Saeid Kordmafi

This strand explores the potentials for incorporating into contemporary Iranian classical music performance musical materials, techniques and structures drawn from three neighbouring music cultures: Arab, Tajik and Azerbaijani classical traditions. One of the key issues of concern to Iranian musicians over the last few decades has been a perception of the stagnancy of creativity in contemporary Iranian classical music. One response has come from a group of revivalist musicians in Iran who have attempted to recharge the creative potentials of Iranian classical music by drawing on historical sources and neighbouring maqāmtraditions. We will map out productive creative strategies by engaging Iranian classical music (āvāz) with the melodic and metric structures, and performative tactics of Arab, Central Asian and Azerbaijani traditions. 

 

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