{"id":1051959,"date":"2024-02-02T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/?p=1051959"},"modified":"2024-02-02T09:03:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T14:03:10","slug":"recurrence-feminisme-iranien-mathematiques-et-erosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myscena.org\/fr\/zenith-wolfe\/recurrence-feminisme-iranien-mathematiques-et-erosion\/","title":{"rendered":"R\u00e9currence<\/i> : F\u00e9minisme iranien, math\u00e9matiques et \u00e9rosion"},"content":{"rendered":" \n

Le mouvement f\u00e9ministe en Iran, les math\u00e9matiques dans la musique et l\u2019\u00e9rosion dans les piles marines ne sont que quelques-uns des sujets explor\u00e9s sur R\u00e9currence.<\/p> \n

The concept album, released in October 2023, is based on how repetition manifests across all parts of our lives, ranging from the philosophical to economic, to natural. Its five works were each written by a different Canadian composer, including the Juno Award-winning Jordan Nobles and Prix Opus composer of the year, Nicole Liz\u00e9e. The album is only available in digital formats.<\/p>\n

Saman Shahi is the project\u2019s leader and pianist. Shahi combined his love of storytelling and the environment to compose Eroded<\/i>, a 13-minute exploration of the cycle of erosion in sea stacks. \u201cThe pressure of the water slowly creates a little hole within the rock that turns into a cave, then collapses (to) create a sea stack. It\u2019s poetic \u2026 This thing is created and, by the same force, destroyed,\u201d Shahi says.<\/p>\n

Eroded <\/i>focuses on sound and colour: xylophones emulate drops of water, harps create glissando effects that evoke the movement of water, and loud percussive interjections suggest cracks in the stone. Shahi describes the piece as a departure from his usual tonal style; he wanted to push himself, given the high-profile suite of musicians with whom he was working.<\/p>\n

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Saman Shahi (Photo provided)<\/p><\/div>\n

Shahi recalls watching the New Orford String Quartet worked together \u201cas an organism\u201d to fix an issue in a matter of 30 seconds. Adapting to their styles of play and collaboration taught him a lot about efficient problem-solving over the album\u2019s three-day recording session.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to show up over-prepared\u2014to make sure nothing would go wrong, and make me look like a fool in front of these giants. So many moments of impostor syndrome \u2026 but I feel like I\u2019m a much better musician as a result,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Maziar Heidari is the album\u2019s conductor, and the composer of Arrays<\/i>, which explores physics and mathematics in music. He says it\u2019s always a challenge for a conductor to work with original compositions because there\u2019s no point of reference for interpretation.<\/p>\n

\u201cLiz\u00e9e likes to write tons of complex time signatures, which is a nightmare for conductors and musicians,\u201d Heidari says with a laugh. \u201cAt first glance I said: \u2018Why is this?\u2019 After one month of studying and practice sessions, I played it like Mozart. I was confident in it because I felt the music.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the co-founder of Iranian-Canadian Composers of Toronto (ICOT), Heidari had an easier time with the compositional styles of ICOT members Shahi and Keyan Emami. Emami\u2019s work focuses on the Woman, Life, Freedom protests that began in Iran in September 2022. It\u2019s named Kian in Rainbows<\/i> after Kian Pirfalak, a 9-year-old Iranian artist who was killed by an officer involved in the government\u2019s push back on the protests.<\/p>\n

Shahi hopes the album\u2019s range will expose listeners to new genres and ideas. \u201cWe hope that everybody who listens will be presented with something that surprises them and that triggers their inner curiosity,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Recurrence is available on Leaf Music<\/em>: https:\/\/leaf-music.ca\/music\/lm256\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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