{"id":158600,"date":"2026-05-21T10:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/interviews-panm360\/mezghena-de-montreal-10-ans-de-musique-arabo-andalouse\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T19:37:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T23:37:05","slug":"mezghena-de-montreal-10-ans-de-musique-arabo-andalouse","status":"publish","type":"interviews","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/interviews-panm360\/mezghena-de-montreal-10-ans-de-musique-arabo-andalouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Mezghena from Montreal, 10 Years of Arab-Andalusian Music"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>Mezghena de Montr\u00e9al is an association dedicated to Arab-Andalusian music. This North African style originally developed during the 8 centuries of Muslim occupation in the Iberian Peninsula, particularly in Andalusia (Al-Andalus), and then continued its evolution in the Maghreb after the fall of Granada in 1492 and the expulsion of the Moorish populations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>A few centuries later, waves of Maghrebi emigration to the West gave rise to Arab-Andalusian music practices, including in the greater Montreal area which has the Mesghena Montreal association, founded in 2014 and whose large orchestra has been performing since 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><strong>This tenth anniversary will be commemorated with a special concert on Saturday, May 23, at 6:30 p.m. in the D\u00e9silets Hall at Coll\u00e8ge Marie-Victorin. 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