BEITEDDINE: Friday evening’s concert at the Beiteddine International Festival was not a typical performance. At least, it did not end with an ecstatically cheerful, firework-cracking climax. Iran’s ...
His album Teheran Nights—a funky, electronic take on traditional Iranian Sufi music—is banned in Iran because it is deemed to stray too far from traditional music. Despite this, Pedram, in town to ...
University of Sydney provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Weaving through the rooms of my Brisbane childhood home, carried on the languid, humid, sub-tropical air, was the sound of an ...
We mark the anniversary of the death of Sufi poet and mystic Mevlana Jelladadin Rumi in 1273, with verses set to a reggae beat. We also hear the rhythms of the Persian daf drum used in Sufi healing ...
Carl St.Clair, the music director and principal conductor of Orange Country’s Pacific Symphony, was a bit taken aback at one of the programming choices for the 2012 edition of the organization’s ...
“Now listen to the reed as it is grieving,” sang Hossein Omoumi, sitting cross-legged on a carpet at Meany Hall, dressed in white, loose-fitting pants and shirt. “Since they cut me from the bed of ...
The L.A.-based husband-wife team talks about bringing the multimedia show, inspired by ancient Sufi poetry, to life. What: “The Fourth Light,” performed by Niyaz When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20 ...
From left to right, Transcendence performers Anwar Khan, Walid Ben Selim, Sahar Mohammadi, and Zainab Afailal (all images courtesy the artists) Through dance, recitation, poetry, and prayer, Sufis ...
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