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DESCRIPTION:Kourosh Zolani\, Santour and Orchestra
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/213/
LOCATION:Skirball Cultural Center\, 2701 N Sepulveda Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90049\, United States
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SUMMARY:
DESCRIPTION:Master class with Parisa
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/187/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20111119T200000
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SUMMARY:Scarlet Stone
DESCRIPTION:Shahrokh Yadegari in collaboration with Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam\nSan Diego \n \nScarlet Stone is a new multidisciplinary and collaborative music/dance/animation work by Shahrokh Yadegari\, in collaboration with Shahrokh Moshkin-Ghalam\, featuring performances by Shahrokh Moshkin-Ghalam\, Afshin Mofid\, Ida Saki\, Mariam Peretz\, and Gordafarid.Scarlet Stone is based on the last work of Siavash Kasrai\, Moher-ye Sorkh (Scarlet Stone). It uses the modern rendition of the ancient Persian mythology by Kasrai to portray the current struggle of the people of Iran\, especially those of the youth and women\, in their brave quest for freedom and democracy. \nTour Dates: \nSan Diego \nMandell Weiss Forum at UCSD\nSaturday\, November 19\, 2011 at 8pm\npresented by Persian Cultural Center and Persian Arts Society\nTickets: $50\, $35\, ($20 student tickets\, only avaiable from PCC office)\nAvailable at: PCC office 858-653-0336\nBalboa International Market\, Parsian Market and Sahel Bazaar\nLos Angeles \npresented by Persian Arts Society \nSaturday\, December 10\, 2011\, 8pm\nSunday\, December 11\, 2011\, 7pm\nUCLA Mcgowan Hall Freud Playhouse\n245 Charles Drive East\nTickets: $45\, $55\, $65\, $75\nAvailable at:\nUCLA Central Ticket Office\n310 825-2101\nwww.tickets.ucla.edu\n&\nMusic Box\, Q Market and Club 670\nwww.club670.com\nInformation: 310 499 1477\nمراکز فروش بلیط: میوزیک باکس، کیومارکت و کلاب 670
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/scarlet-stone/
LOCATION:Shahrokh Yadegari in collaboration with Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam\, San Diego\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20110827T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20110827T200000
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
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SUMMARY:Half Red Half Yellow
DESCRIPTION:Vocals: Alireza Shahmohammadi\, Composer and Director: Bahram Osqueezadeh \n \nTickets: $35 @\nMusic Box: 310-473-3466\nInformation: 310-499-1477
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/half-red-half-yellow/
LOCATION:UCLA\, Macgowan Hall\, Freud Playhouse.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20110807T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20110807T220000
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
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SUMMARY:Art of Improvisation
DESCRIPTION:Sohrab pournazer & Shahab Paranj \nVocals: Alireza Shahmohammadi\, Composer and Director: Bahram Osqueezadeh \n\nInformation 310 499-1477 – 245 Charles E. Young Drvie East\, Los Angeles\, CA 90095
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/art-of-improvisation/
LOCATION:Sohrab pournazer & Shahab Paranj\, UCLA\, Macgowan Hall\, Freud Playhouse.\, Los Angeles\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20110306T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20110409T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
CREATED:20130731T054800Z
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SUMMARY:Nowruz Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Shams Ensemble featuring \nKaykhorso\, Tahmoures & Sohrab Pournazeri \nVocals: Alireza Ghorbani \n \nPersian Arts Society and KIRN670AM Present \nNowruz Celebration\nwith Shams Ensemble and Alireza Ghorbani \nKaykhosro Pournazeri / Group leader\, Composer\, Tar & Tanbour\nTahmoures Pournazeri / Composer\, Barbat(ud) & Tanbour\nSohrab Pournazeri / Composer\, Kamancheh & Tanbour\nHamidreza Taghavi / Santour\nNeda khaki / Tanbour\nShahab Paranj / Percussions\nHussein Zahawy / Daf\, Dayrereh\, Dohol\nKemal Ceylan / Sorna & Duduk \nThe highly acclaimed Shams Ensemble of Keykhosro\, Tahmoures and Sohrab Pournazeri will present a dynamic set of music influenced by Sufi traditions and arranged especially for the Persian New Year or Nowruz. Backed by an array of percussive instruments\, the Ensemble’s rhythmic and melodic sections\, innovative arrangements\, and impassioned compositions ride on the poetry of Mowlana Jalaloddin (Rumi). Vocalist Alireza Ghorbani a young singer of the highest order accompanies Shams Ensemble in the upcoming performance +13104991477
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/nowruz-celebration-2/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, Shams Ensemble\, Los Angeles\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20091010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20091011
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
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SUMMARY:For Iran
DESCRIPTION:نسرت گروه شمس به سرپرستی کیخسرو پورناظری
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/for-iran/
LOCATION:UCLA Royce Hall\, Los Angeles\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20070303
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20070304
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SUMMARY:Norouz Celebration
DESCRIPTION:بخش اول:سیامک شجریان و گروه کیاوش نواریی بخش دوم: موسیقی کردی به سر پرستی کورش مرادی \n \nPersian Arts Society Proudly Presents \nNorouz Celebration \nIranian Traditional Music & Kurdish Music and Dance\nSIAMAK SHAJARIAN: VOCALS \nSunday March 18\, 2007 – 7PM\nWilshire Ebell Theatre\n4401 West 8th Street\nLos Angeles\, CA 90005 \nTickets: $20\,$30\,$45\,$55\,$65 @ \nMusic Box: (310)473-3466\,\nQ Market: (818)345-4251\,\nSuper Irvine: (949)552-8844 \nInformation: (310)949-9262 \nRAAZ ENSEMBLE\nwith SIAMAK SHAJARIAN: VOCALS\nKEYAVASH NOURAI: GROUP LEADER\nDIMITRIS MAHLIS: OUD\nASHOT KARTALYAN: PIANO\nNIMA FAKHRARA: SANTUR\nNEGAR GHALCHI: DAF\nSEPIDEH SOHRABI: TOMBAK\nKEYAVASH NORAI: KAMANCHEH\, VIOLIN \n& \nYARSAN MUSIC\nKOUROSH MORADI: Group Leader\nARASH MORADI: SETAR\, TANBUR\nAFSHIN MEHRASSA: DAF\, DAYEREH\nAMIR HOSSIEN AMIN RASHTI: DAF\, DAYEREH\nKOROUSH BASSIRI: DOHOL\nROZA SAHAM: VOCALS\nKOUROSH MORADI: TANBUR\, DAF\, TOMBAK & VOCALS \n& \nMateen Kurdish Dance Group \nDancers: BOKAN\, SORAN\, SAUD\, SALAR\, DILAN\, SARI
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/norouz-celebration/
LOCATION:Siamak Shajarian\, Raaz\, and Yarsan\, Wilshire Eblell Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20051118T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20051118T200000
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SUMMARY:Only Sound Remains
DESCRIPTION:Persian Arts Society \nproudly presents \nOnly Sound Remains\nhttp://www.OnlySoundRemains.com \nAn evening at the intersection of art and humanity\nBased on poetry of Forough Farrokhzad \nFriday\, November 18th 2005 – 8PM \nJapan America Theater \n244 South San Pedro\, Los Angeles \ndirections\nBox Office (Credit Cards) 213 680-3700 \nInformation: 310 281-6010 \nTickets: $45\, $35\, $20\nAvailable at Japan America Theatre’s Box office\,\nMusic Box and Major Persian stores. \nBox office: (213)680.3700 (Monday-Saturday. 12-5 pm) \nMusic Box: (310) 473-3466\nQMarkert: (818) 345-4252\nSuper Irvine: (949) 552-8844\nInformation: (310)281.6010 \n  \nOnly Sound Remains\nAn Evening at the Intersection of Art and Humanity \nLos Angeles—Persian Arts Society presents Only Sound Remains\, a night that fuses Persian poetry with music\, dance\, and digital imagery. Based on the poetry of Forough Farrokhzad\, this interdisciplinary theater event using cutting edge technology is conceived and directed in collaboration with Iranian-American composer Shahrokh Yadegari\, British choreographer Yolande Snaith\, and Danish digital artist and animatorVibeke Sorensen. Only Sound Remains premieres in Los Angeles for one night only on Friday\, November 18\, 2005\, at 8 p.m. \nOnly Sound Remains is a poetic synthesis of sound\, movement\, text and images that journeys through the emotional\, imaginative and philosophical terrain of Farrokhzad’s writings and will feature the performances of the renowned world music vocalist Azam Ali\, and the violin virtuoso Keyavash Nourai. Composer Yadegari’s music is featured throughout the two acts\, offering a richness of cultural themes with a highly contemporary aesthetic and technological innovation. Inspired by the poet\, the music then fueled creative impulses for choreographic and visual creation. “We wanted to take the text off the page and onto the stage\, and make it come to life\, “ says Yadegari\, “thus expanding even further the boundlessness of Farrokhzad’s poetry.” In the first part of the evening\, the images and music are structurally improvised. Informed by the concept of ecology\, each piece of the production – from the musicians to the visual artist is working collaboratively and equally\, rather than hierarchically. In the second part of the piece\, the musicians\, dancers and narrative weave a common poetic language. Snaith says\, “Through working choreographically in response to Farrokhzad’s writing\, my preoccupation has been to evolve a poetic language of movement that is both derived directly from the poetry\, but also grows into a moving poetry all its own.” \nOne of only a handful of women who gained renown during the past 2\,500 years of Persian literary history\, Forough Farrokhzad (1935-1967) demonstrated a unique tenacity in striving for artistic freedom and individuality. Farrokhzad was a maverick\, both in her poetry and in her life and lives on as an inspiration to many who are familiar with her writing. She gave voice to women in a society struggling with change while her later poetry began to address broader issues of human rights and the environment. \nAlmost fifty years later\, her words are strikingly relevant to today’s world and the perilous state of its ecology. “The scale of the imbalance and destruction of nature and humanity is now so great\, so out of control. When we are out of balance with nature\, we are out of harmony with ourselves\,” says Sorensen\, who has created moving paintings from digital photographs of built and natural sacred spaces around the world. \nA first-time collaboration by Snaith\, Sorensen and Yadegari\, the production ensemble includes Costume Designer Paloma Young\, Lighting Designer Thomas Ontiveros\, Projection Designer Tara Knight\, and features performances by Azam Ali\, Keyavash Nourai\, Eva Barnes\, Shahrokh Yadegari. \nOnly Sound Remains performs on Friday\, November 18\, 2005\, 8 p.m.\, at the Aratani/Japan America Theatre (JAT): 244 South San Pedro Street\, downtown Los Angeles. Ticket prices range from $45-$20. (Running time 2 hours\, one intermission.) For tickets\, call the JAT box office\, 213.680.3700 (Hours 12-5 p.m.\, Mon.-Sat.) For complete event information\, visit www.onlysoundremains.com. \nOnly Sound Remains is made possible by generous grants from the University of California\, San Diego Academic Senate and the Hellman Foundation. \nPersian Arts Society is renewing its long history of presenting the finest performances of Persian traditional music with a new commitment to innovative productions embracing critical approaches toward artistic production and social awareness.
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/only-sound-remains/
LOCATION:Shahrokh Yadegari\, Yolande Snaith\, Vibeke Sorensen\, Japan America Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20030412
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20030413
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
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SUMMARY:A-Window - An Evening of Persian Electronic Music
DESCRIPTION:An Evening of Persian Electronic Music\n \nSaturday Apr. 12\, 2003\, 8PM\nUniversity of California\, Los Angeles\nNorthwest Campus Auditorium\nObtain directions from an information booth at UCLA\n \n\nFree Reserved Admissions\n \n\nInformation and reservation : (310) 401-1116\npresented by\nPersian Arts Society and Iranian Students Group at UCLA\n\nFunded by a grant from\n \nUniversity of California Institute for Research in the Arts\n \nConcert Program: \nPart I \nTape Pieces by Shahrokh Yadegari\nPart II \nStructured Improvisations by: \nSiamak Shajarian: Vocals\nKeyavash Nourai: Violin\, Kamancheh\nShahrokh Yadegari: Computer\n \nThis concert will use two very different musical traditions and presents them as complementing musical material. The evening will consist of two sections; the first section will include 4 channel tape pieces by Shahrokh Yadegari and the second half will include improvisations by Siamak Shajarian(vocals)\, Keyavash Nourai (violin and Kamancheh ) and Shahrokh Yadegari (computer). The concert will conclude by a composition based on a poem by Forough Farrokhzad (1935-1967)\, the famous Persian poet\, and it will include a poem by Parvin Javadi.  \nPersian traditional music has a very old tradition which has been formed through many generations. Improvisation plays an important role in this music\, and therefore\, the musical expressions are in constant flow of change; however\, the musical language within this tradition has barely changed in the past few centuries. In this concert we shall use the computer\, a very modern and contemporary machinery\, and the utility of its underlying concepts in the domain of sound\, such as algorithmic composition and interactive processing of sound\, as musical tools for composition\, improvisation\, orchestration\, and spatialization\, within the Persian music language.   \nComputer music is often thought to have a very specific sound which is normally attributed to the western musical traditions. The computer\, a product of logical reasoning\, has always been portrayed as a Western instrument. Thus\, computer music has often been produced based on western ideas. It is often a very difficult task for electronic/computer music to stay in a realm of a certain tradition without misappropriating some aspect of that tradition within the context of the Western frame of mind. The goal in this concert is to use the computer to accompany and create Persian traditional music but not to diverge substantially from the roots of this music.  \nIn this concert the computer is used in a number of ways such as for creating timbres which are not readily identified as electronic and are easily adaptable to the Persian music modal systems. The monophonic sounds of Persian traditional music are juxtaposed and overlaid in time and space to engulf the listener in a meditative state. By utilizing state of the art hardware and software\, all the capabilities of the computer\, such as algorithmic synthesis of sound\, highly precise control mechanisms in pitch and time structures\, and\, fluid and real-time control of spatialization\, are used in harmony with the calm spirit of Persian music. Needless to say\, just as any other instrument would\, the computer will bring its own new and interesting excursions to the formerly known sonic spaces. Lîla\, the interactive computer music instrument used in this concert was built using the graphical programming language Pd (Pure Data)\, by Miller Puckette. 
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/a-window-an-evening-of-persian-electronic-music/
LOCATION:Shahrokh Yadegari\, Siamak Shajarian\, Keyavash Nourai\, University of California\, Los Angeles\, Northwest Campus Auditorium
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20021005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130628
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SUMMARY:Parisa and Dariush Talai in Concert
DESCRIPTION:Parisa: Vocals\nDariush Talai: Tar & Setar\nHouman Pourmehdi: Tombak \nLocation: Wadsworth Theatre\, Los Angeles Tickets: $45\, $35\, $30\, $25\, and $20 (Members 10% off). \nInternationally renowned Dariush Talai on tar and Houman Pourmehdi on tombak join Parisa\, one of greatest female vocalists of Iran. \nThis traditional musical style is based on improvisation within a modal structure known as dastgah. The skill of the performer rests in the extemporaneous vocal ornamentation of this basic melodic framework. Parisa s innovative approach with soft\, contemplative gestures in her voice and mastery of this form has won her a passionate following in Iran and abroad. Parisa has been barred from performing publicly in Iran since 1979\, though she has many students and performs frequently on the international stage. During her 1988 USA tour\, the Los Angeles Times described Parisa as “a confident\, controlled singer\, sang with great warmth and skill\, her multi-timbered voice moving with exquisite grace through the music’s intricate vocal ornamentation’s\, while vividly underscoring the splendid imagery of the words.” \nParisa will sing selected verses from Rumi\, Hafez and Saadi – greatest Persian poets of all time. Their program will convey profound spiritual concepts\, passion for God the beloved and praising of the beauty of nature. The rich imagery of the words comes alive through Parisa s moving rendition of the poetry. \nDariush Talai on Tar (long-necked lute)\, and Setar virtuoso is recognized today as one of the finest interpreters of traditional Persian music. After graduating from the National Conservatory of Music in 1971\, Talai entered the School of Music at the University of Tehran\, where he received his Bachelors degree in performance and musicology. He continued to study with various masters such as Ali Akbar Shahnazi. Nur Ali Borumand\, Abdollah Davami\, Yusof Forutan\, and Said Hormozi. In a prestigious competition organized by Iranian Radio-Television in 1977\, he received three prizes for the best performance on the tar\, best performance on the setar\, and the best interpreter of Persian music among all instrumental participants. In 1979 Talai received a scholarship for higher education from the French government and since then he remained mainly in Europe and United States studying and teaching at the University of Sorbonne in Paris\, and the University of Washington in Seattle. Talai has performed both as a soloist and with his trio throughout Europe and the U.S at the Maison de la Radio France\, Opera Comique de Paris\, Theatre de la Ville de Paris\, Carnegie Hall\, and many other venues. He also collaborated on music for the theater\, dance\, and the cinema with prestigious European and American artists such as Maurice Bejart\, Michel Portal\, and Caroline Carlson. He has made numerous recordings of Persian traditional art music such as Antologie de la musique persane on Ocora\, and including a multiple-CD set on Al-Sur The Integral Repertory of Persian Art Music. Talai is not just a leading exponent but also a philosopher and aesthetician of Persian music. He has invented a system of notation\, codifying the concept of the radif\, and also has added a complete analysis of its syntax and modal structure. \nHouman Pourmehdi on tombak (goblet drum) was privileged to study under guidance of Amir Nasser Eftetah. At sixteen he continued his studies at the National Conservatory of Music in Tehran where he completed the techniques of playing tombak under supervision of Morteza Ayan. He also studied daf with great masters\, Haj Agha Sadeghi\, Mirza Agha Ghosi\, and Darvish Karim. Pourmehdi’s deep understanding of the Persian musical heritage and his beliefs in exploring new territories make him a unique musician. Pourmehdi moved to the United States in 1988 where he has given numerous concerts with renowned artists such as Mohammad Reza Lotfi \, and Hassan Nahid\, in classical Persian music and several concerts with eminent as Wadada Leo Smith\, David Johnson\, Rajeev Taranath\, and John Bergamo in contemporary world music. He currently resides in Los Angeles where he teaches tombak and daf and pursues his own studies in the world music.
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/parisa-and-dariush-talai-in-concert/
LOCATION:Parisa and Dariush Talai\, Wadsworth Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20021005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20021006
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
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SUMMARY:Persian Classical Music with Hossein Omoumi
DESCRIPTION:Persian Classical Music Hoseein Omoumi: Ney and Vocals Houman Pourmehdi: Tombak and daf at UCLA Northwest Campus Auditorium (Sunset Village Parking)\, Los Angeles Tickets: $25.00
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/persian-classical-music-with-hossein-omoumi/
LOCATION:Hossein Omoumi\, UCLA Northwest Campus Auditorium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20011201T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20130627T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
CREATED:20130627T061659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130627T061659Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Persian Electronic Music "A Window"
DESCRIPTION:University of California\, San Diego\nCenter for Research in Computing and the Arts Free Admissions \nPart I\nTape Pieces by: Shahrokh Yadegari\nPart II\nImprovisations by:\nShahla Sarehchani: Vocals\nKeyavash Nourai: Violin\, Kamancheh\nShahrokh Yadegari: Lila \nLive simultaneous Webcast\nhttp://www.crca.ucsd.edu/webcast.html \nThis concert will use two very different musical traditions and presents them as complementing musical material. The evening will consist of two sections; the first section will include 4 channel tape pieces by Shahrokh Yadegari and the second half will include improvisations by Shahla Sarehchani (vocals)\, Keyavash Nourai (violin and Kamancheh) and Shahrokh Yadegari (computer). The concert will include poems by Parvin Javadi and a composition based on the poem “Window”\, by Forough Farokhzad (1935-1967). \nPersian traditional music has a very old tradition which has been formed through many generations. Improvisation plays an important role in this music\, and therefore\, the musical expressions are in constant flow of change; however\, the musical language within this tradition has barely changed in the past few centuries. In this concert we shall use the computer\, a very modern and contemporary machinery\, and the utility of its underlying concepts in the domain of sound\, such as algorithmic composition and interactive processing of sound\, as musical tools for composition\, improvisation\, orchestration\, and spatialization\, within the Persian music language. \nComputer music is often thought to have a very specific sound which is normally attributed to the western musical traditions. The computer\, a product of logical reasoning\, has always been portrayed as a Western instrument. Thus\, computer music has often been produced based on western ideas. It is often a very difficult task for electronic/computer music to stay in a realm of a certain tradition without misappropriating some aspect of that tradition within the context of the Western frame of mind. The goal in this concert is to use the computer to accompany and create Persian traditional music but not to diverge substantially from the roots of this music. In this concert the computer is used in a number of ways such as for creating timbres which are not readily identified as electronic and are easily adaptable to the Persian music modal systems. The monophonic sounds of Persian traditional music are juxtaposed and overlaid in time and space to engulf the listener in a meditative state. By utilizing state of the art hardware and software\, all the capabilities of the computer\, such as algorithmic synthesis of sound\, highly precise control mechanisms in pitch and time structures\, and\, fluid and real-time control of spatialization\, are used in harmony with the calm spirit of Persian music. Needless to say\, just as any other instrument would\, the computer will bring its own new and interesting excursions to the formerly known sonic spaces.
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/an-evening-of-persian-electronic-music-a-window/
LOCATION:Shahrokh Yadegari\, Keyavash Nourai\, and Shahla Sarechani\, University of California\, San Diego\, CRCA
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20010616
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130628
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
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SUMMARY:Ardeshir Kamkar in Concert
DESCRIPTION:Ardeshir Kamkar: Kamancheh\nPejman Hadadi: Tomak\, Daf\nAfshin Mehrassa: Daf \n \nIrvine\nSaturday June 16\, 2001\, 8pm\nIrvine United Church of Christ\n4915 Alton Parkway\nIrvine\, corner of Alton and Creek
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/ardeshir-kamkar-in-concert/
LOCATION:Ardeshir Kamkar\, Pejman Hadadi\, and Afshin Mehrassa\, Irvine United Church of Christ
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20010610
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130628
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
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LAST-MODIFIED:20130627T061258Z
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SUMMARY:Avaye Ney
DESCRIPTION:Hossein Omoumi: Ney and Avaz (vocals)\nJamshid Agahi: Tombak and Daf\nReza Mazloumi: Daf\n\nLocation:\nIrvine United Church of Christ\n4915 Alton Parkway\nIrvine\, corner of Alton and Creek
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/avaye-ney/
LOCATION:Hossein Omoumi\, Irvine United Church of Christ
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20010512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130628
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
CREATED:20130627T061528Z
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SUMMARY:Shahram Nazeri
DESCRIPTION:تور سال 2001 شهرام ناظری در آمریکا و کانادا
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/shahram-nazeri/
LOCATION:Shahram Nazeri & Dastan\, Wadsworth Theatre
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20001206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130629
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
CREATED:20130628T052544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130628T052544Z
UID:107-976060800-1372463999@persianarts.org
SUMMARY:Najva - Whispers in the vast
DESCRIPTION:a two-part evening of passionate music and dance from Iran\nAli Akbar Moradi and Pejman Hadadi: Kurdish Music of Iran \nBanafsheh Sayyad & Namah Ensemble:\nContemporary Mystical Persian Dance \nDecember 16\, 2000 at 8PM\nSchoenberg Hall\, UCLA \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Department of Ethnomusicology\, School of Arts & Architecture\, UCLA \nThis two part evening brings together sacred traditional Kurdish music previously heard only in closed Sufi gatherings with contemporary Persian dance based in Sufi teachings and practice. The first half of the evening is devoted to Ali Akbar Moradi\, the extraordinary tanbur player from Kurdistan of Iran. He is a leading composer\, teacher and consummate performer of sacred Kurdish music. His many awards include two honorary diplomas at major music festivals in Iran. Moradi has performed as a soloist and with ensembles in festivals throughout the world. He is joined by Pejman Hadadi\, a “virtuoso” daf and tombak player\, hailed as “the finest Iranian percussionist living in the West” (KPFA Radio\, Berkeley). Hadadi has toured N. America\, Europe and Iran as a member of Dastan Ensemble\, the leading ensemble of Persian music\, and performed with masters Hossein Alizadeh\, Hossein Omoumi and Parisa. \nThe tanbur is the ancestor of most long-necked\, plucked stringed instruments. It has 14 gut frets\, and its soundboard\, made of mulberry wood has numerous small holes for optimal resonance. It has a unique playing technique whereby the strings are strummed across the soundboard with all the fingers of the right hand to produce a very full and even tremolo called shorr (literally meaning the pouring of water). The tanbur\, a sacred instrument associated with the Kurdish Sufi music of Western Iran\, has a repertoire based on ancient Persian music. Up until fifty years agothe tanbur was used only during djamm gatherings (devotional or liturgical ceremonies) of the Ahle-Haqq Sufis. \nNamah Ensemble returns to UCLA with work that lies somewhere between performance and ritual\, order and abandonment\, and tradition and innovation. Najva explores zoroastrian mythology\, religious discipline\, fiery ritual\, flights of ecstasy and the joy of togetherness as five women navigate in the unseen vastness with explosive movement and music\, stemming from trance states tempered by deep introspection. Sufi dance and music become fused with contemporary and improvisational elements\, to present dances set to the original score of Pejman Hadadi. “The perfect way to open the ritual aspects of Persian dance to a wider audience while preserving the sense of participating in something sacred” – LA Weekly. \nLed by Banafsheh Sayyad\, an MFA graduate in Dance from UCLA\, Namah Ensemble was one of the only dance groups featured in the 1st Annual UK Festival of Persian Music & Dance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London in October 2000. The Ensemble has also recently performed in Hamburg and Cologne\, as well as the World Festival of Sacred Music\, Dance Kaleidoscope\, LATC\, Skirball Cultural Center\, Persian Cultural Center in San Diego and at UC Berkeley.
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/najva-whispers-in-the-vast/
LOCATION:Ali Akbar Moradi\, Pejman Hadadi\, and Namah Ensemble\, Schoenberg Hall\, UCLA
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20000908T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20000908T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
CREATED:20130627T061818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130730T065214Z
UID:98-968400000-968432400@persianarts.org
SUMMARY:Sivan Perwer and Group
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/sivan-perwer-and-group/
LOCATION:Sivan Perwer\, Wilshire Ebell Theatre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20000319
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130628
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
CREATED:20130627T062004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130627T062004Z
UID:100-953424000-1372377599@persianarts.org
SUMMARY:Scent of Norouz
DESCRIPTION:کنسرت عطر نوروز، در موزه ی گتی
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/scent-of-norouz/
LOCATION:Hossein Omoumi\, J. Paul Getty Museum
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://persianarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Hossein-Omoumi-Norooz-1379.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20000227
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130629
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
CREATED:20130628T051540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130628T051540Z
UID:104-951609600-1372463999@persianarts.org
SUMMARY:A Tribute to Hafez and Rumi
DESCRIPTION:گروه دستان و محسن کرامتی
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/a-tribute-to-hafez-and-rumi/
LOCATION:Mohsen Keramati and Dastan\, James R Armstrong Theatre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:19990814T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:19990828T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
CREATED:20130628T053226Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130730T065014Z
UID:109-934660800-935859600@persianarts.org
SUMMARY:Kani Sepi
DESCRIPTION:اولین تور کامکارها در آمریکا و کانادا برگزارکننده ی تور کانون هنر ایران به سرپرستی پروین جوادی \n \nTour Dates: \nWashington DC Aug\, 14th\nNew Haven Aug\, 15th\nNY Summer Stage Central Park Aug\, 19th\nChicago Aug\, 20th\nColumbus Aug\, 21st\nPhoenix Aug\, 24th\nPortland Aug\, 26th\nSan Diego Aug\, 27th\nSan Francisco Aug\, 28th \n 
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/kani-sepi/
LOCATION:The Kamkars Ensemble\, Wilshire Ebell Theatre
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://persianarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Kamkars-North-America-Tour-1999.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19981017
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19981018
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
CREATED:20130628T054014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130730T064831Z
UID:119-908582400-908668799@persianarts.org
SUMMARY:Ghazal Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:کیهان کلهر، شجاعت حسین خان، سواپای چادری
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/ghazal-ensemble/
LOCATION:Kayhan Kalhor and Shujaat Husain Khan\, Swapan Chaudhury\,\, Japan American Theatre
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://persianarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Kayhan-Kalhor-Shujaat-Husain-Khan-1998.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:19981003T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:19981003T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
CREATED:20130628T053844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130730T064745Z
UID:116-907401600-907434000@persianarts.org
SUMMARY:Mohammad Reza Shajarian
DESCRIPTION:محمد رضا شجریان و گروه نوا
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/mohammad-reza-shajarian/
LOCATION:Mohammad Reza Shajarian and Ava\, Japan American Theatre
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://persianarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Mohammad-Reza-Shajarian-1998.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19980517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130629
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
CREATED:20130628T053714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130628T053714Z
UID:113-895363200-1372463999@persianarts.org
SUMMARY:Tale of Love
DESCRIPTION:تور آمریکا و کانادا – آواز پریسا ، نوارنده نی آهنگساز و سرپرست گروه حسین عمومی، نوازنده تنبک پژمان حدادی نوازنده دف سام \n \nABOUT THE MUSIC  \nIn Persian (Iranian) classical music\, the poems\, which are usually chosen by the vocalist\, play a crucial role. This performance includes poems from Boustan by Sa’adi (13th century) and Masnavi by Rumi (Mowlana) (13th century)\, as well as a poem by Foroughi-e-Bastami. The ghazal (a form often used for love poems) by Sa’adi describes the poet’s love and passion for his beloved\, and the impressions of the beauties of nature on his sensitive soul. Although Sa’adi describes deeply spiritual concepts in his poems\, he uses common words and accessible images: each individual will then \nexperience Sa’adi’s poetic figures and vocabulary according to his/her own vision and personality. The masnavi\, which is performed as a vocal duet is by Rumi. Masnavi is a poetry form which has found its way in the classical music. \nThe classical music of Iran has been preserved and passed on from teacher to student as an oral tradition\, and it has naturally gone through changes influenced by the taste of every generation. If a change is accepted by the artists and aestheticians\, it becomes a tradition and is taught to the next generation. The use of daf and ney to accompany the avaz (vocals) is based on an old tradition. Many Persian poets of the past centuries have used the name of these instruments to describe spiritual feelings and moods. A vocalist accompanied by a ney and one or several dafs is often the subject of many miniature paintings dating back to the 12th century. \nCompared to the old traditions\, this performance offers some variations. The vocal lines are based on rhythmical poems. While the ney keeps rhythmical forms in mind\, it also improvises in accompanying the vocals\, sometimes in rhythm and sometimes in a free form inspired by the vocal lines. The tombak is in tune with the Shahed (center note) in both sections\, and one can say that this is the first time in Persian classical music that the percussion is consciously tuned to the melodic instrument. My belief that the percussion instruments need to be in tune with melodic instruments have led me to design a tunable tombak\, which is used in this recording. I should also mention that I have made some changes to the ney that allow me to play certain notes\, such as the note lying one-and-a-half step above the shahed\, which cannot be played on the traditional ney. With these changes I am able to connect the first and second sound of the ney and play all the notes of the two-and-a-half octave range of the ney. \nHossein Omoumi\, Spring 1998\nTranslated by Shahrokh Yadegari \nABOUT THE ARTISTS  \nParisa started her musical work under the supervision of the renowned Persian Radif teacher\, Mahmoud Karimi\, with whom she studied for ten years. Two years through her pupilage\, she was invited by the Ministry of Culture to work in the National Radio and Television Broadcasting. Her unique outlook and solid discipline obtained her special recognition among Iranian musicians and intellectuals during her five years collaboration with the Ministry of Culture. \nParisa’s musical talent truly bloomed when she was introduced to “The Iranian Center for Preservation and Dissimination of Music” founded by Daryoush Safvat. Her recordings of this period show a tremendous depth and growth in her musical understanding. \nIn recent years\, Parisa has been successfully concentrating on teaching and guiding young talents. Since 1995\, she has been performing in collaboration with Hossein Omoumi and Saam in various festivals and concerts in Europe. Parissa currently lives in Iran with her husband and three children. \nHossein Omoumi was born in 1944 in Isphahan\, and is considered as one of the best ney players of Iran. Captured by the magical sound of master Hassan Kassai’s ney\, Omoumi began to learn the instrument with him when he was fourteen years old. At the same time he studied the vocal Radif with master Mahmoud Karimi. Later he collaborated with the Iranian National Radio and Television broadcasting. Omoumi taught the ney at The Iranian Center for Preservation and Dissemination of Music\, the National Conservatory\, and the Tehran University. \nHe left Iran in 1984 and pursued his artistic career in Europe and the United States. He received his doctorate in architecture from the University of Florence. Later he moved to France and started teaching ney and Avaz at the Center for Oriental Music Studies in Paris. His research on the making of the ney opened new possibilities in playing techniques which have been approved by master Kassa’i. Omoumi has been featured as the ney soloist in the soundtrack of the movie “The Sweet Hereafter”\, which won several awards at the 1997 Cannes International Film Festival. \nPejman Hadadi born in 1969 in Tehran\, started playing Tombak at the age of ten under the direction of Asadolla Hejazi. Later he studied with the renowned Tombak player Bahman Rajabi to further perfect his technique and understanding of rhythm in Persian music. while loyal to the tradition of the old masters\, he uses a modern approach to technique and expression on the Tombak creating impressions of melody within rhythmic structures\, and more complex ornamentation’s of the basic sound of the Tombak. Adding a vast variety of fingering techniques are part of this modern view. His innovative style and rhythmic ingenuity has made him one of the most sought after Tombak players today. He is also an accomplished Daf player\, which he plays according to the traditional style. Hadadi is a members of Dastan ensemble and has toured the U.S.A Canada and Europe with many great musicians. He has also collaborated with many great percussionists and percussion Ensembles. Hadadi currently resides in California where he teaches Tombak and Daf. \nSaam was born in 1966 in Istanbul\, Turkey from a Persian mother and a German father. He spent his early childhood in Iran and learned the techniques of the daf from Kurdish daf players in Iran and Turkey. He also studied the fundamentals of rhythm and playing tombak under the supervision of Jamsheed Shemirani in France.\nFor the past ten years\, he has given numerous concerts as accompanying player with Hossein Omumi\, and since 1995 has participated in joint concerts of Parissa and Omoumi. He has also collaborated with European groups performing Middle Ages Western music and participated in the production of several documentaries.
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/tale-of-love/
LOCATION:Parisa and Hossein Omoumi\, Wadsworth Theatre
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19971116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:19971117
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
CREATED:20130628T055705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130730T064639Z
UID:130-879638400-879724799@persianarts.org
SUMMARY:Shahram Nazeri
DESCRIPTION:Shahram Nazeri\,Kayhan Kalhor\, Hamid Motebassem\, Hossein Behrouzinia\,Pejman Hadadi Sound: Iraj Haghighi
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/shahram-nazeri-2/
LOCATION:Shahram Nazeri and Dastan\, USC Bovard Auditorium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19970628
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130629
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
CREATED:20130628T055249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130628T055249Z
UID:124-867456000-1372463999@persianarts.org
SUMMARY:Music of Khorasan
DESCRIPTION:کنسرت سیما به همراه جمشید عندلیبی نوارنده نی، حمید خضری نوارنده دوتار، و فرهاد عندلیبی نوازنده دف – صدا بردار ایرج حقیقی،
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/music-of-khorasan/
LOCATION:Sima Bina\, Scottish Auditorium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:19970316
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130629
DTSTAMP:20260430T142222
CREATED:20130628T055450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20130628T055450Z
UID:127-858470400-1372463999@persianarts.org
SUMMARY:Spring Concert
DESCRIPTION:Spring Concert Hossein Alizadeh: Tar\, Setar Kayhan Kalhor: Kamancheh Pejman Hadadi: Tombak and Daf\n \nTour Dates: \nMarch 16\, 1997\nDurham\, N. Carolina\nDuke University \nApril 19\, 1997\nWashington DC\nGeorgeTown University\nGaston Hall \nApril 20\, 1997\nNew York\, CA\nSymphony Space \nApril 26\, 1997Los Angeles\, CAJapan America Theatre
URL:https://persianarts.org/event/spring-concert/
LOCATION:Alizadeh\, Kalhor\, Hadadi\, Japan America Theatre
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