Zanzibar Taarab Ensemble
Country Zanzibar Genres taarab traditional Festival Sauti za Busara 2018 Recordings 📼 Zanzibar Taarab, 2014
The Zanzibar Taarab Ensemble captures the great energy of western Indian Ocean cultural expression and has a program of great variety, easily appreciated by any audience interested in hearing instrumental and vocal colours, tonalities and techniques of the fusion of Arab and African music.
The high quality of the performers of the Zanzibar Taarab Ensemble makes this ensemble distinctive in projecting an excellence of Arab/African musical fusion.
The group has toured extensively in Tanzania. Many of the group members have performed in Europe, Asia and other countries of Africa.
The members of this ensemble are youthful, yet they demonstrate great musical maturity. The virtuosity of each of the performers will certainly keep the visual and audible attention of the audience.
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