Dear Music lovers,
Interested in Hindustani vocal music / Khayal style of Indian classical singing?
Then don't miss this live concert of Ustad Rashid Khan in London, who is now
considered the best hindustani vocalist. Ustadji is a torchbearer of the Rampur
Sahaswan Khayal Gharana. He is performing in the UK after a long spell of 2
years.
NAAD, a non-profit organization in association with Bhavan Centre, a London
based charity is organising this top class live in concert of Ustad Rashid Khan
in London on 6th June 2009. Accompanying him on the tabla is Shree Rajkumar
Misra from the Jaipur Gharana and on harmonium is Shree Jyoti Goho.
Tickets are selling fast and to avoid disappointment, book them asap. Tickets
can be booked in person or on phone.
Concert: A mesmerising evening with Ustad Rashid Khan.
Date: Saturday 6th June 2009
Time: 6.30 pm, free parking on the street on weekends.
Tickets: £25 and £30
Box Office: 02073813086 (All 7 days, 9am to 6pm)
Venue:
Bhavan Centre,
4A Castletown Road
West Kensington
London W14 9HE
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Interested in Hindustani vocal music / Khayal style of Indian classical singing? Then don't miss this live concert of Ustad Rashid Khan in London, who is now considered the best hindustani vocalist in the world.Ustadji is a torchbearer of the Rampur Sahaswan Khayal Gharana. He is performing in the UK after a long spell of 2 years.
"There is now atleast one person in sight who is an assurance for the future of Indian classical vocal music" said Pt Bhimsen Joshi voicing a few years ago the concern of connoisseurs of Hindustani vocal music about whether its tradition of excellence would continue.
NAAD, a non-profit organization in association with Bhavan Centre, a London based charity is organising this top class concert of by Ustad Rashid Khan in London on 6th June 2009.
Accompanying him on the tabla is Pt Rajkumar Misra from the Jaipur Gharana and on harmonium is Pt Jyoti Goho.
Tickets are selling fast and to avoid disappointment, book them fast. Tickets can be booked in person or on phone.
Concert: A mesmerising evening with Ustad Rashid Khan.
Date: 6th June 2009
Time: 6.30 pm, gates open at 6 pm.
Tickets:£25,£30
Box Office / Tickets Booking: 02073813086 (Monday to Sunday, 9am to 6pm)
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If you are familiar with Ostad Jazayeri's Tars then you will
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All the best
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We have many rare Persian recordings in "Bayat Kurd". What is the reason of choosing the name "Bayat Kurd"?
Has it inflenced by Kurdish muqams or melodies?
There is similar question for "Kurd e Shahnaz" that we can find in Persian or Persian-Tartar recordings in Tifkis and Baku in the first years of 20th century.
do you perhaps know of upcoming concerts in UK in Septembre? Please, excuse my question on my personal behalf in the groups. But since I am going to travel UK next month I would very much like to attend a Middle-Eastern, Iranian, Asian or other ethnic performance if there happens to be one during that time. I would be grateful if you would kindly mail me a copy of your posting to my personal address. Thank you very much!
Best regards,
Judith Zech
Jesus said: "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die."(John 11:25 - 26)
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The Department of Music is the leading centre in Europe for teaching and research in the ethnomusicology of Asia and Africa. We propose to appoint a Lecturer in Ethnomusicology whose expertise will complement and extend our existing strengths in the ethnomusicology of Asia and Africa. The appointment will be from 1 September 2008 or as soon thereafter as possible.
You will be able to contribute to interregional, interdisciplinary or thematic teaching and research in Music, and expertise in the music of the Middle East, the Islamic world and/or Southeast Asia may be an advantage. You will have a PhD in ethnomusicology and appropriate publications. Principal responsibilities will be to teach courses for undergraduate and Masters-level students, to supervise research students, to engage in research and publication, and to contribute to the administration of programmes of study in Music. Further information about SOAS and the Department of Music can be obtained from the Head of Department, Prof. Richard Widdess (rw4@...).
An application form and further particulars can be downloaded from www.soas.ac.uk/jobs. Alternatively, write to the Human Resources Department, SOAS, University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, WC1H OXG, fax no: 020 7074 5129 or e-mail: recruitment@... stating your name, address and the vacancy reference number. CV’s will only be accepted when accompanied by an application form. No agencies.
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I would like to draw your attention to the newly released CD "Music from Azerbaijan" by the Sari Gelin Ensemble which includes Gochaq Askerov (vocals), Aliagha Sadiyev (tar), Elshan Mansurov (kamancha), Shirzad Fataliyev (balaban, zurna), and Kamran Kerimov (naqara).
The Mugham vocalist Gochak Askerov (b. 1978) origins from the Qarabagh region which has throughout the history produced excellent singers. Among them is the named khanende Gochak whose warm voice is distinguished by softness and richness in timbre though being nevertheless strong and high in pitch. He follows the art school of the renowned Mugham master Mahmud Salah and repeatedly performed as part of his Ghadim Sharq Ensemble. Enjoying high popularity in Azerbaijan Gochak Askerov often performs at public concerts and on TV. He won awards of two national Republican
competitions of young traditional singers and toured the UK and USA in 2007. In the US American journalist Thomas Goltz' documentary film "Mugham in Montana" Gochak Askerov played a main role. On BBC Radio 3 he performed twice that same year in the "World Routes" program with Lucy Duran. He performs frequently together with the gifted tar player Aliagha Sadiyev and the famous kamancha player Elshan Mansurov who was for many years member of Alim Qasimov's ensemble. Also the flutist of the Sari Gelin Ensemble performed together with this world-wide renowned vocalist. Shirzad Fataliyev is noted as the most outstanding Azerbaijani traditional woodwind instruments player. He origins from a family of musicians coming from the ashiq school of the city Shirvan which is famous for this bardic tradition. Shirzad's father is a very prominent musician. The ensemble's naqara player Kamran Kerimov has repeatedly performed with the brothers Elshan
and Malik Mansurov as well as with Aliagha Sadiyev. Kamran toured Iran, Turkey, France, USA, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Japan, and South Korea.
Jesus said: "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die."(John 11:25 - 26)
Prof. John Baily will discuss and demonstrate the rich traditions of music for the Afghan rubab, as performed by great masters such as Ustad Mohammad Omar in the later part of the twentieth century. He will describe his own experiences of learning the rubab from 1973 onwards, and how he has tried to find his own style in playing the instrument.
For further information, please contact Shih-Ching Wei ("Ginger") onginger@... or 020 8749 9584
Dear members,
this message has been forwarded to me by Dr. Laudan Noushin. please
circulate.
regards,
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON - SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDY
INSTITUTE OF MUSICAL RESEARCH
MIDDLE EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA MUSIC FORUM
Friday April 25th 2008
Room ST 274/5, Stewart House, 32 Russell Square, London WC1B
(adjacent to Senate House)
9.30am – 6.30pm
PROGRAMME
Abstracts of papers available at:
http://music.sas.ac.uk/imr-events/imr-conferences-colloquia-
performance-events/middle-east-and-central-asia-music-
forum/abstracts.html#c1398
Registration (from 9.30am) and Welcome (9.45am)
Session 1 (10 - 11.45am)
Tala Jarjour (University of Cambridge)
Syriac Chant: Problematizing a New-Old Story. Work in Progress
Nahro Zagros (University of York)
Songs for the Dead: Funeral Gatherings of the Êzdis in Armenia
11.45am - tea/coffee
Session 2 (12.15 – 1pm)
Hany El Hamzawy (Goldsmiths London)
The Oud in the Era of Ethnomusicology
1pm – Lunch break
Session 3 (2.30 - 4.15pm)
Carolyn Landau (City University)
Remembering and Reminiscing: Music and Meaning amongst Moroccans in
London
Parmis Mozafari (University of Leeds)
A Historical Overview of the Condition of Women Musicians in Iran
4.15 - 5.15pm tea/coffee and final discussion session
5.30 - 6.30pm
Evening Recital
Egyptian Oud player Hany El Hamzawi will present a range of
performance styles from across the Middle East and beyond
The Middle East and Central Asia Music forum is open to researchers,
students and anyone interested in the music and culture of the
region. In the spirit of fostering dialogue and interdiscplinarity,
we hope that the issues discussed at the forum will be of interest to
a broad audience, including musicologists, ethnomusicologists and
other researchers in the arts, humanities and social sciences. In
addition, we welcome those working on other aspects of Middle Eastern
and Central Asian culture broadly speaking (dance, visual arts,
media, film, literature, etc.)
Advance booking is requested via Valerie James at music@...; a
contribution to costs of £10 is requested on the door. Attendance for
students and the unwaged is free.
Jesus said: "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die."(John 11:25 - 26)
I have a question referring the dastgah-e shur which might perhaps seem amateurish to you. But I would appreciate your help. Once I heard that this dastgah is associated with a noble mind and a mature personality but at the same time also with new beginning and spring time. I would like to ask how the idea of the first two terms matches the idea of new beginning. In the CD booklet of Ostad Majid Kianis "Haft-Dastgah-e Musighi-e Iran" I read that the dastgah-e shur is related to the dusk, the start of creation, new birth, continuation of life as well as to the struggle, the search and the yearning for spiritual enlightenment. Is this enlightenment seen as a new creation or in which way is it associated with the genesis?
Best regards,
Judith Zech
Jesus said: "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die."(John 11:25 - 26)
Hi Thanks for this document I saw it. It's wonderful, and felicitations to Mohammadi brothers, please go on and try to revive the old Persian instruments, there are only in shahnameh of Ferdowsi the name of 23 instruments! we and our deep culture need you and your research. With the best regards. Athar Torabi
from Nov. 17th - 25th Iman Vaziri (tar), Mohammad Motamedi (vocal), Ehsan Zabihifar (kamancha), Ali Rahimi (tombak) will be touring in France and the Netherlands.
De oude Perzische poëzie is een schier onuitputtelijke bron voor klassieke liedteksten. Een lenige stem als die van de jonge zanger Mohammad Motamedi is het instrument bij uitstek om deze liederen te verklanken. Motamedi is een van de aanstormende talenten in de wereld van de Iraanse vocale muziek. Zijn handelsmerk is de tahrir, de elegante Iraanse ‘jodeltechniek’, die hij schijnbaar moeiteloos weet uit te voeren. Mohammad Motamedi heeft zich omringd met instrumentalisten die de klassieke Perzische traditie
hoog in het vaandel dragen, zoals Ehsan Zabihifar op kamanche (vedel), Ali Rahimi op tonbak (bekertrommel) en Imân Vaziri op tar (langhalsluit). Hoewel gecomponeerde neo-klassieke muziek in het huidige Iran de mode is, bewijst dit jonge ensemble dat de aloude geïmproviseerde muziek, mits in handen van talentvolle musici, anno 2007 allerminst aan kracht heeft ingeboet.
Mohammad Motamedi - vocal Ehsan
Zabihifar - kamanche Ali Rahimi - tonbak Iman Vaziri - tar
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An: persian_music@yahoogroups.com Von: bahman panahi bahmanpanahi@... Datum: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:05:26 -0800 (PST) Betreff: [persian_music] Bahman Panahi in Concert & Exhibition in Paris
Bahman PANAHI, iranian music player (Tar & Setar) will be in concert with group "Safar" in Paris in 23 November 2007, An exhibition of his
Calligraphy's artworks also will be organise in the same place, Adresse: Conservatoire Henri Dutilleux, Place Jules Hunebelle, 92140, Clamart, information and reservation: robabculture@yahoo.fr
.
Jesus said: "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever
lives and believes in me will never die."(John 11:25 - 26)
with permission by Farshad Tavakoli (setar) I would like to announce his upcoming concerts with Mehrdad Farsidjani (santur) and Farid Kheradmand (tombak). On their Germany tour they will perform from Oct. 19th - 21st in Bonn, Cologne, and Munich. For details please view http://www.roud.org/news_and_events.htm. On Nov. 9th they will also give a concert in Lyon, France.
Best regards,
Judith Zech
Jesus said: "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die."(John 11:25 - 26)
Portraying the East in Mandatory Palestine: Jewish Nationalism and 'Oriental Music'.
1pm - Lunch
Session 3
2.30 - 4.15pm
Martin Stokes (University of Oxford)
The Melancholic Cosmopolitanism of Müslüm Gürses
Tony Langlois (University of Ulster)
Constructing the Sacred and Ethnic in North African Music Festivals
4.15 - 5.15pm tea/coffee and final discussion session
5.30 - 6.30pm
Concert featuring Palestinian singer Reem Kelani
The Middle East and Central Asia Music forum is open to researchers, students and anyone interested in the music and culture of the region. In the spirit of fostering dialogue and interdiscplinarity, we hope that the issues discussed at the forum will be of interest to a broad audience, including musicologists, ethnomusicologists and other researchers in the arts, humanities and social sciences. In addition, we welcome those working on other aspects of Middle Eastern and Central Asian culture broadly speaking (dance, visual arts, media, film, literature, etc.)
Advance booking is requested via Valerie James at music@...; there will be a nominal charge of £5 to include tea and coffee. Attendance for students is free.
AMPsterdam: Call for Submissions
Deadline: Sunday, September 9, 2007
Event: AMPsterdam: Celebrating AMP's Art in Amsterdam
Date: Friday night, September 28, 2007
Location: Café´ Fantasio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* oldest rock venue in the Netherlands
* previously hosted Jefferson Airplane and Pink Floyd
AMP members are invited to submit their work to be considered for
inclusion in AMPsterdam.
To submit, follow guidelines below and send an email to
AMPsterdam@....
PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A ONE NIGHT ONLY EVENT.
Deadline for Submissions is Sunday night, September 9, 2007, 12:00 AM
(Pacific Standard Time).
YOU MUST BE A MEMBER OF AMP TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK FOR CONSIDERATION.
TO JOIN AMP GO TO HTTP://PLUGINAMP.COM.
We Invite These Submissions:
Performances of all kinds
* Music
* Performance Art
* Dance
* Juggling
* Improvisation
* DJs
* More (make a suggestion)
Paintings, Photography and Other Visual Art
Short Films
YOU MUST ARRANGE IN ADVANCE TO HAVE YOURSELF AND/OR YOUR ART
TRANSPORTED TO AND FROM THE VENUE.
How to Submit:
Send an email to AMPsterdam@... with the following information:
Performers: send a description of your work, a link to your website,
and pictures of your performance.
Musicians: send your website's URL and attach an MP3 of your music
Filmmakers: send a URL address for your film, or some other way for us
to view all or part of the film
Visual Artists: attach a .jpg of the proposed piece of work to the email
Deadline: September 9, 2007, 12:00 midnight (Pacific Standard Time)
Final decisions on work to be included will be made by AMP Executive
Director Terri Anderson (Los Angeles) and co-organizing AMP member DJ
Paul van Dijk (Amsterdam).
AMP, the Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective, is a powerful
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It has been a pleasure having you as the founder/director of Radif. I'm sure we will enjoy your guidance and leadership in the group from this point onwards and thank you for your support to the group.
Arash congratulations and all the best with the new post and hope to have a get together soon with you and rest of the group.
Shariat Gernamayeh
tom massoumi <taghi2000@...> wrote:
Dear Tinoush
All the best, we still see you in various music venues, that's good. thank you very much for great great contribution to Radif and iranain music in general.
kind regards, Taghi Massoumi
----- Original Message ---- From: TINOUSH BAHRAMI <tinoushbahrami@yahoo.co.uk> To: Radif@yahoogroups.co.uk Sent: Monday, 13 August, 2007 9:57:28 AM Subject: [Radif] new director
Dear friends,
it's been 2 years since the radif group was born. we had great time in our online discussions and also unforgettable moments in our rehearsals.
I write to you all to inform you the new director's appointment. As I was
director of Radif Art & culture for last 2 years, I think it is time for a new appointment. therefore I am introducing Mr.Arash Fayazi, as a new director of the company and moderator of the yahoo group.
please let us know if there is any observations. if there was no respond to this mail, mr. Fayazi would be appointed as new director of the compoany whithin next two weeks.
regards, TBN
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Datum: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:07:36 -0700 (PDT) Von: DoorDog Music Productions info@... An: a_sparkle2003@... Betreff: Fall 2007 Newsletter
FALL 2007
FESTIVAL 2007
Dear Friend,
This Fall, Door Dog Music Productions will present its eighth season of the San Francisco World Music Festival, themed "The Lutes of the Deserts and the Mountains: An exploration of the ancient roots of music". Master lute players from around the world - from the high mountains of Tibet, to the deserts of Afghanistan -- will be invited to share the mysteries of their traditions. "We will attempt to develop connections between artists and cultures to their habitats in which they live," says Kutay Derin Kugay, Program Director of Door Dog Music Productions. "We will also highlight the uniqueness of the materials from which their instruments have been made, and the important effect this has had on the development of their music."
The San Francisco World Music Festival will run from September 23rd through October 7th in venues throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. At the Jewish Community Center of San
Francisco on September 23rd, the festival will kick off with a commissioned world premiere entitled, "Here Comes the Sea Followed by the Ocean", a tribute to Rumi. The legendary Persian mystical poet Attar, whose own work is said to have influenced the great Rumi, spoke these words when he saw Rumi following behind his father as they made their way west to Anatolia from an unsettled home in Central Asia. This man's journey, in metaphor and reality is brought to life in present day, as the historical Rumi was a citizen of all the contemporary world's hot spots: Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Azerbaijan.
This newly commissioned work will present new compositions by Azerbaijani master kamancha musician and composer Imamyar Hasanov. The production also will feature traditional lute masters Azerbaijani tar virtuoso Rufat Hasanov, Chinese pipa master He Cheng
Liu, Chinese erhu virtuoso Xiao Feng Zhang, Israeli oud player Yoel Ben-Simhon and Iranian master percussionist Pejman Hadadi. Lutes from the various countries include the tar, kamancha, pipa, erhu, and tembur accompanied by frame drums. This cross-cultural collaboration is paramount to Rumi's transcendent and universally humanist message and in keeping with Door Dog's mission to create artistic frameworks for master artists to meet.
"With 2007 declared by UNESCO as the year of Rumi, to commemorate 800 years since his birth, we also pause to reflect on this staggering milestone," explains Michael Santoro, Executive Director of Door Dog Music Productions. "This staged production will not be a literal celebration of Mowlana Jalaleddin Rumi, the historic figure and his life, but pull from his brilliant writings, ghazals (sung love poems) to create a contemporary
look at these troubled regions, its inhabitants, their cultural vibrancy and its contemporary expression by artists in a fresh cross-cultural approach."
Continuing in our efforts to introduce cultures, music and artists to the larger community we will present several concerts and community events. On September 25, we will present in association with the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco Irsaeli-Moroccan singer Smadar Levi singing pan-Mediterranean songs in Arabic, Hebrew and Spanish. On September 26th, there will be an artist residency program at Alice Fong Yu School featuring Bulgarian tambura master Rumen Sali Shopov, who will work with the Alice Fong Yu Youth Orchestra & Percussion Troupe to present an evening concert to the community.
From September 27th-29th, there will be a series of intimate concerts at the Presidio Chapel focused on lutes of several countries and cultures,
including Tibetan singer Techung and the Chaksampa Tibetan Dance & Opera Company on September 27, Indian sarode master Alam Khan on September 28, Afghani dutar and rubab master Aziz Herawi on September 29. The festival will close on October 7 with an afternoon concert of North & South Indian music featuring Indian youth vocalist Gaayatri Kaundinya and the Youth Ensemble of Trinity Center for Music at the Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga in the South Bay.
Please join us for another exciting gathering of absolutely brilliant, world-class musicians.
San Francisco World Music FestivalCommissioned World Premiere HERE COMES THE SEA FOLLOWED BY THE OCEAN Presented in association with JCCSF Sunday, September 23; 7PM Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, SF $18, $22 SMADAR LEVI Presented in association with JCCSF Tuesday, September 25; 8PM Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, SF $15, $20, $24 ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM with RUMEN SALI SHOPOV Wednesday, September 26; 6PM Alice Fong Yu Alternative School, SF Free TECHUNG &
CHAKSAMPA TIBETAN DANCE & OPERA COMPANY Thursday, September 27; 8PM The Presidio Chapel, SF $10 ALAM KHAN Friday, September 28; 8PM The Presidio Chapel, SF $10 AZIZ HERAWI Saturday, September 29; 8PM The Presidio Chapel, SF $10 AN AFTERNOON OF NORTH & SOUTH INDIAN MUSIC featuring Indian youth vocalist GAAYATRI KAUNDINYA & the YOUTH ENSEMBLE OF TRINITY CENTER FOR MUSIC Sunday, October 7; 3PM Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga $10
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SUPPORT DOOR DOG TODAY! Can you picture a world where Zakir Hussein (Indian tabla master), Shahram Nazeri (Iranian/Kurdish vocalist), and Mei Lanfang (Chinese opera master) are household names like Bach, Beethoven and Mozart? Can you foresee a time when children in American grade schools
can choose to learn not just piano, cello or saxophone, but also the Japanese koto, the Portuguese guitarron, or the West African kora?
We at Door Dog Music Productions are actively imagining the possibilities of music and cultural understanding with every season of our highly acclaimed San Francisco World Music Festival, now approaching its eighth year this Fall. Our unique programs bring diverse peoples together, and thus create opportunities for bridging cultural divides.
We are a non-profit organization committed to identifying, nurturing and sustaining musical, artistic and cultural traditions throughout the world.
This coming Fall, we will launch a brand new commission called "Here Comes the Sea Followed by the Ocean", a tribute to Rumi. With 2007 declared by UNESCO as the year of Rumi, to commemorate 800 years since his birth, we also pause to reflect on this staggering milestone.
This staged production will not be a literal celebration of Mowlana Jalaleddin Rumi, the historic figure and his life, but pull from his brilliant writings, ghazals (sung love poems) to create a contemporary look at these troubled regions, its inhabitants, their cultural vibrancy and its contemporary expression by artists in a fresh cross-cultural approach.
This past Spring, at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, we produced a highly acclaimed staged show entitled "A Journey to China: Scholars, Goddesses & Warriors" featuring Chinese masters, along side five youth actors Chinese percussion, Chinese dance, and Chinese opera youth artists from the Alice Fong Yu Alternative School of San Francisco.
Just last summer, we launched the Laz people's first ever Green Yayla Arts, Culture and Ecological Festival, in the Eastern Black Sea region of Turkey. Surrounded by majestic glacial mountains and pure water springs, we worked as partners with the local
people to revive a musical tradition that goes back centuries.
But we cannot launch new commissions, connect masters with the next generation, or revitalize musical traditions without you.
Here is how you can make a difference:
$500 will contribute towards artist fees. These esteemed master artists appear in the SF World Music Festival annually.
$250 will underwrite instruction and instrument purchases for students in the World Music In Schools program.
Even a contribution of $100 will help pay for a portion of the translation costs required to work with culturally diverse artists from overseas.
Please help us keep these links alive and vital. You can help us validate and sustain the world's traditional music through our quality programs. With your support, every dollar you contribute to Door Dog Music Productions will also be matched 1:1 by the San Francisco Foundation.
Door Dog Music Productions 1007 General Kennedy Avenue, Suite 215 San Francisco, CA 94129
Thank you,
Michael Santoro Executive Director
Kutay Derin Kugay Program Director
DOOR DOG MUSIC PRODUCTIONS Door Dog Music Productions is a non-profit presenting & production organization which
supports and promotes the diversity of cultures of the world through the rich music within each culture. We continue to provide resources for musicians, educators, and the avid world music listeners. Our San Francisco World Music Festival, world music concerts, educational programs, master classes, national tours, & recording resources have been developed to provide quality performances with an international music focus. This ranges from world traditional music to contemporary explorations.
VISION Door Dog Music Productions strives to identify, nurture and sustain threatened musical, artistic and cultural traditions throughout the world. Door Dog Music Productions is a leader in giving international musicians a voice through groundbreaking collaborations, commissions and performances. These activities bring diverse peoples together through music, creating opportunities to bridge cultural divides.
MISSION The Mission
of Door Dog Music Productions is to mentor, empower and showcase musicians, composers and artists that historically have been under-represented due to cultural, political and economic barriers and thus create a forum to promote global cultural understanding. Door Dog Music Productions presents performances, provides resources to sustain the social and artistic welfare of its participants and itself. It creates a multi-generational dialogue through its youth programs to promote the vitality of traditional cultures.
DOOR DOG FUNDERS & SPONSORS Door Dog Music Productions would like to thank the following funders and sponsors who has made this production possible: Alliance for California Traditional Arts, Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, Christensen Fund, Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, KPFA 94.1FM, LEF Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Potrero Nuevo
Fund of the Tides Foundation, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco Grants for the Arts Hotel Tax Fund, W.A. Gerbode Foundation, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, WESTAF, and Zellerbach Family Foundation, Bocce Café, Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, Consulate General of Israel, United States-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce, The Nob Hill Hotel.
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All the best, we still see you in various music venues, that's good. thank you very much for great great contribution to Radif and iranain music in general.
kind regards, Taghi Massoumi
----- Original Message ---- From: TINOUSH BAHRAMI <tinoushbahrami@...> To: Radif@... Sent: Monday, 13 August, 2007 9:57:28 AM Subject: [Radif] new director
Dear friends,
it's been 2 years since the radif group was born. we had great time
in our online discussions and also unforgettable moments in our
rehearsals.
I write to you all to inform you the new director's appointment. As
I was director of Radif Art & culture for last 2 years, I think it
is time for a new appointment. therefore I am introducing Mr.Arash
Fayazi, as a new director of the company and moderator of the yahoo
group.
please let us know if there is any observations. if there was no
respond to this mail, mr. Fayazi would be appointed as new director
of the compoany whithin next two weeks.
regards,
TBN
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i would like to point out that my appointment as the director will be regarding the registered company and correspondence and communication between us as a party and leagl organisations and Mr. bahrami will still be leading radif through it's music journy as he has done so in the past. we all have learnt a lot from Mr.Bahrami, not just music, and as bahran mentioned a way of life too and we still wish to do so
regards
arash
maz mashkoori <mz_mashkoori@...> wrote:
Dear Tinooush
Knowing you has been a privilege and working with you has been an absolute pleasure, although I was by far the worst student you ever had!
What I say will not and rightly so should not have any effects over the matter but your absence as the director will be missed uncomprehendingly and also felt beyond measure.
With the kindest regards and the out most respect,
it's been 2 years since the radif group was born. we had great time in our online discussions and also unforgettable moments in our rehearsals.
I
write to you all to inform you the new director's appointment. As I was director of Radif Art & culture for last 2 years, I think it is time for a new appointment. therefore I am introducing Mr.Arash Fayazi, as a new director of the company and moderator of the yahoo group.
please let us know if there is any observations. if there was no respond to this mail, mr. Fayazi would be appointed as new director of the compoany whithin next two weeks.
regards, TBN
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