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07:30 PM » Concert: Neydavood Ensemble

Neydavood Ensemble
Saturday, July 28, 2007
classical Persian music ensemble
Door 7:30 P.M., Music 8:00 P.M. | Purchase advance tickets: $19.50

Freight & Salvage Coffee House
1111 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94702

telephone: (510) 548-1761
email: folk@freightandsalvage.org

"In a time when the world has been separated by political and religious fundamentalism, we give the message of peace," says Aryan Rahmanian, the lead vocalist of the Neydavood Ensemble. For the past several years the ensemble has been actively pursuing its mission to preserve and promote Persian classical and folk music as well as the beautiful regional music of Iran.

The ensemble's leader is Ashkan Ghafouri, master of the tar (long-necked, waisted lute) and setar (small, long-necked lute), and founder of Northern California's renowned Tar School. Joining Aryan and Ashkan in the ensemble is percussionist Amir Abbas Etemadzadeh on tombak and daf.

The ensemble is named after the great 20th century Persian musician and composer, Ustad Morteza Neydavood. Join us for an extraordinary evening featuring beautiful Persian traditional and regional music, music that is tightly linked to the region's age-old history and culture and intertwined with the words of the great Persian poets Jelaluddin Rumi, Hafez, Saadi, and Omar Khayam.

From San Francisco side of the Bay Bridge:

1. Interstate 80 East to Ashby Avenue exit
2. East on Ashby Avenue to San Pablo Avenue
3. North (left) on San Pablo Avenue to Addison Street
4. East (right) on Addison

From San Jose and from Oakland International Airport:

1. 880 North to InterState 80 East
2. Then follow Steps 1 through 4 above

From Marin County, west Contra Costa, north Bay Area:

1. Interstate 80 West to University Avenue exit
2. East on University Avenue to San Pablo Avenue
3. South (right) on San Pablo Avenue past Addison Street to Allston Way
Note: A median divider prevents you from going East on Addison
4. U-turn on San Pablo Avenue at Allston Way
5. North on San Pablo Avenue to Addison Street
6. East (right) on Addison

Transit:

AC Transit bus lines #19, #51 and #72 stop one block away at the corner of University Avenue and San Pablo Avenue

Taxi fare from the North Berkeley BART station is approximately $3.50