An Evening of Persian Sufi Music & Dance featuring VASHAAN ENSEMBLE & DAVOD AZAD with special guest Whirling Dervishes
Date/Time: Jan 23 2016, 8:00 pm to 9:45 pm
North Vancouver, Centennial TheatreCost: $32.50
Caravan World Rhythms presents Canada’s premiere Iranian music group, the Vashaan Ensemble for their CD Release of “Dolate Eshgh – Reign of Love” – an evening of Sufi-inspired Iranian music. They will be joined by internationally renowned Iranian Sufi singer Davod Azad, and the mesmerizing whirling dancers Raqib Burke and Lindsy Ridgeway. Sure to be an uplifting highlight event of the year!
Davod Azad was born in Orumieh, Iran in 1963. He is a prominent master of Iranian music and a virtuoso on the Persian Tar, Setar, Tanbour, Oud, and Daf. He began playing music at the age of 19 and began performing and teaching at 21. His first recording was released at age 25 years called “Maktabe Tar Tabriz,” which has since become a classic and a standard for Tar playing. Davod is admired for integrating classical and modern spiritual elements in his music and singing. As an improviser, he brings a contemporary sensibility to a traditional musical art form. For the last 30 years Davod has performed in Sufi gatherings around the world and his compositions to the poems of Rumi are known for their spiritual and uplifting effect. He has performed throughout the world well as in his native Iran. Davod is the first Iranian lecturer invited to Oxford University to lecture about Iranian music and its forms. His “Divan of Rumi & Bach” album is a fine example of Iranian fusion with Western Classical Music. The music has been performed at many international venues and received significant airtime in Europe. His universal approach to music aims to spread a message of harmony and peace among nations and appeals to people of all religions and backgrounds.
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