MUSIC FESTIVAL16. – 19.03.2017

VILLA ELISABETH INVALIDENSTRASSE 4A 10115 BERLIN

CURATORS YALDA YAZDANI AND CYMIN SAMAWATIEPRODUCER ANDREAS ROCHHOLL

WITH THE FOLLOWING SINGERS AND THEIR BANDS YALDA ABBASI, SOLMAZ BADRI, SHADI BEHYAR, ZOHRE GHOLIPOUR, DENA GORGINPOOR, BARAN MOZAFARI,

ZARA ROJHALLAT, CYMIN SAMAWATIE, HALEH SEYFIYADEH, GOLNAR SHAHYAR, JIVAR SHEIKHOLESLAMI

Zeitgenössische Oper Berlin

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INFORMATION AND PROGRAM: WWW.ZEITGENOESSISCHE-OPER.DE TICKETS: 15/10 €, DAILY TICKET: 20/15 €, FESTIVALPASS: 30/20 €

PANELS, WORKSHOP, MATINEE: 7/5 €RESERVATIONS VIA MAIL: TICKET@ZEITGENOESSISCHE-OPER.DE

FEMALE VOICE OF IRAN IS A PROJECT OF ZEITGENÖSSISCHE OPER BERLIN

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FEMALE VOICE OF IRAN

Iran can look back at a unique and diverse history. Women have always played a big role in this rich and abundant multiethnic culture, where every region and group have their own form of expression, and they have also had a vital influence on Iranian music. But in the years after the 1979 Islamic revolution women were prohibited from singing solo in public, thus threatening to leave this cultural asset to total oblivion. Fortunately it has over the last years been possible to observe an exciting renaissance: the public interest in women’s music is clearly growing, women are increasingly appearing in variety of musical activities and performances.

“Female Voice of Iran”, curated by the Iranian ethnomusicologist Yalda Yazdani and Cymin Samawatie, Berlin, will for the first time stage 11 female singers from the younger generation originating from different regions of this huge country. In addition to the solo performances the singers will team up with musicians from the international contemporary Berlin scene.

As “Female Voice of Iran Orchestra” this constellation, under the musical direction of Cymin Samawatie, will create a group composition that on the final evening of the festival will receive its world premiere.

FESTIVALPROGRAM

Thursday, 16.03.2017

19:00 Opening Concert with Haleh Seyfiyadeh & Ali Ghamsari group (Tehran), Golnar Shahyar Trio (Vienna/Tehran), Jivar Sheikholeslami (Tehran) and the Jivar Ensemble

Friday, 17.03.2017

11:00 “Female voice of Iran” – The role of women in music in Revolutionary Iran – Introduction lecture by Yalda Yazdani, ethnomusicologist (in English)

16:00 Workshop The “Makaam” concept in Kurdish music with Sasan Samadi, Mahabad

19:00 Concert with Solmaz Badri & Hesardastan Band (Tehran), Cymin Samawatie and her band Cyminology (Berlin), Dena Gorginpoor and her Trio (Tehran/ Italy), Zara Rojhallat and her Ensemble Wafayi (Mahabad)

Saturday, 18.03.2017

11:00 11 female musicians from Iran and their lives Film portraits and panel discussion, moderation: Cymin Samawatie and Yalda Yazdani

16:00 Workshop The “Dastgah” concept in Iranian music with Ali Ghamsari, Tehran

19:00 Concert with Zohre Gholipour Duo, Yalda Abbasi and Naazaar Ensemble (North Khorasan), Shadi Behyar and her band (Tehran), Baran Mozafari and the Hamnava Ensemble (Bushehr, Persian Gulf)

Sunday, 19.03.2017

11:00 Matinee concert with improvised chamber music New energies and instrumental music, emerging from different regions, styles and personalities An improvisatory encounter between musicians from Iran and Berlin

16:00 Workshop “The female voice” Traditional, Iranian voice technics with 3 singers, moderation by Cymin Samawatie

19:00 Female Voice of Iran Orchestra Concert under the artistic direction of Cymin Samawatie with all musicians of the festival