On June 25, 2022, Farhang Foundation, a nonprofit organization established to celebrate and promote Iranian art and culture, presented their second concert in a series at the Getty Villa’s open-air amphitheater. The headlining artist was Fared Shafinury, an award-winning Persian setar virtuoso, composer and vocalist.
“Persia After Hours” is a series of events held at the Getty Villa Museum in Pacific Palisades, California, in conjunction with the exhibition “Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World,” a scholarly display of ancient Persian, Greek, and Roman artifacts.
Shafinury introduces the classical and folk sounds of Iran to audiences. In the past 20 years, through his discography, multi-media projects, and live concerts, he has presented a contemporary yet ancient face of Iran, charting a path of experimentation with a deep respect for and understanding of tradition.
He has created a thriving online community known as the Radif Retreat Institute along the Gulf of Mexico, where he teaches a wide array of students from across the Iranian diaspora and beyond using a bilingual and multicultural approach.
To accompany the Getty Villa concert, Shafinury gave audience members a book of poetry containing the original Persian poetry of Rumi, as well as his own original English translations.
“Throughout history,” said Shafinury, there have been beacons who light the way for others to follow. Rumi is one of them. He writes of a limitless, eternal love that is all-encompassing and void of judgment.”
Credit to : Fred Parvaneh from Keyhan Life
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