La Rosa Ensemble "A Mediterranean Journey"

The virtuosity and technical excellence and their passion for Sephardic and Arabic music make them an unforgettable experience.

The La Rosa Ensemble is a musical formation with the Moroccan singer Anass Habib, the French accordionist Benoît Rey, and the Dutch-Turabic guitarist and 'UD player Göksel Yilmaz. They bring contemporary interpretations of Sephardic and Arabic songs in an intimate setting.

Sephardic music comes from the Jewish population from medieval Spain and Portugal. After their expulsion by the Christians at the end of the 15th century, they spread over North Africa, the Balkans and Asia Minor, where their language (Ladino), culture and music were influenced by the countries where they settled.

The La Rosa Ensemble takes the audience on a musical song along the Middelle-lean, with the Arab-Arabelele Sea, with the Arab-Arabelele Sea, with the Arab-Arab Song, with the Arabdelle Sea, with the Arabdel Van Homesis and desire, which is central to this music. Hiermee ontstaat een meeslepende voorstelling met een repertoire dat geworteld is in oude muziektradities, maar toch fris en modern aanvoelt.

De virtuositeit en technische uitmuntendheid van het trio en hun passie voor Sefardische en Arabische muziek maken hen een onvergetelijke ervaring!

Anass Habib is Singer and music teacher from Fes, Morocco, where he grew up in a musical family. He studied vocals at the conservatories of Fes, Aleppo and Damascus and specialized in early Christian Aramean songs, Andalusian and Sephardic songs and traditional and classical Arabic music. He performs with various formations at home and abroad.

Göksel Yilmaz is a composer, guitarist and singer, 'UD and SAZ player of Turkish-Arab descent, and grew up in the Netherlands and Turkey. He studied classical guitar at the conservatory of Enschede and is best known for the "Göksel Yilmaz Ensemble", with which he released various albums and performed on, among other things, the Music Meeting, Dunya Festival, Rasa, Tivoli and the Concertgebouw. ​​

Benoîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtîtît. He graduated from the conservatories of Villeurbanne and Grenoble and is known for his wide repertoire, including electronic, jazz, classical, lyrical, gypsy and rock music. He played on Polish, French, Belgian and Swiss albums.