{"id":12791,"date":"2024-11-16T13:11:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T18:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/?p=12791"},"modified":"2025-03-18T21:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T01:17:15","slug":"sacred-music-of-kurdistan-ali-akbar-moradi-and-pejman-hadadi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/sacred-music-of-kurdistan-ali-akbar-moradi-and-pejman-hadadi\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSacred Music of Kurdistan,\u201d Ali Akbar Moradi and Pejman Hadadi"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12791\" class=\"elementor elementor-12791\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d56e1f8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d56e1f8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd45c4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd45c4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cSacred Music of Kurdistan,\u201d <br>Ali Akbar Moradi and Pejman Hadadi<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53e642d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"53e642d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d894218 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d894218\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12795 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/oldsite\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/two-musicians.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1359\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/two-musicians.webp 1359w, https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/two-musicians-300x154.webp 300w, https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/two-musicians-1024x527.webp 1024w, https:\/\/nykcc.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/two-musicians-768x395.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1359px) 100vw, 1359px\" \/><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ali Akbar Moradi and Pejman Hadadi, two renowned musicians from Rojhelat, made a rare New York appearance on November 23, 2024.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moradi is a virtuoso of the tanbur, an ancient two-stringed long-necked fretted lute traditionally used in religious ceremonies. Hadadi is an innovative percussionist (<em>tombak, daf<\/em>); he has been a member of the Dastan Ensemble for over 25 years and collaborated with countless master musicians in world traditions.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their program, <em>Euphoric Whispers: Improvisations for Tanbur and Percussion<\/em>, featured ecstatic and trance-inducing Kurdish music from Rojhelat. Their improvisations are based on the repertoire of the Yarsan people (followers of a mystical faith associated with Sufism) and on this region\u2019s beautiful and complex art.<\/p><p>Watch our promotional video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DCpAOD-tJJU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7aa3c8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a7aa3c8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a59a0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a59a0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLove, spirituality, intoxication with the divine and the power of music\u2026 With one string providing a drone, everything else rides on a single string of the tanbur, and in Mr. Moradi\u2019s hands, that string encompasses an expressive universe.\u201d \u2013 New York Times<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe masterful Hadadi delivers an astonishing array of sounds.\u201d \u2013 Los Angeles Times<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>This event is a coproduction between Robert Browning Associates and Lotus Music &amp; Dance.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSacred Music of Kurdistan,\u201d Ali Akbar Moradi and Pejman Hadadi Ali Akbar Moradi and Pejman Hadadi, two renowned musicians from Rojhelat, made a rare New York appearance on November 23, 2024. 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