Helsinki Open Waves archive date: 4 April 2023
Sami Karkar is a French-Tunisian musician and multi-instrumentalist whose practice moves between percussion, guitar, voice and music education. Trained in classical percussion, he has also explored jazz, rock, Latin American, African and folk traditions. He has participated in international music camps and has studied in the Global Music programme at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. Alongside his musical work, he holds a doctorate in music acoustics.
Credits
Producer and host: Pedro Aibéo
Guest: Sami Karkar
Sound recording, editing and live streaming: Bailey Polkinghorne
Recorded for World Music School Open Mic in collaboration with Helsinki Open Waves at Caisa, Helsinki.