The First Persian Music Tour (Sufi) in Romania

A group of enthusiast artists is organizing in Romania the first tour on Persian classical music (Sufi). Two artists from the Sufi movement in Iran will share to the Romanian audience the treasures of Persian maqams (equivalent of raga in perso-arabic music) in works composed on the realized poets verses: Rumi and Hafez.

The tour includes not only concerts, but also a Persian classical music workshop held in National Music University Bucharest, a conference about Persian Sufi poets and a gala concert with savant monody music: Persian, Indian, Byzantine, and Romanian Traditional.  

Artists:

Maestro Saeed Dadkhah: Setar and voice (Iran)

Hossein Sanaei: Violin, Kamancheh (Iran)

Avadhut Kasinadhuni (India) -tablaSorin Bundă (Romania) - tabla

Guest artists:

Anne Marie Ene - Indian violin

Ioan Marin - voice (Romanian traditional music)

Cantores Ecclesiae Byzantine music group

Program:

Brasov Philharmonic 11th January 2017

Ploiesti Philharmonic: 13th January 2017

St. Joseph Cathedral Bucharest: 14th January 2017 – International Gala Concert

 „Mihail Jora” Bacău Philharmonic – 16th January 2017

Oneşti City Library: 17th January 2017

Focşani Popular Athenaeum: 18th January 2017

Romanian Athenaeum: 21st January 2017
Cluj Napoca Radio: 25th and 27th January 2017
Cotton Club Cluj: 26th of January 2017

Workshop under the brand of Brailoiu Conferences

National Music University Bucharest: 20th January 2017
Music Academy Cluj Napoca: 26th January 2017

We are looking for sponsors. Donations here:

Asociatia culturala "Nirmal Art", IBAN: RO65BTRLRONCRT0300219501 

account open at  Banca Transilvania  

Yalda - Persian Tradition, or another version of Christmas

Yalda is celebrated on the Northern Hemisphere's longest night of the year, that is, on the eve of the Winter Solstice. Depending on the shift of the calendar, Yalda is celebrated on or around December 20 or 21 each year.

Yalda has a history as long as the religion of Mithraism. The Mithraists believed that this night is the night of the birth of Mithra, Persian angel of light and truth. At the morning of the longest night of the year the Mithra was born.”Some fruits and edible things we used to have in this ceremony!On Yalda night, which this year falls on December 21, members of the family stay together, narrate old stories told by ancestors, play traditional games and eat dried and fresh fruits symbolizing various things. 

Pomegranates, placed on top of a fruit basket, are reminders of the cycle of life -- the rebirth and revival of generations. The purple outer covering of a pomegranate symbolizes "birth" or "dawn" and their bright red seeds the "glow of life." 

Watermelons, apples, grapes, sweet melons and persimmon are other special fruits served on Yalda night and all are symbols of freshness, warmth, love, kindness and happiness.

Also we will do divination to book of poetry by Hafiz (One of the most famous Persian poet)

Everyone opens a page of book and reads the poem and others interpret the poem and say how will be the future for that person!

Its for fun!:)

Happy Yalda night to all!