Jazz pianist Wajdi Riahi reshapes his Trio in a rare line-up with trumpeter Jean-Paul Estiévenart and a cello quartet from Brussels Philharmonic. Jazz, classical colour and North-African traditions don’t sit in separate corners here. They lock into a shared, breathing pulse.

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The new suite draws on the Tunisian stambeli tradition. Its rhythmic, spiritual energy runs through the concert as a single continuous movement, without pauses. Themes surface, shift, and dissolve again. At times the trumpet and trio cut to the front with clear lines and drive; at others the cellos take over with warm, layered arcs. Then everything merges into one living body of sound.

Two earlier pieces return in newly reworked form, linking past and present within the same current. That look back gains extra depth because each musician brings a distinct musical language: jazz and improvisation, classical string culture, North-African roots. Out of that meeting comes a dynamic whole that expands the Trio’s familiar sound with contrast, depth and new textures — a project that keeps growing.