Württembergische Philhamonie Ruetlingen

Saturday, May 28, 2022 (All day)

 

Performance and Recording of the three orchestral works with the Württembergische Philhamonie Ruetlingen.
Conductor: Fawzi Haimor
Soloist: Janna Baty, Soprano
The Being of Love (Folk Songs, Set No. 16) for voice and orchestra
Isfahan (Calligraphy No. 16) for orchestra
Ravân for orchestra

 

Composer Reza Vali will mark retirement with a pair of Persian music concerts at Carnegie Mellon

by JEREMY REYNOLDS
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Nov 2, 2022

The rhythms of Persian traditional music defy Western music notation. They’re intricate and complex and give the music a fluid sense of motion.

Persian music is also mostly improvised, or made up on the spot, according to stylistic rules.

“In a way it comes closest to jazz,” said Reza Vali, an Iranian-American composer who writes traditional and cross-cultural music for chamber ensembles and orchestras like the Pittsburgh Symphony. He has also been recorded widely, most recently at the Smithsonian Museum, and has also published books on Persian traditional music.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette