TEHRAN – Three kamancheh virtuosos from Iran, Turkey and Greece have come together to perform a concert at the Cemal Resit Rey Hall of Istanbul on March 5.
Kayhan Kalhor from Iran, Derya Turkan from Turkey, and Sokratis Sinopoulos from Greece will perform the concert entitled “Night of Kamancheh”, the Cemal Resit Rey Hall announced on Saturday.
The musicians have organized the program to highlight the power the Iranian instrument.
The Iranian santur virtuoso Ali Bahrami-Fard will also accompany the group in some performances.
They will perform classic pieces of their own country as well as some improvisations during the concert.
Kalhor has previously collaborated with some international musicians.
The most recent one was his joint performance with the Turkish baglama player, Erdal Erzincan, at the GlobalFest, New York’s annual world music festival in January 2013.
SB/YAW
END
via Iranian, Turkish, Greek musicians team up for Istanbul concert – Tehran Times.
Leave a Reply