Presented by Windcatcher Production.

CaféMusic is a concert series hosted by Santur player Sina Bathaie in collaboration with Small World Music Centre. The series focuses on presenting non-mainstream instruments and showcasing their full potential as solo instruments in an intimate setting.

This month's concert features Mandole player Fethi Nadjem from Algeria.

Fethi Nadjem was born in 1983 in Algeria, where he grew up in a family of musicians. He began playing the guitar and oud at the age of 13 and developed his skills within the Fine Arts Association in Algiers, learning Andalusian music, playing violin and Algerian mandole. At the age of 21 he was one of the founders of a world music fusion band named Djmawi Africa, with which he performed on major world stages for 13 years. During this time Fethi also learned to play kora (African harp). Shortly after arriving in Toronto, he started playing with several bands and musicians, and recently joined Moskitto Bar as a multi-instrumentalist.

Watch videos of past concerts:

Wendy Zhou and Sina Bathaie:



Roa Lee and Sina Bathaie:



Anwar Khurshid and Sina Bathaie:



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