UPCOMING EVENTS
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Sunday February 7, 8:00pm
MASTERS OF PERSIAN MUSIC
Three Generations
Featuring
Kayhan Kalhor - Kemanche
Hossein Alizadeh - Tar
Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh - Vocals
Alireza Hosseini - Tombak
Rouzbeh Rahini - Santur
Siamak Jangahiry - Ney flute
Massey Theatre, New Westminster
Tickets $54, $45, $35
(all service and facility charges included)
ORDER BY PHONE: 604-521-5050
Or in Person at the Usual Persian Stores
For VIP tickets, call 604-904-8866
Presented with the Iranian Business Directory (www.iranianpages.com)
Featuring two of Iran’s most important figures in Persian classical music touring with the next generation of musical masters. Following previous sold-out tours, this edition of Masters of Persian Music 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 has been instrumental in popularizing Persian music in the West and is a creative force in today’s music scene; and the remarkable young vocalist Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh, leading disciple of the renowned Mohammad Reza Shajarian, who will be touring North America for the first time.
For more on the group, visit
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Thursday, April 8, 8:00pm
LES YEUX NOIRS
& Special Guests
The Venue (881 Granville St.)
Tickets $30 Adults ($33 at the door) $25 Seniors and Students (19+). Sorry No Minors.
Or in person as of January 15 at the Chutzpah! Box office (950 West 41st @ Oak St.)
Co-Presented with Chutzpah! The Lisa Nemetz International Showcase of Jewish Performing Arts
Theirs is a sound that ignores the divisions of political maps, sneaks past border patrols and extends the hand of fraternity right across Central and Eastern Europe. Equal parts gypsy and klezmer (with plenty of jazzy flourishes to boot), the band draws on music from right across the region, from Hungary down to Armenia. It's an exhilarating, winding journey, most often conducted at a pedal-to-the-metal, breakneck speed!
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Friday, April 30, 8:00pm
ANOUSHKA SHANKAR
"Sudakshini" - Beautiful Journey South
With
Tanmoy Bose - Tabla
Pirashanna Thevarajah - mridangam, kanjira & ghatam
Ravichandra Kulur - flute and Kanjira
And Special Guest South Indian Violinist
Chan Centre at UBC
Tickets $44/$39/34 plus s/c. $5 discount for students
or by Phone: 604-280-3311
Or in person at the Chan Centre Box Office
Anoushka Shankar has emerged as one of the leading figures in World Music today. She is deeply rooted in Indian classical music, having studied exclusively with her father, the legendary Ravi Shankar, and is now one of the foremost performers in that tradition. She has also flourished as a composer, exploring fertile ground in the crossover between Indian music and a variety of genres including electronica, jazz, flamenco and Western classical music. While Anoushka's latest recordings and projects include elements of electronic and western music, her upcoming concert will be performed purely on Indian traditional instruments. This tour is called . It will feature new compositions entirely in traditional south Indian ragas, or melodies. What is unique is to have a sitar playing south Indian music. For the audience, it will be a journey from the North to the south of India, accompanied by master Indian musicians!
For More on the Artist, visit:
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OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS 2010
- April 11: Mighty Popo
An In the House Festival co-presentation
