Maalem Houssam Guinia Concert History

Maalem Houssam Guinia (born in 1995 in Essaouira, Morocco) is a Moroccan musician who plays the sintir (Arabic: سنتير), also known as the guembri (الكمبري), gimbri, hejhouj in Hausa language - a three-stringed skin-covered bass plucked lute used by the Gnawa people of Morocco. He is the youngest son of the late Gnawa legend, Maalem Mahmoud Gania.

Date Concert Venue Location
Apr 05, 2026
BRDCST Festival 2026
Los Thuthanaka / Ichiko Aoba / Wrens / Richard Youngs / Gezan / Maalem Houssam Guinia / Klinck Trio / Grégoire Gerstmans / Saint Abdullah & Jason Nazary / JFDR / Joy Guidry / Julia Eckhardt / Fenne Kuppens / Julien Desprez / Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian / Bertel Schollaert & Hein Devos / Park Jiha / Claire Rousay / Frederik Croene Show all bands
  Setlists
AB Main hall, Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
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Apr 03, 2026 –
Apr 06, 2026
BRDCST 2026
Bertel Schollaert & Hein Devos / Fenne Kuppens / Frederik Croene / Gezan / Grégoire Gerstmans / Ichiko Aoba / JFDR / Joy Guidry / Julia Eckhardt / Julien Desprez / Klinck Trio / Los Thuthanaka / Maalem Houssam Guinia / Park Jiha / Richard Youngs / Saint Abdullah & Jason Nazary / Wrens / Rainy Miller / Keeley Forsyth / Fauna / Hekla / Carme López / James K / Feeo / Berlinde Deman / Lucy Railton / Claire Rousay Show all bands
  Setlists
Multiple Venues Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
May 10, 2020
Shabaka and the Ancestors / Maalem Houssam Guinia Barbican Centre London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 09, 2017 –
Nov 12, 2017
Le Guess Who? 2017
Black Lips / Tune-Yards / Perfume Genius / Sun Kil Moon / Liars / Kevin Morby / John Maus / Shabazz Palaces / Thurston Moore / Grouper / Mount Eerie / Moon Duo / Gonjasufi / The Soft Moon / Sevdaliza / Julianna Barwick / Metz / Cate Le Bon / Weyes Blood / Jesca Hoop / Protomartyr / Aldous Harding / James Holden / Julie Byrne / Juana Molina / Pharoah Sanders / Jenny Hval / Ben Frost / Pissed Jeans / Linton Kwesi Johnson / Yves Tumor / William Basinski / Jane Weaver / Kelly Lee Owens / Willis Earl Beal / Zeal & Ardor / Sudan Archives / Prurient / dälek / Tiny Vipers / Pharmakon / Mozart's Sister / Mary Margaret O'Hara / Kane Strang / Gas (Wolfgang Voigt) / The Ex / Sun Ra Arkestra / Visible Cloaks / Altın Gün / Kutmah / Den Sorte Skole / Rabit / Natasha Kmeto / Insecure Men / Essaie Pas / Jambinai / Midnight Sister / Keiji Haino / Richard Youngs / Shabaka and the Ancestors / Matana Roberts / H. Hawkline / Marisa Anderson / FLOHIO / Moor Mother / Dedekind Cut / Hieroglyphic Being / Peter Brötzmann / Sarah Davachi / Aquaserge / Tom Rogerson / Yat-Kha / Les Amazones d’Afrique / Jerusalem In My Heart / Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares / Spring Heel Jack / Coby Sey / Lost Horizons / Thurston Moore Group / Como Mamas / thisquietarmy / Fhloston Paradigm / Madensuyu / Dylan Carlson / Big|Brave / Liu Fang / Oiseaux-Tempête / Mario Batkovic / Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe / Dark Buddha Rising / Samara Lubelski / Ex-easter Island Head / Stella Chiweshe / Sekou Kouyate / Jessica Moss / Steve Beresford / Farai / Gerard Bouwhuis / Greg Fox / Han Bennink / Ben Shemie / OCnotes / Sex Swing / Ellen Arkbro / Heather Leigh / Nadah El Shazly / ekin fil / ICP Orchestra / K Á R Y Y N / PROTO IDIOT / XAM Duo / Steven Warwick / Ibaaku / Joris Roelofs / Maalem Houssam Guinia / Brian Case / Hellvete / Linda Sharrock / Ashtoreth / Orphax / Innerwoud / Radio Filharmonisch Orkest / Ernst Glerum / Mary Oliver / The Bug Vs Dylan Carlson of Earth / The Star Pillow / Greetje Bijma / Marcia Bassett / Martijn Comes / Violent Magic Orchestra / Vampilia / Farida And The Iraqi Maqam Ensemble / Terrie Ex / Leo Svirsky / Omri Ziegele / Yann Gourdon / Nora Mulder Show all bands
  Setlists
TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Sep 30, 2016
James Holden / Maalem Houssam Guinia / Etienne Jaumet / Sonic Boom LSO St Luke's London, England, United Kingdom
Apr 01, 2016
James Holden / Maalem Houssam Guinia / Mikael Seifu Paard - Grote Zaal The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

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BRDCST ’26 - Day 3 on Apr 5, 2026 [970-small]

BRDCST ’26 - Day 3
Apr 5, 2026
 Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
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BRDCST ’26 - Day 3 on Apr 5, 2026 [969-small]

BRDCST ’26 - Day 3
Apr 5, 2026
 Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
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BRDCST ’26 - Day 3 on Apr 5, 2026 [968-small]

BRDCST ’26 - Day 3
Apr 5, 2026
 Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
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Gnawa
Morocco
2026 2 concerts
2020 1 concert
2017 1 concert
2016 2 concerts

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