Epic of Gilgamesh - Abed Azrie in Conversation

Singer and composer Abed Azrié discusses his musical interpretation of The Epic of Gilgamesh

Abed Azrie, Epic of Gilgamesh, 2018. Courtesy of the artist.

In October 2019, Abed Azrié's performed The Epic of Gilgamesh at the British Museum. Presented by the Foundation for Art & Psychoanalysis this was the celebrated composer and singer’s first appearance in Britain. Through an intricate layering of voices, music, and images, this new interpretation brought the timeless energy of the Sumerian-Babylonian poem to the present day. Alongside Azrié's singing of Gilgamesh’s narrative in Arabic, celebrated French actor Florient Azoulay reads fragments of the critically acclaimed English translation by Andrew George.

Listen to  Abed Azrié in conversation with Sally Groves and Fedja Klikovac in the video below.

Abed Azrié in conversation with Sally Groves and Fedja Kilkovac, October 2019.

Watch the recording of the Epic of Gilgamesh Performance at The British Library and read more about it here.