Opening Days – Gathering of Remarkable People
6–10 May 2026
An adaptive performance unfolds through music, archival sound, and film, accompanied by a culinary programme reinterpreting harees and jareesh. Moments of silence and sound shape a collective, immersive experience.
Featured artists include musicians Gobi Drab (flutes, vocals, Austria), Tomás Gouband (percussion, France/Algeria), Mazen Kerbaj (trumpet, electronics, Lebanon), Aya Metwaly (vocals, electronics, Egypt), Sarah Ourahman (cello, vocals, electronics, UK/Algeria), Naghib Shehbenzadeh (percussion, Iran), Vivian Wang (vocals, electronics, Singapore) along with culinary offerings by chefs and authors Noor Murad (Bahrain) and Majed Ali Almatrooshi (United Arab Emirates), chef Noof Al Marri of the Desert Rose Café at the National Museum of Qatar (Qatar), and mixologists Anna Patrowicz (France) and Vesta Kontrimaviciene (Lithuania) of akub London.
