A unique musical world between Persian tradition and contemporary creativity.
Sogol Mirzaei, tar; Eleanna Pitsikaki, kanun; Marie-Suzanne de lo Alce, viola da gamba
Named after an ancient Persian form of poetry, the ensemble Chak / ampm explores the space of encounter between music and poetry, creating a unique language in which top instrumentalists with traditional stringed instruments tar, kanun and viola da gamba bring musical material to life somewhere between classical heritage and contemporary improvisation. The Trio draws from the treasuries of the Persian, Arabic and European Baroque repertoire, interspersed with contemporary authorial compositions by female musicians. The dialogue of stringed instruments alternates between sound intensity and meditative concentration, connecting three different worlds. The founder of the ensemble, Iranian musician Sogol Mirzaei, is a renowned Iranian classical performer on the Tar instrument and received her master's degree in musicology at the Sorbonne, where she met Marie-Suzanne de lo Aluce, who with her viola da gamba instrument devoted herself to early music, mainly Anatolian, Persian and Breton. The third member is Greek Eleanna Pitsikaki, one of the most recognizable performers on Kanun in today's international music scene. Her approach to this musical instrument is dynamic, with it she revives the traditions of East and West, makam Meets jazz, Heritage modernity. He is currently completing his doctoral studies at the University of music Mainz, where he focuses on transcultural music, migration and affiliation.
Thus, the trio also represents the meeting of life paths and experiences, expressing through music the longing for the lands they have left, the feeling of uprooting and carrying memories of places that are disappearing. But it also testifies to the creative power that is born from meeting, discovering and constantly transforming identity.
Since its founding in 2019, the Chak Armamm ensemble has quickly established itself in the French and international music scene. In 2023, female musicians were honored for outstanding artwork at Diaspora Music a Contactards. In 2024, they performed at the SHO islamcase Festival, and in 2025, they released a debut album called Les Vents Br Islamclants.
Edinstven glasbeni svet med perzijsko tradicijo in sodobno ustvarjalnostjo.
Sogol Mirzaei, tar; Eleanna Pitsikaki, kanun; Marie-Suzanne de Loye, viola da gamba
Ansambel Chakâm, poimenovan po starodavni perzijski pesniški obliki, raziskuje prostor srečevanja med glasbo in poezijo ter pri tem ustvarja edinstven jezik, v katerem vrhunske instrumentalistke s tradicionalnimi strunskimi glasbili tar, kanun in viola da gamba oživljajo glasbeno gradivo nekje med klasično dediščino in sodobno improvizacijo. Trio črpa iz zakladnic perzijskega, arabskega in evropskega baročnega repertoarja, ki ga glasbenice prepletejo s sodobnimi avtorskimi kompozicijami. Dialog strunskih glasbil se izmenjuje med zvočno silovitostjo in meditativno zbranostjo ter povezuje tri različne svetove. Ustanoviteljica ansambla, iranska glasbenica Sogol Mirzaei, je priznana iranska klasična izvajalka na inštrumentu tar in je magistrirala iz muzikologije na Sorboni, kjer je spoznala Marie-Suzanne de Loye, ki se je s svojim inštrumentom viola da gamba posvečala stari glasbi, predvsem anatolski, perzijski in bretonski. Tretja članica pa je Grkinja Eleanna Pitsikaki, na današnji mednarodni glasbeni sceni ena bolj prepoznavnih izvajalk na kanunu. Njen pristop k temu glasbilu je dinamičen, z njim obuja tradicijo Vzhoda in Zahoda, makam sreča jazz, dediščina sodobnost. Trenutno končuje doktorski študij na Univerzi za glasbo v Mainzu, kjer se osredotoča na čezkulturno glasbo, migracije in pripadnost.
Tako trio predstavlja tudi srečanje življenjskih poti in izkušenj, skozi glasbo izraža hrepenenje po deželah, ki so jih zapustile, občutek izkoreninjenosti in nosi spomine na kraje, ki izginjajo. Priča pa tudi o ustvarjalni moči, ki se rojeva iz srečevanja, odkrivanja in nenehnega preoblikovanja identitete.
Od ustanovitve leta 2019 se je ansambel Chakâm hitro uveljavil na francoski in mednarodni glasbeni sceni. Leta 2023 so bile glasbenice nagrajene za izjemno umetniško delo na Diaspora Music Awards. Leta 2024 so se predstavila na showcase festivalu Womex, 2025 pa so izdale prvenec z naslovom Les Vents Brûlants.