The "Trio Joubran" wins the "Ziryab Virtuosos 2015" prize

The curtain fell on Sunday evening in Tetouan on the 18th edition of the International Lute Festival with the presentation of the "Ziryab Virtuosos 2015" prize to a Palestinian music group, the "Trio Joubran", in recognition of their creativity, pioneering musical experience, and contribution to the renewal of Palestinian and Arab music. Thus, the traditional Palestinian music group seized this opportunity to express their sincere gratitude for the interest that Morocco accords to authentic Palestinian art, saluting the depth of the relations linking the Kingdom and Palestine and the human and cultural interaction between the two peoples. "This prize, awarded by the Ministry of Culture and the National Music Committee (UNESCO), constitutes for us a mark of recognition and a strong signal of the great interest that Moroccans, at the institutional and popular levels, accord to authentic a…