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| Hafez Nazeri Makes Carnegie Hall Debut The Nazeri Music Foundation will debut the east coast premiere of the "Rumi Symphony Project: Cycle One" in New York on Saturday, November 14. The performance is entitled "Iranian Sounds of Peace" and presented in association with Absolutely Live Entertainment and the Asia Society at Carnegie Hall. The works to be performed are composed by 30-year-old Hafez Nazeri, Iran's most influential young composer and son of Shahram Nazeri, who's been dubbed the "Iranian Pavarotti." The concert marks a new chapter in integrating Middle Eastern and Western traditions through the music of both cultures. Nazeri describes the concept and philosophy behind this opus as "a musical discourse to promote world peace." "At a time when all that we hear about Iran is filtered through headlines of intolerance, chaos and violence, it is important to portray a 7, 000 year cultural history with its deeply poetic and artistic mystical traditions, " explains Nazeri. The concert will showcase Nazeri on setar and vocals, and his legendary father Shahram Nazeri (vocals), as well as artists of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Paul Neubauer (viola), Ida Kavafian (viola), and Fred Sherry (cello); in addition to Matt Haimovitz (cello); Tim Cobb (double bass), Hussein Zahawy (percussion) and Shane Shanahan (percussion). write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Jazz News :: home page |