The Syrian singer Linda al-Ahmad will perform tomorrow at 8 pm at Casa Árabe in Madrid, accompanied by musicians Layth Sidiq, Hames Bitar, Kaveh Sarvanian and Luis Taberna. Buy your ticket now at this link.
To be a Syrian singer in exile is to carry the voice of a people marked by uprooting and resistance. Far from their land, music becomes a bridge between nostalgia and hope, an echo of the identity that war tried to silence. Each melody can evoke the sounds of Damascus, Aleppo or Homs, while the lyrics tell stories of loss, love and struggle. In distant settings, singing is an act of remembrance, a reminder of the beauty and pain of Syria, and a way to keep its culture alive despite banishment.
The proposal of Linda al-Ahmad and the four musicians accompanying her reflects through music her personal experiences during her exile and that of her family in Spain. They are personal compositions based on the lyrics of the writer and artist’s companion Rafi Wahbe, to which will be added other traditional Syrian repertoire, folk songs from various regions of the country. These melodies convey the particular features of their land and tell stories, customs and traditions of their people.
Re-singing these songs is an affirmation of the authentic identities of its inhabitants and a form of artistic resistance to attempts to obscure the cultural richness and diversity of the regions of Syria, reducing them to political factions. The musical training that will accompany Linda is also by its diversity and artistic quality proof that the musical language transcends borders and works as a balm in times of adversity. The backdrop will be a screening of Syrian concept artist Kinda Youssef and creative engineer Rohit Gupta.
Linda Al-Ahmad is an artist who combines musical and dramatic talent. She is an expert in classical Arabic singing, with theatre, film and television experience. It seeks to connect with the contemporary scene through a personal vision: the conviction that everything we experience is intrinsically linked to our past and our future, and that all, regardless of our identities and origins, We are interconnected in many ways. Art and music are, in essence, creative tools to find meaning in this connection.
