Tunisian jazz musician Dhafer Youssef performs as part of the “Jazz Over the Yenisei” festival in the eastern Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.

The festival’s artistic director, Igor Butman, a Russian jazz musician, explained that Youssef is visiting Krasnoyarsk for the first time, and added that opera singer Khibla Gerzmava will also present a jazz program.

This year’s festival program includes performances in 6 cities of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, and for the first-time musicians will perform on the stage of the Siberian Federal University.

The Russian Krasnoyarsk region hosts this festival from June 28 to 30, and its program includes 11 concerts.

The festival will open on June 28 at the Grand Philharmonic Theater, where Dhafer Youssef, the Tunisian oud player, singer and composer, will perform tunes that combine European jazz with his own Mediterranean musical style.
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On June 12, the “Hermitage” Garden in Moscow warmly welcomed jazz enthusiasts as Tunisian composer and singer Dhafer Youssef gave a remarkable performance.

Youssef, who is at the forefront of contemporary musicians, delivered an exceptional musical show as part of the third “Moscow Jazz Festival,” celebrating musical diversity and creativity.

Dhafer Youssef was born in 1967 in a fishing village in Tunisia. From a young age, he learned vocal art through family traditions, growing up in an environment rich in music and art.

Youssef began his musical career in Tunisia before moving to Vienna to study music, and then to New York, where his career flourished, leaving significant marks in the world of global music.

Dhafer Youssef is known for blending Eastern and Western art, successfully liberating the oud from its traditional confines and integrating it into modern jazz music.
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