#TISS+WEEK  /  / CELIA KAMENI & OXY

Célia Kameni sings at the crossroads of worlds: nourished by years of classical training, shaped by jazz — her first school — and infused with echoes of hip-hop and R&B, she crafts an intimate sound in which the combination of piano and voice becomes a space for confessions. Her voice, by turns fragile and powerful, carries deeply felt lyrics, ranging from hushed gentleness to intense bursts of emotion.

Opposite her, OXY breaks down boundaries from behind his keyboards. A vibrant pianist and composer, he embodies a French instrumental scene that doesn’t choose between jazz, techno and house; he creates a dialogue between them. His electronic textures paint hypnotic landscapes, halfway between the organic and the mechanical.

Together, they do not play from a score: they seek it out, live, on stage. No safety net, no plan, just the moment, listening, and connection. An evening designed for the unexpected.

TISS+ Week presents a programme conceived as a space for encounters, centred on heritage, memory, spirituality, Creole culture and the passing on of traditions. Between reinvented traditions and new forms of expression, different worlds intersect and respond to one another to create unique performances, conceived as genuine spaces for creation.

A week that builds on the DNA of the ‘ Baiser Salé ’: fostering cross-pollination, circulating influences and forging links between generations, cultures and sensibilities.