The ud, the lute from the Middle East and North Africa, has many fantastic players, but in the hands of grandmaster Driss El Maloumi, the instrument really comes into its own. El Maloumi is from Agadir in Morocco, he grew up with Arabic and Berber musical traditions and mixes these into a flexible style. According to ancient Arabo-Andalusian holistic teachings, music can have a healing effect, if performed at the right moment and in the right way. With this in mind, El Maloumi will be playing a solo concert in one of Maastricht’s most intimate concert halls. The perfect time for this is the late evening, when the ratio of the day gives way to the musings of the falling night.