Main Stage Music Program Iranian Heritage Day at The ROM 2012 (26 May 2012) 11:30 Baarbad Persian classical & Ensemble folklore 13:00 Arya Saaber [A new arrangements by Mehdi Rezania for classical compositions by Parviz Meshkatian & Hossein Alizadeh as well as Persian folklore songs for santur, tar, barbat, violin, violoncello, daf, tombak and vocals] Contemporary Persian Fusion [performance of violin & orchestra; live violin and recorded of string orchestra] 13:05 Zhouwan Kurdish folklore [ new arrangements of Kurdish folklore songs for keyboard, tanbur, violin, violoncello, daf & vocal 30 min Founded by Mehdi Rezania and Tolou Roushenas in 2004 for creating innovative and artistic, Baarbad has been one of the most prolific Iranian-Canadian ensembles. Members of Baarbad Ensemble are all graduated ians of different backgrounds. The ensemble has presented programs in various styles and genres from Persian classical and folklore to fusion and recitals. Baarbad Music is a winner of Ontario Art Council grants of 2011has collaborated with orchestras such as Sinfonia Toronto & virtuoso ians such as Hossein Behroozinia. 5 min Playing violin since 8, Arya learned the art of Persian classical with Iraj Kaavandi and Mehran Mohtady. Later he became a member of Tehran s Television National Symphonic Orchestra. He holds a bachelore of from York University and is finishing his MA in /composition in the same school. 25 min Zhouwan is a Kurdish folklore ensemble lead by Hossein Zoleikhapour, a pianist, educator and composer who came to Toronto in 2010. He was the president of Shemshal Music Association in Sanandaj for 8 years.
Amphitheatre 16:00 The Circle Persian Pop Music [Compositions inspired by poetries of Rumi, Khayâm & Sohrab Sepehri] 16:30 Afarin Mansouri Ghaliche Project [video presentation of traditional making of a Persian rug accompanied by Ghalicheh composed by A. Mansouri for a harp, flute & viola inspired 16:40 Persian Piano A video of Persian Piano performance by Afarin Mansouri, Maziar Heidari, Saman Shahi, Keyan Emami & Pouyan Hamidi 20 min Lead by Shahab Baradaran, The Circle is a Persian fusion group which takes the classical Persian poetry as well as contemporaries for their songs. They released their first album in 2012 10 min Afarin holds a bachelor of from Wilfrid Laurier University and Master degree in composition from University of Toronto. She is the winner of 24 th Iranian Fajr Music Festival in 2008 for her composition The Fallen Soldier 15 min Graduated ians from Tehran University and University of Toronto, Persian Piano present the style of Persian ians in composition and performance on piano Rotunda 14:10 Esfahan Koohan 14:10 Mehrava Ensemble Live dance & by Beeta Jafara, dance Ehsan Ghaffari, tar Persian Classical Music [a performance of authentic Persian classical from 5 min Inspired by dances in the courts of ancient Persia. As only remnants of these ancient performances have survived, inspiration has been taken from various dances of Iran for the choreography of this piece by Beeta Jafari. 40 min Founded by Siavash Mihandar, Mehrava was founded in 2001. Rooted in the repertoire of
14:50 Puppet show 15:15 Daf Ensemble the repertoire of Ostad Faramarz Payvar by santur, tar, violin, tombak & vocal] By Vida Ghahremani Performance of daf ensemble by Araz Studio 5 min Persian classical Mehrava attempts to maintain the aesthetic of traditional Persian by authentic performance. 15 min Araz Nayeb Pashayee is a percussionist specializing in tombak, daf & udu. He has been teaching the Persian percussions for 8 years and has collaborated with many Iranian and non-iranian ians. He is finishing his bachelor of at York University.
Iran Section / Shahnameh Section 14:15 Daf Ensemble Performance of daf ensemble by Araz Studio 15 min Araz Nayeb Pashayee is a percussionist specializing in tombak, daf & udu. He has been teaching the Persian percussions for 8 years and has collaborated with many Iranian and non-iranian ians. He is finishing his bachelor of at York 14:30 Zâl & Roudâbeh Story telling in English with live 16:00 Contemporary Persian Classical [Ardavan Kamkar initiated contemporary Santur playing. It is a unique, vibrant and highly virtuosic style in combination of traditional elements with those of harmony and counterpoint in western classical. Rezania a former student of Ardavan Kamkar will present a new program in this genre accompanied by vocalist Saleh Lavaee. University. 45 The story of Zâl & Roudâbeh is one of the most romantic and most interesting stories in Shahnameh (Book of Kings). Ariel Balevi the renown story teller will be accompanied by two setar palyers Rouzbeh Akbari & Mehrdad Geramifard 40 min Born in 1977 in Fars, Iran Mehdi Rezania is an educator, composer producer and santur player. He started learning santur at 13 in his hometown of Abadeh and then went to Kamkar Music School to learn the advance level of santur playing under Ardavan Kamkar. In 2004, he founded Baarbad Music with Toloe Roushenas. He holds a bachelor of from York University and currently is finishing is master degree in /composition from the same school He released his first album in 2011 and is a winner of Ontario Art Council Grant in 2011.
European Rotunda 14:00 Persian Pop Fusion and Pop 20 min Duet of two guitars Music 15:00 Solo tar Improvisation in Persian classical 20 min Ehsan Ghaffari a member of Baarbad Ensemble will demonstrate the art of improvisation in Persian classical 16:00 Duet of violin & viloncello 16:30 Solo tar performance Performance of western & Persian classical repertoire Persian classical 15 min Vira Burmenko & Mariel Gonzalez of Baarbad Ensemble will perform a program of western & Persian classical 30 Shahrokh Saeedi will perform a program of Persian classical in improvisation Workshop 14:30 Santur workshop a general workshop about the structure and the different style of santur playing by Mehdi Rezania 30 min Mehdi Rezania has learned the traditional and contemporary style of santur playing. He will demonstrate and describe the performance of santur 16:00 Tar & setar workshop 16:30 Daf & Tombak workshop a general workshop about the structure and the different style of tar & setar playing by Ehsan Ghaffari a general workshop for all ages about playing tombak & daf by Araz Pashayee playing and its history 45 min Ehsan Ghaffari a graduate student of Tehran University studied tar under Mohsen Nafar & Mohammad Reza Lotfi 30 min