Performance archive contains more detailed information
on some of the venues we have performed and communities we have
visited.
(Download a printable .pdf of press quotes here)
"A delightful
proposition of exquisite music" El Pais, Madrid, Spain
"Tarik &
Julia Banzi create a new musical language that unites the East
& West." Aramco
World Magazine
"A perfect
soundtrack ushering in the night with an ethereal sweetness."
The Georgia Straight,
Vancouver BC
"The best
example of cultural integration" YA, Madrid, Spain
"Music with
a message!" Dick
Cline, On Time
"Al-Andalus
combines elements with the quiet assurance of skilled alchemists
and comes up with at mix that's aural gold!" Bill Smith, Willamette Week
"Full of
musical Gems! An Ageless mix!" Kip Richardson, The Oregonian
An outstanding
presentation! Music & musicianship that took our breath away! The American College
Music Society
"Intriguing
graceful music, sterling improvisations, world class virtuosos. Bob McCullough, Willamette Week.
"Hands down
the best concert this reviewer has heard! These musicians brought
something rare and wonderful, a new world of sound to listeners!"
Dick Roberts, The
Bridge
"These multitalented
performers achieve teleportation for the senses.
The haunting, soulful music they made lingered in my mind next
morning." Sorel
Klein 'Pop Arts'
"Standing
ovations are the norm for Al-Andalus, audiences are overcome!" Marta Colburn Middle East Studies Center & Middle East
Studies Association
"They left
the stage amid wild applause--A performance by Tarik & Julia
Banzi is a valuable lesson in musical culture, and a delightful
musical experience!" Tim Olsen founder/editor
of American Lutherie
"Al-Andalus
brings linkages to light, drawing elements together across time
and space and
transforming them from memory into sensation.
Listeners find themselves simultaneously in past and future."
Marty Hughley, The
Oregonian
"Much of
what has been forgotten by Europe is being brought back by the
Banzi's in the sensitive and evocative music of Al-Andalus"
Dick Cline, On Time
"A Quintessentially
American musical tapestry" Marty Hughley, The Oregonian
"The performance group takes Al-Andalus into modernity
and it symbolizes the cultural process and promise of American
society. A place of remarkable cultural cross-pollination, where
people and ideas meet and merge, creating vibrant new hybrids--America
now is what Al-Andalus was in the Middle Ages" Marty
Hughley, The Oregonian.
Sponsors include:
American Lutherie; American College Music Society; Committee
for Inter-Religious Peace in the Middle East; Intel; Kennedy Center
for Performing Arts; Musical Company; Nike; National Endowment
for the Humanities; AWAIR; Smithsonian; Mosaic Foundation; Ayuntamiento
de Sevilla; Oregon Public Broadcasting; Oregon on Tour; The Oregon
Arts Commission; Oregon Symphony; Portland Opera; Tigris Heart
Shakespeare; MESA; Young Audiences, countless colleges,
universities and other fine organizations!
