Osnabrück Germany
Osnabrück is a small town in the heart of Lower Saxony.
A gorgeous place, with half-timbered houses and cosy wine cellars, somehow off the international radar. But it has a festival that reaches out to the world – particularly to the Middle East and the musical traditions of the Arab, Persian and Turkic worlds.
‘Morgenland’, the name of the festival, is the quaint old German term for the orient. Literally it means the ‘land of tomorrow’ so(modal music) cultures. But it’s also interesting to see what happens when we bring these great musicians together with Western musicians. Germany, after all, is a very musical country,’ he laughs.
