Zafraan Ensemble

The cross-genre realities of Zafraan Ensemble operate out of Berlin with ten permanent instrumentalists hailing from Spain, France, New Zealand, Australia and Germany. Named after the Arabic word for saffron, the most valuable and complex spice in the world, performances inject that same level of intense flavor and multi-layered depth. A combination of avant-garde chamber music with performance art and cutting-edge music theater, each show pushes their instruments and their audiences to the limits of physical and emotional endurance. Their virtuosity is so sharp that critics marvel at how they transform the most dizzying musical scores into flowing conversations.