Kamilya Jubran (PS)

Plenary panel debate on Saturday 16/09, at 10:30 Discussion Group on engaging new & diverse audiences on Friday 15/09, at 15:00

Kamilya Jubran grew up in Al Rameh- a Palestinian village situated in Galilee, in

At the age of 18, Kamilya moved to Jerusalem, where she studied at the Hebrew University and simultaneously explored her new musical pathway by joining Sabreen, an East Jerusalem based group, with whom she recorded four albums and toured in many local and international venues. Since 2002 Kamilya has lived in Europe. She searches for an original musical expression of her voice and her instrument, the Oud, through various projects.

She founded long term musical partnerships with Werner Hasler and Sarah Murcia. She produced, and toured internationally with, Mahattaat (2002), Wameedd (2004), Makan (2009), Wanabni (2010), Nhaoul’ (2011) that developed into Habka (2016) together with Guillaume Roy, Régis Huby and Atsushi Sakaï; Wasl (2013) with Werner Hasler and Sarah Murcia; Wa (2019) with Werner Hasler, Malek (2021) with Sarah Murcia and the ‘Orchestre Régional de Normandie’.

In October 2014 Kamilya was appointed artistic director of Zamkana, an association which supports and accompanies original innovative artistic projects, respecting the values of freedom of expression and secularism. In 2018 Zamkana developed and produced Sodassi, a project with six young singers and musicians from the Near East. In 2021, she launched Terrae Incognitae- a platform for music meetings, improvisation and writing in real time.