Piers Faccini + Farah Fersi

Piers Faccini Since his first album, Leave No Trace, in 2004, Piers Faccini has crafted a delicate songwriting style at the crossroads of folk, blues and African music. A free-spirited adventurer, he has multiplied musical encounters, notably with kora player Ballaké Sissoko, and with Shapes of the Fall (Victoires du Jazz 2021, world music category) he released one of his standout albums. His new album, Faultlines, due early 2027, explores human fault lines, silences and the spaces where poetry is born. Faced with machine-generated music, he champions a deeply human art of songwriting, nourished by fragility and emotion.

Farah Fersi Born in Tunisia, Farah Fersi is a composer and virtuoso of the qanûn, the central instrument of the Arabic musical tradition. Nurtured from childhood by a plural cultural environment, she has developed a singular approach to this string instrument, using a ten-finger technique and a bold, percussive style of playing. Her musical universe blends classical Arabic heritage, jazz, Sufism and world sounds, which she weaves into original compositions. At the crossroads of tradition and innovation, Farah Fersi pushes the boundaries of the qanûn and infuses it with a contemporary, sensitive and deeply personal dimension.

Evening held in partnership with the Musées de Marseille.