SHAHRIYAH JAMSHIDI
6.00
A Kurdish-Canadian kamānche player, composer, and vocalist Shahriyar Jamshidi with a pronounced cultural background has devoted his artistic profession to the preservation and transmission of the Kurdish musical heritage. He is also well-known for his creative and masterful kamānche improvisations, both as a soloist and in ensembles. Since settling in Canada in 2012, Shahriyar has consistently sought new musical languages, thereby crossing cultures with his Kamānche recitals. He already performed at the University of Minneapolis School of Music; Amsterdam Cello Biennial; Festival du Monde Arabe de Montréal; Canadian Opera Company; Aga Khan Musuem concert series; University of Glasgow; and Windsor Symphony Orchestra. Shahriyar’s recently released album “My Sunset-Land ROJAVA” is dedicated to all WOMEN who joined the story of resistance fighters to defend Rojava (northern Kurdistan in Syria) and lost their lives - all revenues from this project is going to support Yazidi women who suffer from the war. Shahriyar has received several Canadian and international awards including International Society for Music Education ISME award in 2018.
AMARRAS TANGO
8.00
Amarras is a quintet playing contemporary argentine tango. Formed in 2018, Amarras strives for a musical aesthetic that is dark, intense, and transformative. The music of contemporary tango is a music of resistance, and should resonate as closely with those listening in bars as those listening in chamber halls, or perhaps more so. It strives to move people, to be uncomfortable, to be bold. It is not pleasant music, though it is beautiful. It is not easy music, though it is accessible. It avoids cliché and trope, while still deriving power from a genre that is laced with both. It is explorative, challenging, and intrepid. It is unexpected. It is urban. It is loud. It is visceral. It hopes to re-awaken motivic polyphonic chamber music as a popular music, suitable for street corners, engendering shouts instead of polite applause, and addressing themes relevant to this moment, including but not limited to communities organizing to resist cultural hegemony.
PETAL LOOP
11.00
A weekly ambient jam. Bring your pedals! Hosted by Ray Sun.