Brenda Fjalës (“Within the Word”) unfolded on May 28, 2024 at Destil Creative Hub as an intimate evening of poetry and music that explored the interior architecture of sacred language. Conceived as a live encounter between spoken word and sound, the event brought together Fatmir Muja, Fjolla Spanca, and Petrit Çarkaxhiu in a setting designed to foreground attentiveness rather than spectacle.

The program centered on the idea that language is not merely communicative but formative: it shapes memory, carries emotion, and encodes collective experience. Through alternating performances of verse and music, Brenda Fjalës examined how poetic rhythm and melodic structure intersect, revealing the shared cadences that underlie literary and musical expression. The interplay between recited text and instrumental accompaniment created a dialogical space in which word and tone amplified one another, generating resonance beyond semantic meaning alone.

Within the broader cultural landscape, the evening highlighted contemporary Albanian artistic voices while situating them in conversation with wider Islamic poetic and musical traditions. The event suggested that Islamic artistic production in Albania today is neither insular nor derivative, but dynamically engaged with inherited forms and global currents alike. By emphasizing intimacy, reflection, and aesthetic concentration, Brenda Fjalës offered an alternative model of cultural gathering: one rooted in attentive listening and shared presence.

More than a performance, the evening functioned as a reminder that artistic expression remains a vital site of cultural continuity and renewal. In returning audiences to the interiority of the spoken word and the emotive force of sound, it affirmed the enduring capacity of art to cultivate depth, memory, and communal meaning.