Early Music | Kalhor & Tabassian in Dialogue

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From dawn to dusk, music reigns among the stars of Persian civilization. The traditional music of Iran, unique to the Orient, is the fruit of a mystical heritage with a fascinating capacity for constant regeneration. For this unique concert, Kayhan Kalhor, an uncontested master of this tradition, joins Kiya Tabassian on a journey through an immense musical universe. Carrying on tradition while uncovering the future, they make poetry that sings of times both old and new, and contribute to a culture that is in full swing.

The intensely spiritual and emotional improvisations of Kalhor and Tabassian, steeped in the traditional music of Iran, are said to bring listeners to a trance-like state. The ancestry of the setar can be traced to the ancient tanbur of pre-Islamic Persia. It is made from thin mulberry wood and its fingerboard has more than 20 moveable frets. Setar is literally translated as “three strings”; in its present form, however, it has four strings. Because of its delicacy and intimate sonority, the setar is the preferred instrument of Sufi mystics.

” Rather than a duel, the two setarists’ ninety or so uninterrupted minutes onstage turned out to be a clinic in how to build something transcendent.” New York Music Daily 

PROGRAMME

This concert is a duelling improvisation, no programme will be provided.

Event Artists

Kiya Tabassian, Setar; Kayhan Kalhor, Setar

Early Music | Kalhor & Tabassian in Dialogue

Date/Time

Friday, June 3, 2022
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Location

Grosvenor Theatre - Kay Meek Arts Centre
1700 Mathers Avenue
Vancouver,
Canada,

Price

$42-45

Phone

604-822-2697

Website

https://www.earlymusic.bc.ca/events/kalhor-tabassian-in-dialogue/

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