World Music Encounters: Mahmoud Chouki

Mahmoud Chouki is a Moroccan master guitarist, oud player, and composer currently living and working in New Orleans. Winner of the International Guitar Competition in Spain at age 18, he was recently invited to play at Palais de l’Elysee in Paris with Grammy award-winner Jon Batiste. He’s a fixture at New Orleans’ jazz headquarters, Snug Harbor. He’s bringing his hot Mediterranean jazz band from NOLA to ATX.

World Music Encounters is a groundbreaking monthly concert series (September 2023-May 2024) featuring the city’s best international artists.
Presented by St. David’s Episcopal Church, the series aims to connect the community to, and through, global music and conversations. We offer this series as a gift to the community as well as an opportunity to expand our cultural understanding and global consciousness.
• Produced and hosted by retired NPR correspondent John Burnett
• Two-hour event includes interview segment with the artists about their musical roots and personal journey to Austin
• Sunday evening performances in St. David’s newly renovated 170-year-old sanctuary in the heart of downtown Austin
• All-ages, family-friendly show
• Free venue parking in onsite garage

2 023-24 World Music Encounters at St. David’s Inaugural Season
9.10.23 – ATASH: voted Austin’s best world music group six years in a row.
10.15.23 – ANA BARAJAS AND CRUZ DEL SUR: South American folkloric music fused with contemporary electronic sounds.
11.5.23 – MAHMOUD CHOUKI: Moroccan oud player brings his hot Mediterranean jazz band to Austin from New Orleans. He plays the international festival circuit and recently performed with Jon Batiste.
12.10.23 – ULLA: Celtic quintet with the phenomenal Irish singers Andrea Magee and Pat Byrne, and Rich Brotherton on guitar.
1.7.24 – IBRAHIM AMINOU AND SEED AFRICA: traditional West African music from Niger and Ghana played on the 21-string kora.
2.11.24 – GABRIEL SANTIAGO PROJECT: virtuosic Brazilian jazz guitarist and renowned pianist/composer.
3.3.24 – MARIACHI LAS ALTEÑAS: 12-piece, all-female powerhouse mariachi from San Antonio.
4.14.24 – SOFRITO Y SU MELAO: Cuban and Caribbean hip-shaking music.
5.12.24 – OLIVER RAJAMANI: blends Indian, Flamenco, Romani and Texas music.