Yara Asmar, musician and video-puppeteer.

Yara Asmar et sa performance à Deir el-Qalaa. © Ryan D. Georgi, L’Orient-le-Jour

The 25-year-old musician is a newcomer to the alternative and experimental music scene.

At the closing ceremony of the "Lost in the Right Direction" exhibition, the young woman was introduced to the public. While handling a vintage accordion, the artist slid the bow of a violin over the bars of a metallophone. A performance in which she revealed a surprising ability to play an orchestra by herself, alternating between synthesizers, multiple objects and toys, ranging from a musical box to a child's piano.

In addition to this first solo performance in Deir el-Qalaa and the screening of her videos at the 21st European Film Festival, she will present her "Kid Show for Adults" on 20 January 2022 at Metro al-Madina. It is a show in which the artist recomposes, by hijacking them, the credits of the children's shows that made the days of Lebanese TV.

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