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David Azad |
Masters from the Middle East
PREVIEW : OPUS FOR LEBANON
St John’s Smith Square
THERE is a remarkable concert taking place at St John’s Smith Square this week when a leading Azerbaijan musician performs works inspired by Sufi songs alongside Western classical music.
David Azad is perhaps the leading exponent of Iranian classical music in the world today, a master of instruments such as the tar, sehtar, tambour, daf and rebab, delving into Azeri folk music and ancient Persian music
On Tuesday he appears alongside the Orion Symphony Orchestra, with flautist Wissony Boustany, performing in a concert called Opus for Lebanon, with proceeds going towards the children of Lebanon.
The programme includes Samuel Barber’s heart-rending and tragic Adagio for Strings – used by Oliver Stone in his Vietnam war film Platoon – Mozart’s Symphony No 40 and Peter Cowdrey’s Land of the Prophets, alongside Azad’s work, his music from Sufi poetry.
The concert also features Ta’attalut Loughatul Kalami, a work by the young composer Bushra El-Turk. Born in London, El-Turk took up the piano and cello at a young age before studying composition at the Guildhall School of Music.
Now she is carving a niche out for herself, blending both Western and Middle-Eastern influences.
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