Malik Berki

Malik Berki has gathered more than ten years of experience as a DJ playing music on the mix of genres – he was awarded the Jean Levy prize in 2008. As Malik considers music as a way to tell stories and convey emotions, his creations, resounding with various influences, contribute to the building of many productions of performing arts, including those of « Eolie Songe » / Thierry Poquet, Etre'Ange, Kader Belarbi (danseur etoile of the Opera de Paris) or Pop'n Taco. It also partners with training of various musical styles: jazz (André Minvielle and Compagnie Lubat, Marc Perrone ...) hip hop (Gaza Team, L’inconscient, Jazz Phase), rock (Steve Austin) or electro / jazz (NESS). The versatility boosts this designer who frequently collaborates with hip hop dance company Melting Spot directed by his brother Farid BERKI, for which he composed and / or interpreted the music of most shows. Deng Deng was produced in 2008 in Chad and is still currently touring internationally.
 

Malik regularly gets involved in residences and musical events such as in Eastern Europe (Romania, Serbia), China (Hong Kong, Shanghai), San Francisco, Morocco (with Palestinian rappers in Gaza Team) in Chad and Yemen; those professional experiences feed a work in the making, confrontational, the "mixing" and remixing of cultures, generations and styles. His current plans include participating in the project "Les diables verts", a piece for one dancer and three musicians on a text by French poet Louis Aragon, starring Julien Derouault, David and Thomas Enhco, directed and produced by Marie-Claude Pietragalla (Danseuse etoile of the Opera de Paris).

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In 2010, Malik created the project "Rysha Coda": a mixture of languages and musical registers, a confluence point towards which cultures and generations converge in order to revolve around an innovative event. As the artistic director, he brought the different energies together. This results in a hybrid form where everything is completely reinvented by the momentum of each. Other affinities spring naturally from this experience: the Western academic and jazzy notes of Margaret’s violin combines with the traditional Arabic style of Abdulaziz’s violin. As for the text, two different artists have brought their skills, declaiming their chant in very different way. On the one hand, Shorooq is a woman and a mother living in Yemen; her experience and inspiration come from the classical repertoire. On the other hand, Nour is a young rap singer from Gaza; his inspiration and flow are more contemporary.