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Showcasing a rare fusion, Indian and Iranian musicians recently came together at a fund-raising concert in the United States. Sitar and Tabla maestros, Kartik Seshadri and Arup Chattopadhyay joined Kayhan Kalhor, the Iranian Kamanche virtuoso to
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The sounds that best defined the tone, mood and invention of last night's remarkable global music summit by the Silk Road Ensemble at the EKU Center for the Arts in Richmond bookended the program. Curiously, neither instance featured the group's star
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February 4, 2013 When the six members of the all-woman Ghazal Sufi Ensemble stepped on stage to perform in the city over the weekend, it was the first time that men were a part of their audience. Their performance at home in Iran has been only in
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March 21, 2012 Iranian kamanche virtuoso and innovative composer Kayhan Kalhor is known for his international collaborations with cellist Yo Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble, the Persian-Indian ensemble m: Ghazal = 23569, and the Brooklyn Rider
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You close your eyes; you start playing, and you kind of get lost in the music, said Shayan Parsai, a 21-year-old college student who plays the kamancheh. Once I warm up and my fingers start moving, there's no way to really stop me; I don't want to
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The Tuesday Musical Club commemorates the beginning of the Civil War with the group "The Wayward Companions" performing parlor music of the time from the North and South...The "Very Superstitious Comedy Show" at Cefalo's, 428 Washington Ave.,
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And that lab has a name called the Silk Road Project the loose collection of stellar musicians Ma culls from points east and west. The brainchild of Ma, that ensemble has been around for the past 12 years and takes its name from the ancient and
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Like many quartets of the post-Kronos generation, Brooklyn Rider has largely jettisoned the traditional approach to repertory and presentation and built a style of its own. Though it has not abandoned standard repertory entirely, its focus is on new
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Classical This Season Brings Champagne and Sachertorte to S.B. Thursday, January 13, 2011 Like Robert Frost's woods on a snowy evening, this winter's classical offerings are lovely, dark, and deep, so don't plan on getting any sleepyou have concerts
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It's amazing to look back at the Golden Age of Spain (9th to 15th century) with modern eyes. In this era, the idea of multiculturalism has become loaded with political import (both good and bad), making it tough to accept the idea of so many diverse
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