Parissa & Meshk Ensemble Live in London

£20.00 - £25.00

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Parissa

Singer

Parissa was classically-trained in the traditions of Persian music and is one of the most revered Iranian singers performing today. Her last London appearance was over a decade ago, so this will be a rare treat for Transcender audiences. Parissa was a well-known singer before the 1979 Islamic revolution and was teaching at the Iranian Centre for Preservation and Dissemination of Music.

Meshk Ensemble

A kind of world music version of an early music group, the Meshk Ensemble from Turkey formed in 1998. What makes the Meshk Ensemble exceptional is their revival of lost compositions from the Mevlevi repertoire.

Nava Arts

Nava Arts UK was founded in 1995 in collaboration with the Nava Arts Centre in Germany. Nava Arts UK is committed to promoting Iranian classical and regional music of the highest standards throughout the UK.

Barbican Centre

The Barbican exists to inspire people to discover and love the arts. We innovate with outstanding artists and performers to create an international programme that crosses art forms, investing in the artists of today and tomorrow. A world-class arts and learning organisation, the Barbican pushes the boundaries of all major art forms including dance, film, music, theatre and visual arts. Over 1.8 million people pass through our doors every year alongside hundreds of artists and performers from across the globe, while our creative learning programme underpins everything we do. The City of London Corporation is the owner, founder and principal funder of the Barbican Centre.

2016-10-01
Doors:
Show Time: 19:30
+44 (0)20 7638 8891
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS

From the serene and beautiful to the hypnotic and physical, this concert brings together two very different interpretations of the poetry of Rumi, the 13th-century Persian scholar and mystic whose work had a huge impact on Islamic culture and spiritual Sufi music.

Few artists bring life to Rumi’s poetry quite like Parissa. One of the most revered Iranian singers performing today, her striking vocals portray the full range of emotions in Rumi’s words, tapping into the spiritual qualities of his work.

Capturing in a totally different way the ecstatic joy of Sufi music, the Meshk Ensemble are one of the world’s finest ‘whirling dervish’ groups, a sect of Turkish Sufis descended from followers of Rumi. They perform the mystical sema ceremony, where dancers spin in circles, drawing hypnotic patterns on stage that are echoed by entrancing music played on traditional Turkish instruments, and building to a rousing crescendo.

Concert

London

Music

United Kingdom

Language: Farsi

Barbican

Sonati

Family Time

Dancehouse

October

Family Friendly

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