Three Tributes is a set of three string quartet pieces that honour three female Levantine singers from the Nahda - the cultural renaissance of the Arabic-speaking world in the mid-19th to early 20th centuries. The work blends Western string quartet writing with Eastern vocal traditions, archival recordings, improvisational elements, and musical fragments inspired by traditional Arabic genres. El-Turk’s aim is both to give voice to historically overlooked women and to let performers’ personalities come through in the music.

Dudok Quartet Amsterdam