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Masters of Persian Music
Featuring: Hossein Alizadeh, Kayhan Kalhor, Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh, Fariborz Azizi, Siamak Jahangiry, Pezhham Akhavass, Rouzbeh Rahimi
From Iran
Friday, February 19, 8:00 PM

Sanders Theatre
45 Quincy St
Cambridge, 02138
Reserved seating
$40.00, $32.00, $28.00 (includes Sanders Theatre $0.75 restoration fee)

Masters of Persian Music explores the rich heritage of Persian classical music and ancient Sufi and contemporary poetry. The concert 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 who through his many musical collaborations, including Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project, 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, who will be touring North America for the first time. They will be accompanied by Fariborz Azizi on bass tar (lute), Siamak Jahangiry on nay (flute), Pezhham Akhavass on tombak (drum) and Rouzbeh Rahimi on santur (hammered dulcimer).

 

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