Vokalworkshop
Med persiske Mahsa Vahdat
12. februar 2020
18:00
12. februar 2020
Arrangementet starter:
18:00
Del Arrangement
Varighet: 3 timer
Pris: 500,-
PÅMELDING pr. mail til: kari.falk@kkv.no
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English:
Mahsa Vahdat invites to vocal workshop in the tower of Jakob church 12th of February at 18.00 under the title
Caravan of Live and the poet Omar Khayyam.
The workshop is a part of a series of workshops that Mahsa holds many places in the world.
OMAR KHAYYAM
Born on May 18, 1048, in Nishapur, Khorasan province, Persia, Omar Khayyam was a prominent and influential Persian mathematician, astronomer, poet and philosopher whose major works had a tremendous impact on scholars in English-speaking countries even centuries later. He compiled numerous astronomical tables and created the Jalali calendar which was adopted in 1075 by Malik Shah I as the official calendar in Persia. Omar Khayyam made a significant contribution to calendar reform, heliocentric theory, and he pioneered in mathematics a geometrical method of solving cubic equations by intersecting a parabola with a circle. He achieved fame in Persia during his time particularly as an astronomer, but he is mostly known in the Western world for his poetic writings.
KHAYYAM'S RUBAIYAT
The Rubaiyat was Khayyam's collection of hundreds of quatrains, and it was first translated from Farsi to English in 1859 by Edward Fitzgerald. The poems celebrated the pleasures of life while illuminating the nuanced political and religious context in which they were created. Khayyam's verses express the pain, hope, and sufferings of human beings, loneliness and the complexity of the soul. Khayyam explores timeless existential matters. He expresses the great unknowns of the beginning and end of life and the world, challenging us to embrace uncertainty, seize the moment, and enjoy life. Khayyam's courageous, rebellious attitude towards universal, essential human questions are what make his writings so universal and relevant to this day.
The Workshop is open to singers of all backgrounds and levels.
Duration: 3 hours
Fee, Nok: 500,-
REGISTRATION pr. mail to: kari.falk@kkv.no
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Mahsa Vahdat
Mahsa is a prominent performer of Persian vocal art and a strong advocate of freedom of expression in music. Her career has given a deeper knowledge of Iranian poetry and music to large audiences in the world and has taken Persian poetry and music to new heights.
She believes in creating a universal expression of music based on her traditional and regional musical roots. She and her sister, Marjan, have taken part in numerous world music festivals and concerts in countries around the world and have been performing as independent singers and musicians for nearly 3 decades.
Following the recording of Lullabies album from the Axis of Evil (2004), Mahsa and Marjan started a long lasting collaboration with the Norwegian record label Kirkelig Kulturverksted (KKV). This led to a worldwide release of a series of award winning and critically acclaimed albums.
Mahsa has developed a long and intense pedagogical experience in teaching classical Persian music for nearly 3 decades for Iranian as well as non-Iranian students and have led many projects with her students as mentors .
in this workshop Mahsa Vahdat will pick poem by Khayam and work on vocal techniques from the lineages of Persian traditional and classical music . Singing together as a group, participants will explore Persian musical modes, ornamentation, based in traditional and regional music .In these gatherings, Mahsa will also share her experiences of being a professional vocalist in Iran, including the challenges she has overcome to keep intact the rich legacy of female vocal arts alive in an era when the voices of women are harshly restricted from public presentation.
Together, workshop participants will summon the power of song to forge personal and community resilience, empowerment, and liberation in the face of hardship.
Foto: Marianne Lystrup