KITKA Women’s Vocal Ensemble presents:
Kitka & Mahsa Vahdat: Songs to the Beloved
Friday, February 17, 8:00pm-10:00pm, Oakland
MORE INFO: http://www.kitka.org
Kitka, in collaboration with renowned Persian singer Mahsa Vahdat present Songs to the Beloved, a program exploring the many faces of love as expressed in songs old and new from Iran, Armenia, Georgia, the Balkans and beyond.
Vahdat, trained in classical Persian singing and regional folk music by master musicians in Iran, performs a repertoire inspired by traditional music and poetry infused with her own courageous artistic sensibility. Vahdat is an award-winning ambassador for Freemuse, the world’s foremost organization advocating for freedom of expression for musicians and composers. She has attracted considerable global attention and acclaim for her work on the CD Lullabies from the Axis of Evil and her new solo album The Sun Will Rise.
Vahdat will perform several songs from her latest album, The Sun Will Rise, taking lyrics from the canon of Persian literature – from medieval poets Rumi and Hafez to twentieth-century female poet Forough Farrokhzad – and setting them to original melodies inspired by classical and folk traditions. Kitka, in turn, will share a number of love songs from Eastern Europe. Finally, Kitka and Vahdat will perform together, showcasing several songs born from Vahdat’s month-long residency with the ensemble.
Kitka began as a grassroots group of singers from diverse backgrounds who shared a passion for the stunning dissonances, asymmetric rhythms, intricate ornamentation, and resonant strength of traditional East European women’s vocal music. Now an internationally acclaimed ensemble with a 38-year history, Kitka’s wide-ranging performance, teaching, and recording activities have exposed millions to the haunting beauty of their unique repertoire.
First Unitarian Church of Oakland
685 14th St.
Oakland, CA, 94612
510-893-6129
$20-$35.
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2813800
MORE INFO:
Website: http://www.kitka.org
Email:
Phone: 510-444-0323
Contact: Shira Cion, Executive Director
About KITKA Women’s Vocal Ensemble:
‘KITKA has gained an international reputation for bringing a contemporary perspective to the sumptuous harmonies, striking dissonances, and angular rhythms of traditional Eastern European music. The ravishing textures of their voices singing in haunting cadences and unfamiliar languages make KITKA’s performances enthralling.’ -SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
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