MÉDINE

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MÉDINE - Enfants du Destin (acoustic concert) For over twenty years, Médine has been telling the world through its fractures. With Enfants du destin, he revisits one of the most significant series of his work: these stories of children caught in the turmoil of History. Born with his first album in 2004, these pieces tell of destinies broken by major world movements: colonization, war, slavery, oppression. But behind the events, there is always a face, a name, an interrupted childhood. David, Souhan, Kunta Kinte, Nour or Yasser… Whether real or fictional, the Enfants du destin become carriers of collective memory. Through them, a historical fresco is drawn where the violence of yesterday seems to dialogue with that of today. In this new stage form, Médine revisits these stories in an acoustic and intimate setup. For 1h30, carried by the piano and guitar of Guillaume Zolnierowsky, as well as by the voice and cello of Shéhérazade, he unfolds these stories like a modern storyteller. On stage, Karinale Lo van Zaouiche intervenes in touches, opening breaches in the narrative. In these dialogued interludes, speech circulates, questions, doubts. History ceases to be a simple recounting of the past to become an inquiry into the present. Between concert and theater, Enfants du destin invents a hybrid territory. A suspended place. A buffer zone where we come to catch our breath, heal memories, and question the cyclical brutality of the world. Text Médine Music Proof Adaptation Redzol & Sheherazade Directed by Laetitia Botella with the participation of Karinale Lo van Zaouiche Schedule (subject to change): Doors: 7:00 PM Concert: 8:00 PM Information (organizers): Voix de Fête: www.voixdefete.com TCO Prod: www.tcoprod.eu