Farida Amadou

De Perifeer x Valkhof Festival

This is the ninth consecutive year that De Perifeer has been invited by Valkhof Festival to provide the program for two evenings in the Valkhof Chapel on the festival site; Tuesday evening, July 16 and Wednesday evening, July 17. Just grab them both, because De Perifeer's line-ups are once again exceptionally beautiful and stimulating this year. Plus, that location is gold and admission is free! De Perifeer is a platform for music, art, performance and experiment, with its own intimate stage in Deventer. For more information and program, visit peripheral.org

Brussels-based Farida Amadou is one of the most striking new figures on the improvisation scene, a self-taught artist with the electric bass as her main instrument. She is at home in many different genres, including blues, jazz and hip-hop, but she delved into improvisational music early on and was quickly noticed by local collectives and musicians. After a year as bassist of the Belgian punk band Cocaine Piss, she decided to concentrate on her solo improvisation practice and collaborations with musicians such as Steve Noble, Thurston Moore, Peter Brötzmann, Terrie Ex, Julien Desprez, Moor Mother and Hanne De Backer (who formed the is on De Perifeer's program the next day).