Oslo World: Marcel Khalife - Promises of the Storm — live event on Oct 27, 2026

Oslo World: Marcel Khalife - Promises of the Storm

Oslo World Music Festival live at Chateau Neuf,Storsalen on Tue, Oct 27, 8:00 PM. Free entry. Lineup, start time and tickets on Ckord.

A Lebanese legend opens Oslo World. The Lebanese oud player, singer, and composer Marcel Khalife is a folk hero in the Arab world. With a career spanning six decades, he has combined effortless mastery of his instrument with political outspokenness and poetry. When he first set the words of the great Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish to music, he had no idea it was the prelude to a meeting that would forge a deep and enduring friendship between the two men a few years later---even as the songs themselves resonated across the globe. Promises of the Storm was influenced by Arab-Andalusian traditions and contemporary Middle Eastern politics. Channeling the poetry by Dahrwish and his Palestinian compatriot Izzidine Al Munassrah, Khalifé sung in colloquial Arabic. It was his way of dignifying the common people. The album became iconic in the Arab community and beyond, and to mark the fiftieth anniversary, Marcel Khalife has re-recorded it as a solo project. To have Marcel Khalife opening our…

Starts: Tue, Oct 27, 8:00 PM

Ends: Tue, Oct 27, 10:00 PM

Where: 15 Slemdalsveien, Oslo 0369, Norway

Price: $0.0

Lineup

Venue: Chateau Neuf - The Norwegian Students' Society

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