Two weeks ago, I was recruited to cover few concerts playing under the annual Festival du Monde Arabe over here in Montreal. The following set of photos are taken from two concerts entitled Je Me Souviens 2.0 & Cowboy Sufis. Needless to say, it was quite a first-time challenging experience covering such large-scale performances and analogously bargaining for good photos, I hope!
P.S: My Sigma 70-300mm proved to have terrible focus at maximum zoom => time to upgrade to a better zoom lens!
Je Me Souviens
“Je me souviens was created for the FMA’s 10th anniversary. Rhythms, melodies, and dances derived from an authentic, joyous, and resilient Quebec meet with virtuosity, simplicity, and beauty the traditions of a heroic and pure Mount Lebanon” ~ http://festivalarabe.com
Cowboy Sufis
“Also known as DEBU, meaning dust in Indonesian, is a grouping of fourteen male and female musicians, mostly American and British converts to Sufism, uniting their voice in Arabic, English, Turkish, Spanish, Persian, and Chinese” ~ http://festivalarabe.com/