fatma said
10 february 2022 / 8pm / oslo hackney
100% funded
Multi-award-winning opera star Fatma Said performs music inspired by tango and jazz in railway station-turned club, OSLO Hackney.
7pm: late set doors open
8pm: fatma said late set
9pm: live tango with tango siempre (included with late set backing)
11pm: disco, soul, and house DJs until close (included with late set backing)
what are noisenights?
noisenights are our vision for the future of classical music: informal crowdfunded events featuring international soloists in bars, converted warehouses, and nightclubs.
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Most noisenights feature two short classical sets, one early evening, one late. All tickets to the late set include live music for the rest of the night, including jazz, latin, afrobeat, swing and funk acts.
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Please note that due to the venue's license, this noisenight is strictly 18+.
the venue:
OSLO is one of London's iconic clubs. The first of its type to open in the area, it's based in the redeveloped Victorian Hackney railway station.
They've hosted Mumford and Sons, Dua Lipa, and Alabama Shakes, but noisenights were the first classical shows to take over this unique space. We're returning for the first time since two sold out sets back in June 2022.
the music:
Fatma's show will draw on material from her latest genre-defying release, Kaleidoscope, with a programme focusing on tango-inspired music and jazz. She will be accompanied by bandoneon legend Julian Rowlands and award-winning composer and pianist Harry Baker.
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The Egyptian soprano blazed onto the classical scene with her multi-award-winning debut on Warner Classics, El Nour, honoured with two Awards apiece from Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine in 2021.
Her latest release, Kaleidoscope, boasted a cross-cultural and genre-defying programme and showcased Said’s passion for dance. The album featured works from opera, operetta, film and pop, sung in no less than six languages - French, German, English, Spanish, Italian and Arabic. It was awarded a Presto Music Award 2022 earlier this month. You can listen here.
fatma said (soprano):
At the age of 14 Fatma Said embarked on a musical journey that would take her from her home in Cairo to the Academy of Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, the BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists and ultimately to the world’s most prestigious concert and opera stages.
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As an exclusive Warner Recording Artist she released her debut album El Nour in 2020 to much critical acclaim, winning numerous awards including the Gramophone Classical Music Award for ‘Best Song Album’, the BBC Music Magazine’s Vocal Award as well as Germany’s Opus Klassik.
Fatma took her first singing lessons in Cairo with soprano Neveen Allouba and later studied Opera Singing at Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler with Professor Renate Faltin. Fatma subsequently was awarded a scholarship to study at the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala in Milan, becoming the first Egyptian soprano to perform on this iconic stage. In Milan she sang - among numerous other roles - Pamina in a new Peter Stein production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, after which Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung heralded, “The flawless, radiant Fatma Said as Pamina is a discovery.”
Fatma is looking forward to an exciting 22/23 season: As Artist in Residence at the Konzerthaus Berlin she will present a range of colorful programs including the release concert of her second Album Kaleidoscope in September 2022, a recital with Sabine Meyer and Malcolm Martineau, as well as concerts with Giovanni Antonini, Iván Fischer and Alondra de la Parra. Being a passionate Lied singer Fatma will be returning to give recitals at the Schubertiade in Hohenems, Wigmore Hall in London and make her debuts at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Celebrity Series in Boston. She will appear in concerts with the Munich Symphony Orchestra, Concerto de’ Cavalieri, the Bayer Philharmonic and a gala at the venerable Abdeen Palace in Cairo. Fatma will make her debut as Vitellia in La clemenza di Tito on a tour with Cecilia Bartoli and Gianluca Capuano. She will also return to the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg for a series of Christmas concerts with Daniel Hope.
Recent highlights include her debut at the Royal Albert Hall with Mozart’s Requiem at the BBC Proms with Nathalie Stutzmann, performing Mahler’s 4th Symphony with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Kazuki Yamada, Ravel’s Shéhérazade with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester and Cristian Măcelaru at the Berliner Philharmonie as well as the Cleveland Orchestra with Stéphane Denève. Further highlights include Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate with Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and Gábor Takács-Nagy, recitals at Snape Maltings, Radebergkonzerte Series in Cologne, De Singel in Antwerp, Edinburgh International Festival, Wigmore Hall, Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestival, Schubertiade, Morellino Festival and a gala concert with Rolando Villazón at the Zorlu Center in Istanbul as well as his televised 50th birthday gala.
Throughout the past years she has also appeared on the stages of Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Staatsoper Hamburg, Royal Opera House in Muscat, Wexford Opera in Ireland, Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Philharmonie Cologne, Konzerthaus Berlin, Mozarteum in Salzburg, Vienna Konzerthaus, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Pembroke Music Festival, Schubertiada Festival of Valdegovia, Lockenhaus Festival, Schumann Festival in Bonn, Mozart-Woche in Salzburg, Beethoven Festival in Bonn, and the Music Festival of Bad Kissingen amongst others.
Fatma’s operatic roles on stage include Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Nannetta (Falstaff), Clorinda (La Cenerentola), La Pastourelle (L'enfant et les sortilèges), Berta (Il barbiere di Siviglia), 1st Ecologist (contemporary opera CO2), Feanichton (Bataclan) and the role of L’Amour (Orphée et Eurydice) at the Teatro alla Scala. She sang Genovieffa (Suor Angelica) with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons in a concert performance and the main role Tharsis in the new production of Mozart’s T.H.A.M.O.S. during the Mozart-Woche Festival 2019. Fatma Said is a strong advocate for causes that are close to her heart: In September 2021, Fatma performed at Global Citizen Live – a worldwide 24-hour livestreamed charity event which sees artists from around the world campaign to end the hunger crisis, protect the planet and plan its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The artists lineup included musicians such as Elton John and Ed Sheeran. She represented Egypt on Human Right’s Day in 2014, 2017 and 2018 at the United Nations in Geneva as well as at the Luxor Temple and sang for children's right to education and dignity through music. In 2016, she received an honorary award from Egypt’s National Council for Women. In the same year she became the first Egyptian opera singer ever to be awarded the state’s Creativity Award, one of Egypt’s highest accolades, for her outstanding artistic achievement on an international level.
Fatma continues working with Professor Renate Faltin and has had distinguished professors and coaches, such as Julia Varady, Claar Ter Horst, Anita Keller, Wolfram Rieger and Tom Krause, who have strongly influenced her musical development and helped her hone her musical interpretation.
Fatma won several major singing competitions including the 8th Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition (Dublin, 2016), the 7th Leyla Gencer International Opera Competition (Istanbul, 2012), 2nd prize at the 16th International Robert Schumann Lied Competition (Zwickau, 2012) and the Grand Prix at the 1st Giulio Perotti International Opera Competition (Germany, 2011).
Fatma is also an ambassador for Opera for Peace and is supported by the stART academy of Bayer Kultur.
harry baker (piano):
Harry Baker is an award-winning improvising pianist and composer active in jazz, classical and new-music settings. His music has been featured on Jazz FM and BBC Radio 3, and his compositions recorded by the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain on NMC Recordings.
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A key player on the UK jazz and classical scenes, Harry has performed at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, the 606 Club, Wigmore Hall and the Royal Festival Hall. His music looks to unite his diverse influences, centring around improvisation and collaboration. Recent work includes performing his composition ‘Lament’, a semi-improvised piano concerto, with the Ripieno Players in a programme alongside a new composition by saxophonist Xhosa Cole (BBC Jazz Young Musician 2018).
In early 2020, Harry released his debut album, ‘The Floating Boy’, a suite for big band and voices performed by the Oxford University Jazz Orchestra and vocal group The Oxford Gargoyles. The album launch was accompanied by a feature interview in London Jazz News and was played on Jazz FM, leading presenter Helen Mayhew to comment that “the future of British jazz is in very capable hands.”
Upcoming projects include recording with Sheku for his new album on Decca Classics, in addition to a performance at the Konzerthaus Dortmund in early 2022. Harry will also be performing with his trio at Vortex Jazz Club on 27th October, and with Max Richter and Sinfonia Cymru on 4th November at the Millennium Centre, Cardiff.
Harry is in-demand as a session musician, and has appeared on the Zoe Ball Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2, in addition to BBC1&2 with choirmaster Gareth Malone. He is also a passionate advocate for music education, and works as Accompanist with London Youth Choirs and at the Royal College of Music, and as Musician-in-Residence at Bobby Moore Academy.
julian rowlands (bandoneon):
Julian Rowlands is a bandoneonist, pianist, composer and arranger. He specialises in tango music including the works of Astor Piazzolla, as well as classical, contemporary and world music.
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The bandoneon, the instrument of Astor Piazzolla, is a free reed instrument renowned for the beauty of its sound, and for its remarkable expressive range and flexibility. Julian’s bandoneon takes him to a variety of locations including TV and recording studios, the West End stage, concert halls, theatres, and opera houses.
Julian is currently preparing new projects for 2023-4, including a 25th anniversary tour with Tango Siempre and a new duo partnership with pianist Julieta Iglesias, Deputy Ambassador of the Astor Piazzolla Foundation
Highlights of 2021-2022 included international festival appearances with Tango Siempre and the first tour of their new show Tango Encounters, as well as performances of Palmeri’s Misa Tango, and of Weill with the National Symphony Orchestra.
In 2019 Julian toured Tango Siempre’s show Tangomotion, and appeared at the Purcell Room, National Concert Hall Dublin, Edinburgh Fringe, and the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.
Julian’s 2018 album “Language of the Heart” with the Santiago Quartet attracted praise from artists including Sting – “stunning chromatic clarity … truly special”, and Bob Geldof – “Sexier than 50 Shades of Grey”. Other recent recording work has included Bryan Ferry’s 2018 album “Bittersweet” and the soundtrack of “Loving Vincent”.
Julian often plays on BBC TV “Strictly Come Dancing” and has appeared on “The One Show” , “Zingzillas”, ITV’s “Surprise Surprise”, BBC Radio 3’s “In Tune” and “The Sound of Dance”, BBC Radio 4 “Front Row”, and “The Tom Robinson Show” on Radio 6. He made his Radio 3 debut in 2010 accompanying bass-baritone Erwin Schrott in a live broadcast from the Royal Opera House, and his Wigmore Hall debut later that year playing Piazzolla’s “Five Tango Sensations” with the soloists of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Other artists and ensembles with whom he has worked include the Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chamber Players, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, the City of London Sinfonia, Chineke, Omar Puente, and the RTE Concert Orchestra.
Julian Rowlands’ repertoire includes Bach, Schubert and Schumann; the major works of Astor Piazzolla: the concertos, quintets, Tango Sensations and solo arrangements; the operas Maria de Buenos Aires (Piazzolla) and Mahagonny (Weill); the Misa a Buenos Aires (Misatango) by Martin Palmieri; solo classical pieces, traditional and contemporary tango arrangements, chamber music, and his own compositions.
Together with Ros Stephen and Jonathan Taylor of Tango Siempre, Julian created the score for the Olivier-nominated “Midnight Tango” starring Flavia Cacace and Vincent Simone, and appeared in its 480 performances in the west end and on tour from 2011-2013. Other composing and arranging credits include “Flying into daylight” by Emmy award winning writer Ron Hutchinson, Tangomotion and other Tango Siempre productions, and Violetta’s Last tango.
Publications by Julian Rowlands in the Schott World Music series include “Argentinian Tango and Folk Tunes for Piano”, “Russian Folk Tunes for Piano“, “Russian Folk Tunes for Accordion“, “Klezmer Piano” and “Klezmer Fiddle” (with Ros Stephen).
Julian lives in London with violinist and composer Ros Stephen and their daughter Ellie.
Rewards: unallocated standing tickets to the noisenight19 late set in OSLO Hackney, at 8pm on Friday 10 February 2023. First-come-first served for the best views.
Rewards: unallocated standing tickets to the noisenight19 late set in OSLO Hackney, at 8pm on Friday 10 February 2023, and a signed vinyl of Fatma Said’s latest album, Kaleidoscope. First-come-first served for the best views. Vinyl to be collected on arrival at box office.
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