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SHAHRAM & HAFEZ NAZERI
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| زمان |
ساعت |
| 2011-09-10 - 2011-08-10 |
8:00PM |
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اطلاعات بیشتر
The Rumi Symphony Project is an ongoing work in Hafez Nazeri’s search to cross formal boundaries and integrate classical Iranian and Western musical traditions into a new genre. While the essence and elemental structures of Persian music are preserved in this work, its orchestration, harmony, rhythmic patterns, melodic forms, and resonance diverge from traditional Persian musical arrangements. No longer solely Persian or Western, the music matches the transcendent tone of Rumi’s Sufi poetry, transposed into the context of a new age. In the Path of Rumi is an expression of respect for the legacy of evolution, innovation, and creative interaction between musical traditions. Like Rumi, this project celebrates unity while rejoicing in the endless landscape of diversity that voices our humanity.
Shahram Nazeri is the undisputed icon of Classical Persian and Sufi music. Born in a Kurdish musical family, he was the first vocalist to set Rumi’s poetry to Persian music thirty-five years ago. Thus, he was able to establish a tradition of Sufi music within both Classical Persian music and Kurdish music. His music was instrumental in introducing Western musical audiences to both Sufism, and to the poetry of Rumi. The New York Times has dubbed him the “Persian Nightingale”, and the Christian Science Monitor has called him “Iran’s Pavarotti”. Most recently Shahram was the first Iranian Musician to be awarded with the prestigious Chevalier des Arts et Lettres medal from the government of France for his lifetime achievements in Iranian and Sufi Music. In November 2007, Asia Society awarded Shahram Nazeri with the prestigious Lifetime Cultural Heritage Award for his pioneering efforts of introducing the poetry of Rumi to the West through his music. The Ministry of Culture in Iran named him the “Best Singer of Classical Persian and Sufi Music.”
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