Robert Browning Associates, Lotus Music & Dance, and Roulette present
Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 8:00pm
Ali Akbar Moradi & Pejman Hadadi
Sacred Music of Kurdistan
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue at 3rd Avenue
Downtown Brooklyn | tel. 917-267-0363
Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 8:00pm
Ali Akbar Moradi & Pejman Hadadi
Sacred Music of Kurdistan
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue at 3rd Avenue
Downtown Brooklyn | tel. 917-267-0363
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.This concert features a rare NY appearance of Ali Akbar Moradi and Pejman Hadadi, two of Iran’s most renowned musicians. Moradi is the greatest living master of the tanbur, an ancient 2-stringed long-necked fretted lute traditionally used in religious ceremonies. Hadadi is the innovative percussionist (tombak, daf) who has been a member of the Dastan Ensemble for over 25 years and collaborated with countless master musicians in Persian and world traditions. Their program, Euphoric Whispers: Improvisations for Tanbur and Percussion, features ecstatic and trance-inducing Kurdish music from western Iran – music that is little known in the US. Their improvisations are based on the the repertoire of the Yarsan people - followers of a mystical faith associated with Sufism - and the beauty and complexities of the art of this region.
“Love, spirituality, intoxication with the divine and the power of music… With one string providing a drone, everything else rides on a single string of the tanbur, and in Mr. Moradi’s hands, that string encompasses an expressive universe.” - New York Times "The masterful Hadadi delivers an astonishing array of sounds." - Los Angeles Times Tickets: $40 advance*; $45 at door; $35 seniors & students with ID (advance* and at door) (*+$2.50 processing fee per advance ticket) |
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