Travel with us on our Tour of Iran with the New West Symphony & Special Guests
Farhang Foundation and New West Symphony present
Global Sounds. Local Cultures.
A Tour of Iran
Symphony Concert
The concert explores centuries-old traditions of Iranian poetic and musical cultural influences on the western world.
APRIL 8-11, 2021
A Concert Passport, including the concert plus complimentary content to enrich your experience, is $25 per household.
Music Director Michael Christie
Sasha Cooke
Melieka Fathi
Pejman Hadadi
A
dmad Karimi-Hakkak
Masoud Rezaei
Hamid Saeidi
Award-winning mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke and Iranian instrumentalists Pejman Hadadi and Masoud Rezaei join the New West Symphony on this musical voyage.
GRAMMY-winning Artistic and Music Director Michael Christie leads the orchestra in western classical masterworks by Handel, Rameau, Gounod, and the timeless overture to Mozart’s Magic Flute.
Iranian composers Behzad Ranjbaran, Masoud Rezaei and Golfam Khayam share their inspiration from Iranian sites and poetry.
MICHAEL CHRISTIE, CONDUCTOR
SASHA COOKE, Mezzo Soprano
PEJMAN HADADI, Tombak and Daf
MASOUD REZAEI, Setar
KHAYAM: Seven Valleys of Love for Strings (Simorgh, Murmuration)
MOZART: Magic Flute Overture
RANJBARAN: Enchanted Garden: Joy
RAMEAU: Suite from Zoroastre
HANDEL: Xerxes: “Ombra mai fu”
GOUNOD: from the Opera “Faust”
Entr’Acte | Faites lui mes aveux (Flower Song) |Si le bonheur (When fortune beckons)
REZAEI: From the album “Nothingness”
“Another Birth” | “Cold Autumn” | “Failure”
Reception with Michael Christie and guest artists will follow immediately after the concert.