This documentary explores:

• the rhythmic philosophy behind Mortazavi’s playing
• the history of Persian percussion traditions
• the expressive possibilities of the tombak and daf
• improvisation and rhythmic architecture

#MohammadRezaMortazavi
#PersianMusic
#WorldPercussion

https://youtu.be/V1llz3maiA4

I just had the chance to discover Pouya Hamidi's _I Will Greet the Sun Again_, a song cycle set to poetry by four Iranian woman writers. It's extremely moving, and the latter two songs in particular have a hopefulness that I think speaks to *waves vaguely at the world*

https://youtu.be/Z8V3RSreEvE

The full text to "The Wind Will Blow Us Away" (Farrokhzad trans. Wolpé):

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/blog/uncategorized/52160/an-evening-with-forugh-iranian-poetry-night

#classicalMusic #newMusic #artSong #contemporaryClassical #songCycle #womenInMusic #PersianMusic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfmQiikXfBA

#lute #oud
#gambus #barbat #luthier #lutherie #laute #laúd #medievallute #liuto
#luteria #lutheria #ούτι #laudarabe #whatsonyourbench #ud #worldmusic
#earlymusic #renaissancelute #lutemaker #woodworking #woodwork
#musicalinstrument #عود #oud_maker #femalemusician #womenmusicians #iranianmusic #persianmusic #موسیقیایرانی

Eishan Ensemble
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eishan_Ensemble

"Nim Dong"
Hamed Sadeghi (tar)
Michael Avgenicos (alto and tenor saxophones, clarinet)
Pedram Layegh (guitar)
Adem Yilmaz (percussions)
Elsen Price (double bass)
(Art As Catharsis Record 2018)

https://eishanensemble.bandcamp.com/album/nim-dong

#NowListening #jazz #music #musique #JazzMusic #WorldMusic #WorldFusion
#PersianMusic #EthnoJazz
#EishanEnsemble
#HamedSadeghi

@jazz
Hamed Sadeghi
"Empty Voices"
(self release 2024)

https://hamedsadeghi.bandcamp.com/album/empty-voices

#NowListening #jazz #music #musique #JazzMusic #WorldMusic #WorldFusion
#PersianMusic
#HamedSadeghi