabian nights, arabic, arabic food, baba ghanoush, belly dancers, belly dancers china, belly dancing, belly dancing beijing, hummus, Levantine, man li, Party, rai, Tabbouleh.
Join us at Ginkgo for a night featuring the music, culture and flavours of Arabia. Enjoy a delicious Arabian-themed buffet prepared especially for the event, as well as two shows from three beautiful belly dancers on the Ginkgo stage first at 9pm and again at around 11pm.
The delicious buffet of Arabian-style will feature whole roast lamb, Hummus, Tabbouleh and other Levantine delicacies. Food bookings for this event are strongly recommended. Price per person 80 RMB. We will have limited quantities so please book thursday morning at the latest to ensure you don’t miss out! Call the restaurant to make a reservation: 6402 7532
The beautiful Belly Dancer Manli will be performing with her friends on the Ginkgo stage twice throughout the evening. We will also have great Arabic and Rai music all night!
Dress Code: Arabia! Free bottle of Champagne goes to the best Arabic dressed guest! Free Entry.
Published on
May 25, 2009 in
Events, Music and Uncategorized.
Tags: algerian, amine kouider, arabic, beijing, berber, bob marley, djembe, french, george moustaki, ginkgo, guitar, khaled, live music, lullaby, manu chao, Music, rai, reggae, rumba, singer, spanish, Yussef Mustacchi, Zac Courtney.
Join us at Ginkgo on Thursday 4th June from 9:30pm for live music from from guitarist Amine Kouider who is Beijing for a few weeks. Born in Algiers, Algeria and currently living in the US, Amine has been singing for as long as he could speak. At the age of 4 he was nicknamed “cassette tape” because of his non-stop singing!
His music blends graceful Algerian Rai music with Reggae beats, French Lullabies with Spanish Rumbas. Amine sings in English, French, Arabic, Berber and Spanish. His acoustic performance will include original songs and covers from Manu Chao, Khaled, Bob Marley, George Moustaki and others. Don’t miss him before he leaves town!
UPDATE – Amine will be joined by the Australian percussionist, Zac Courtney, on Djembe.
Published on
December 24, 2008 in
Events and Music.
Tags: akbar abliz, arabic, beijing, china, chinese, david mitchell, ginkgo, indian, instrumental, jazz, live, Mahmoud Mehmet, Music, panjir, persian, uyghur, xinjiang.
Panjir are a Beijing-based instrumental quintet who combine jazz sensibilities with Uyghur music, the Persian and Arabic influenced genre from the North-West of China. A tradition with over 2000 years of history, Uyghur music has links with Arabic, Persian, Indian and Chinese music, and is at once complex, beautiful and emotional. Panjir adds an element of improvisation, taking the music beyond the strongly codified tradition, and creating forward motion in the music for the first time for many years.
British guitarist David Mitchell founded the group with his good friend, acoustic guitarist Akbar Abliz, himself an Uyghur from China’s Xinjiang region. Their self-titled debut CD is composed of traditional Uyghur pieces to which they re-introduce an improvisational element. David is a Berklee School of Music-educated player, now Professor of Guitar at the Beijing Institute of Contemporary Music. Akbar is a self-taught prodigy who is one of China’s most sought-after session musicians. The third key member of the group is Mahmoud Mehmet, who plays lutes native to Central Asia.
For more information please see their MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/panjir
Please see the ‘Upcoming Events’ box on the right of our web page for their next performance. Seen them play before? Please give them a star rating below. Post your reviews in the comments.
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