Multimedia
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Wind of Saba: A Creative Collaboration
Ozan Baysal (bağlama) and Shohret Nur (dutar) Performance, Wind of Saba, August 13, 2024. Ozan Baysal has performed bağlama, including regional folk and Alevi traditions, since a young age. He studied institutional approaches to Turkish makam alongside jazz and classical music, and completed a PhD on bağlama şelpe (tapping) techniques at the Istanbul Technical University, MIAM. He was a visiting scholar at SOAS between 2021 and 2023. Shohret Nur was […]
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Creative research in Iran / Oct 2024
Dr. Saeid Kordmafi recently concluded an extensive two-month research in Iran, from October to December 2023. This constituted part of the practice-based strand of the “Maqam Beyond Nation” project. The primary objective of this undertaking was to finalise the composition, arrangement, and refinement of a classical Iranian music suite by Dr. Kordmafi, partly through rehearsing the repertoire with a select ensemble of accomplished Iranian musicians. Composed based on a cross-cultural and […]
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Field trip in Uzbekistan / Sept 2024
Dr. Saeid Kordmafi conducted one-month fieldwork from September to October 2023 in Uzbekistan, as an integral component of his engagement in the “Maqam Beyond Nation” project. Delving into the rich musical culture of Central Asia, Dr. Kordmafi travelled to various cities across Uzbekistan, including Bukhara, Samarkand, Fergana, and Tashkent, engaging with esteemed music institutes and master musicians of the venerable traditions of maqam. This field trip was underpinned by a […]
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Audio Recordings by Saeid Kordmafi“Robâ‘i Homâyun”, composed by Saeid Kordmafi and sung by Mehdi Emami
“Robâ‘i Homâyun”, composed by Saeid Kordmafi and sung by Mehdi Emami, Album Sarkhâneh, Mahoor Institute of Culture & Arts, 2010.
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A Poem about Exile
Directed by Mukaddas Mijit Words by Yazi Movement by Z.S Sound Design by Hesher Supported by SOAS School of Arts
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The beauty of Shashmaqom
Workshop and Concert at SOAS, 18 March, 2024 This was a stunning concert, with master musicians from Tajikistan, Sirojiddin Juraev on dotar, tanbur and sato, and Khurshed Ibrohimzoda on vocals and tanbur, performing excerpts from the Shashmaqom repertoire, plus a selection of instrumental pieces and new compositions. They were joined by dancer Madina Sabirova from the Tajik State Ensemble Zebo. Sirojiddin and Khurshed were both part of the Academy of Maqom based […]