Ustad Aziz Herawi, master of Afghani lutes
Add to CalendarThe Center for World Music
with support from the Persian Cultural Center and the Indian Fine Arts Academy of San Diego
presents
Ustad AZIZ HERAWI
(rubab, dutar)
with Ahmad Siar Haseq (tabla)
Saturday Sept 20, 8 P.M.
The Neuroscience Institute (La Jolla)
10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr.
San Diego, CA 92121
$20 general, $10 students.
Info and tickets (619) 688-0688
Samples at myspace.com/centerforworldmusic
An expatriate Afghani currently living in California, Herawi calls himself an amateur musician but is actually a rare performer of the traditional music from the Herat valley in western Afghanistan. Those familiar with author Khaled Hosseini (of Kite-Runner fame) would know that his family came from Herat, where as its geography suggests, the area's music is a blend of Persian and Hindustani instruments and styles. The pieces have the varied rhythms of the Hindustani raga forms, but are fairly short (3 to 5 minutes each). The melodies are based on a 12-tone octave that in recent decades has overtaken the traditional Persian tonal system. Ustad Herawi plays the 14-string dutar, a long-necked lute, and the rebab, a short-necked lute, accompanied by tabla and/or frame drum. Herawi's strength is the energy and spontaneity of his instrumental pieces.
http://www.geocities.com/darvaksd/events
Reviewed/approved by darvak.
with support from the Persian Cultural Center and the Indian Fine Arts Academy of San Diego
presents
Ustad AZIZ HERAWI
(rubab, dutar)
with Ahmad Siar Haseq (tabla)
Saturday Sept 20, 8 P.M.
The Neuroscience Institute (La Jolla)
10640 John Jay Hopkins Dr.
San Diego, CA 92121
$20 general, $10 students.
Info and tickets (619) 688-0688
Samples at myspace.com/centerforworldmusic
An expatriate Afghani currently living in California, Herawi calls himself an amateur musician but is actually a rare performer of the traditional music from the Herat valley in western Afghanistan. Those familiar with author Khaled Hosseini (of Kite-Runner fame) would know that his family came from Herat, where as its geography suggests, the area's music is a blend of Persian and Hindustani instruments and styles. The pieces have the varied rhythms of the Hindustani raga forms, but are fairly short (3 to 5 minutes each). The melodies are based on a 12-tone octave that in recent decades has overtaken the traditional Persian tonal system. Ustad Herawi plays the 14-string dutar, a long-necked lute, and the rebab, a short-necked lute, accompanied by tabla and/or frame drum. Herawi's strength is the energy and spontaneity of his instrumental pieces.
http://www.geocities.com/darvaksd/events
Reviewed/approved by darvak.
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