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Masters of Persian Music: Kalhor, Alizadeh, Nourbakhsh and others
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Saturday, Feb 20, 2010
7:30 PM
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Following previous sold-out tours, this edition of Masters of Persian Music features Hossein Alizadeh, the tar (plucked lute) maestro who is considered an inspiration to an entire generation of Iran’s musical culture; Kayhan Kalhor, the kamancheh (spike-fiddle) virtuoso and creative force in today’s music scene who through his many musical collaborations with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and others has been instrumental in popularizing Persian music in the West; and the remarkable young vocalist Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh, the leading disciple of the renowned Mohammad Reza Shajarian.
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Alizadeh, Kalhor, Nourbakhsh, and a seven-member ensemble will be touring in North America, weaving mystical Persian poetry of Rumi, Hafiz, and others with luscious Persian melodies. $34, CMA members $33.
Accompanying them: M.R. Ebrahimi on barba (oud/plucked lute), Siamak Agaie on santur (hammered dulcimer), Siamak Jahangiry on ney (reedflute).
Support for this performance is dedicated to the poetry of Rumi, a 13th-Century Persian poet and mystic.
These programs made possible in part by:
The Ernest L. and Louise M. Gartner Fund
The P. J. McMyler Musical Endowment Fund
The Anton and Rose Zverina Music Fund
Additional support has been provided by:
The Musart Society
John P. Murphy Foundation
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Kayhan Kalhor
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Kayhan Kalhor, born 1963, is a Kurdish Iranian kamancheh player, composer and master of classical Persian music. Biography/Kayhan Kalhor was born in Kermanshah. He began studying music ...» More
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Hossein Alizadeh
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Hossein Alizadeh is a distinguished Iranian composer, Radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and a master tar and setar instrumentalist and improviser, dubbed by many as an Ostad (i.e. Maestro) ...» More
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