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Press Coverage
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‘Woman, life, freedom!’: British concert shows solidarity with women in Iran amid rising death toll
“The situation in Iran is like nothing we’ve ever seen before,” says Hesam Garshasbi, a music journalist, promoter and activist who moved from Tehran to London during the 2020 uprising…
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EFG London Jazz Festival’s Top Acts And Where To See Them Next
A sheer delight of the festival was an evening of jazz from Iran by the superb Arshid Azarine trio, followed by the Karaj Collective. Iranian-born Arshid Azarine is a brilliant pianist who expertly combines Persian traditional music and jazz, with some French classical influences…
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Marcel Khalifé bewitches the Barbican with Levantine folk tunes and bold experimentation
Lebanese oud legend Marcel Khalifé returned to the Barbican Hall last Saturday for a triumphant programme blending traditional Levantine folk tunes with bold experimental forays. An all-family affair, with his son Rami on piano and nephew Sary on cello, the trio’s contrasting timbres united for a relentless, seamless two-hour showcase - with no support, no interval, and no empty seats…
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Documentary chronicling a century-old nomadic journey through Persia gets a new score
In 1925, 50,000 members of the Persian Bakhtiari tribe set out on a vital journey. Over the course of several weeks, they travelled eastwards from what was then the arid desertscape of Ankara in Turkey, walking barefoot through the snowy Zagros mountains and using makeshift rafts to cross the fast-flowing river Karun to finally reach the verdant grasslands of modern-day western Iran…