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I rencontre le voyage de I encounters journey of I ‫لقــاءات رحـلة‬ Portrait au violon de Yasmine Azaiez  I Portrait of Yasmine Azaiez with violin I I Yasmine Azaiez, violin virtuoso At age 28, Yasmine Azaiez is one of the greatest violinists ‫صورة ياسمين عزيز تعزف على الكمان‬ What does travel mean to you ? YA : A travel is more than a route between two points. It symbolizes true in the world. When she was 4, the young Tunisian-British discovery. Through travel, we grow up, we learn and we arouse our curiosity. girl starts playing violin and attends, four years later, I am even tempted to say that music is, to me, an invitation to travel. Another the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin School in London. Thanks to her talent and her exceptional mastery, she wins in 2007 the second place at the Sevenoaks competition for the “Young musician of the year“ award and she is voted one of the 9 best violinists in the world in 2010 in Sydney, on the occasion of the Global Youth. Composer and singer, Yasmine Azaiez has played worldwide with music celebrities such as guitarist Joe Morris, Iraqi lutenist Naseer Shamma and accordionist Cory Pesaturo. Since then, the young violinist has kind of travel, more spiritual, but no less rewarding. What is a real change of scenery ? YA : A travel that makes you lose your marks and that offers unexpected moments. To me, it is a travel that stuns and arouses both curiosity and creative inspiration. The most incredible trips are often those that inspire me the most to compose my music through which I try to communicate some of my memories and to mix influences. created the “Yasmine Azaiez Academy“, a music institute in Tunis through which she hopes to promote the young Tunisian talents abroad. What do you always bring with you? YA : I always bring too many things, my suitcase is always filled with my scores, 163