The performance is scheduled to be staged at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis, in the US State of Minnesota on August 21, 2012.
Members of Brooklyn Rider including Johnny Gandelsman and Colin Jacobsen on violin, Nicholas Cords on viola and Eric Jacobsen on cello will be along with Kalhor in performing several Persian pieces.
Persian kamancheh virtuoso Kalhor will perform Atashgah, Beloved, do not let me be discouraged and the Three Persian Miniatures composed by Colin Jacobsen during the concert.
The ensemble is planning to present Kalhor’s remarkable work Silent City at the event as well.
Kamancheh, a Persian bowed string instrument is related to the bowed rebab, its historical ancestor and also the bowed lira of the Byzantine Empire, ancestor of the European violin family.
Born in 1963, Kalhor is an Iranian kamancheh player, composer and master of classical Kurdish and Persian music who has, on numerous occasions, toured internationally and performed in several countries. Two of his works were nominated for Grammy Awards in 2004.
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