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Orphé c_Hlose Faure
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Orphé, a band formed in Berlin in 2015, comprises seven musicians from various countries - Nafei Abou Assi (trumpet), Robert Barr (guitar), Aeman Hlal (violin), Daisam Jalo (oud), Wesam Karema (accordion), Romeo Natur (drums) and Sebastian Thieme (bass).
Their music brings together various different genres ranging from improvised versions of Oriental and Balkan folk music to contemporary tango and jazz. Four of the band members come from Syria, and three of these arrived only recently in Berlin. The other members are Scottish, French-American and German-Palestinian.