L’Antidote + Naïssam Jalal and Roberto Negro

A double bill at Cadogan Hall in London, pairing the trio L'Antidote with a flute and piano duo led by Naïssam Jalal and Roberto Negro. Both acts work in jazz and contemporary music.

L'Antidote brings together the Iranian percussionist Bijan Chemirani, the Albanian cellist Redi Hasa and the Lebanese pianist Rami Khalifé. Their music combines Persian rhythms, Mediterranean traditions, contemporary classical writing and jazz. The work was conceived during the pandemic and recorded in southern Italy, and it presents music as a means of healing and hope in difficult times.

The second part of the evening is given to Naïssam Jalal and Roberto Negro, who perform Landscapes of Eternity as a duo of flute and piano. Jalal, a French-Syrian flautist and composer born in Paris in 1984, drew on travels through North India for the project, which explores links between music, nature and spirituality in the Hindustani tradition. Jalal's debut album, Osloob Hayati, appeared in 2015. Negro is an Italian pianist, composer and producer born in Turin in 1981, associated with the label ACT Musique.

The concert takes place at Cadogan Hall, a concert venue at 5 Sloane Terrace in London. The double bill is built around musical dialogue across cultures, traditions and landscapes, with the two ensembles presented side by side.