Marmoucha Orchestra presents Wahj, a new live performance based on the new album of the same name by project leader Toni Geitani. For this tour, Geitani and other members of Marmoucha Orchestra are developing arrangements that reimagine the album for a compact, flexible six-piece ensemble.

‍Sung in classical Arabic (fuṣḥā) and rooted in maqām traditions, Wahj moves between experimental electronics, ambient soundscapes, and contemporary Arabic soundscapes. In the live version, Marmoucha Orchestra deepens these materials into an immersive audiovisual performance in which instrumentation, electronics, and motion-controlled visuals continuously interact.

‍Wahj (Arabic for "radiance") explores "collapse" as a landscape from which resistance, hope, and new possibilities emerge as inevitable outcomes. The performance creates an Arab-futurist space that is both intimate and immersive, connecting with audiences from contemporary music, ambient electronics, the Arab and SWANA diaspora, and the international art and festival scene.

‍Wahj (the performance) is (partly) made possible by the AFK (Amsterdam Fund for the Arts) and by FPK (Performing Arts Fund).