Iranian Kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor[/caption]Iranian musician and Kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor along with Silk Road Project members is planning to perform his latest music creation in Los Angeles.
Conducted by renowned American musician and founder of the Silk Road Project Yo-Yo Ma, the ensemble will perform the program on October 22, 2013.
Cellist virtuoso and orchestral composer Yo-Yo Ma is one of the most famous musicians of his time, whose discography encompasses over 75 albums, including 16 Grammy award winners.
He established the Silk Road Project in 1998 in an effort to promote the study of cultural, artistic and intellectual traditions along the ancient Silk Road trade routes.
Irans Kamanche maestro, Kalhor has collaborated with the ensemble in several international performances so far.
Kalhor is known for his brilliant performances on the traditional instrument of Kamancheh and creating a unique mixture of classical Persian music with folk tunes of the Kurdistan region.
He has toured internationally and performed in several countries on numerous occasions. Two of his works were nominated for Grammy Awards in 2004.
He has also held many concerts along with the world-renowned musicians and ensembles such as the string quartet, Brooklyn Rider ensemble, in the US city of Minneapolis in 2012.
Kalhor has composed and performed with Indian sitar player Shujaat Husain Khan and Indian Tabla player Swapan Chaudhuri, with whom he formed Ghazal ensemble.
Kalhor also presented joint programs with the veteran Turkish Baglama player Erdal Erzincan at the New Yorks GlobalFest held at the citys Marlin Room on January 13, 2013.
He also performed a program with a number of world-class Asian musicians at BT River of Music in the British capital of London.
Kamancheh, a Persian bowed string instrument, is related to the bowed rebab, its historical ancestor and also the bowed lira of the Byzantine Empire, ancestor of the European violin family.
By Press TV
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