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In the Darkroom of Shah-Nameh
Gallery and Music Workshop
Light of Music is proud to present a vibrant up and coming
artist, Sama Soltani, and her exciting collection of artwork
inspired by Ferdowsi’s Shah-Nameh. This exceptional
collection brings to life stories from the Shah-Nameh
giving you the wonderful opportunity to walk into these
epic stories. For more information about Sama and her
artwork please see the following link:
There will also be a music workshop demonstrating several
traditional Iranian instruments such as santoor, tar, setar,
tambour, daf to name a few. You will have the unique
opportunity to have a go at playing these instruments and
to ask our instructors any questions you may have about the
instruments and Iranian music in general.
Date:
Saturday 2nd May 2015
Exhibition 10am - 8pm
Music Workshop 2pm - 6pm
Performance 6 - 6.30pm
Venue:
First floor gallery, Candid Galleries, 3-5 Torrens Street, Angel, Islington, EC1V 1NQ
Conductor/composer
Soprano
Violin
Daf
Taar
Santur
Soprano
Violin
Daf
Taar
Santur
Mozart Magic Flute Opera
Mozart Magic Flute Opera
Light of Music Opera Production
Friday 13th of June 2013 7:30pm
Babak Kazemi conducts LMPO orchestra on
a production of Mozart’s Magic Flute Opera.
Mozart Magic Flute Opera
Light of Music Opera Production
Friday 13th of June 2013 7:30pm
Babak Kazemi conducts LMPO orchestra on
a production of Mozart’s Magic Flute Opera.
Past Events
LMPO European Tour
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1
Thursday 4TH December 2014 7:30 pm
Friday 30th of May 2014 7:30 pm
Babak Kazemi conducts Wagner and Brahms
About...
Wagner Tannhäuser Overture
Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Wagner Aria from The Flying Dutchman; Der Frist ist um.
Brahms Piano Concerto No.1
Conducted by Babak Kazemi
Light of Music Philharmonic Orchestra
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1
Thursday 4TH December 2014 7:30 pm
Friday 30th of May 2014 7:30 pm
Babak Kazemi conducts Wagner and Brahms
About...
Wagner Tannhäuser Overture
Wagner Siegfried Idyll
Wagner Aria from The Flying Dutchman; Der Frist ist um.
Brahms Piano Concerto No.1
Conducted by Babak Kazemi
Light of Music Philharmonic Orchestra
Bellini’s Norma Opera
Friday 30th of May 2014 7:30pm
Babak Kazemi conducts LMPO orchestra on
a production of Bellini’s Norma Opera
Friday 30th of May 2014 7:30pm
Babak Kazemi conducts LMPO orchestra on
a production of Bellini’s Norma Opera
Verdi’s La Traviata
Friday 6th of June 2014 7:30pm
Babak Kazemi conducts LMPO orchestra on a production
of Verdi’s La Traviata Opera
Friday 6th of June 2014 7:30pm
Babak Kazemi conducts LMPO orchestra on a production
of Verdi’s La Traviata Opera
Spring Equinox
Persian Classical Music
15th of March 2014
Tasnif music and Persian folk music.
Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London University
About...
The Spring Equinox performance has a happy theme and is in two parts. The first half of the concert is Tasnif music based on the poetry of our famous poets such as Hafiz and Sa'di and the second half is familiar folk music such as Kurdish, Gilaki, Azeri and Lori, celebrating the season of spring. This is a joyous concert in celebration of Norooz.
Persian Classical Music
15th of March 2014
Tasnif music and Persian folk music.
Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London University
About...
The Spring Equinox performance has a happy theme and is in two parts. The first half of the concert is Tasnif music based on the poetry of our famous poets such as Hafiz and Sa'di and the second half is familiar folk music such as Kurdish, Gilaki, Azeri and Lori, celebrating the season of spring. This is a joyous concert in celebration of Norooz.
Concert on Tour
Bruch Violin Concerto in G minor
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto No.1
Thursday 4TH of January 2014 7:30pm
Babak Kazemi conducts LMPO on tour
About...
Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto No.1
Beethoven Egmont Overture
Bruch Violin Concerto in g minor
Conducted by Babak Kazemi
Violin Elena Ganeva
Light of Music Philharmonic Orchestra
Bruch Violin Concerto in G minor
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto No.1
Thursday 4TH of January 2014 7:30pm
Babak Kazemi conducts LMPO on tour
About...
Debussy Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto No.1
Beethoven Egmont Overture
Bruch Violin Concerto in g minor
Conducted by Babak Kazemi
Violin Elena Ganeva
Light of Music Philharmonic Orchestra
Concert on Tour
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6
Friday 25th of October 2013 7:30pm
Babak Kazemi conducts LMPO on tour
About...
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Overture
Wagner Wahn Monologue from Meistersinger opera
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6
Conducted by Babak Kazemi
Light of Music Philharmonic Orchestra
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6
Friday 25th of October 2013 7:30pm
Babak Kazemi conducts LMPO on tour
About...
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Overture
Wagner Wahn Monologue from Meistersinger opera
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6
Conducted by Babak Kazemi
Light of Music Philharmonic Orchestra
Bizet Carmen Opera
Friday 20th of June 2013 7:30pm
Babak Kazemi conducts LMPO orchestra on a production
of Bizet’s Carmen Opera.
Friday 20th of June 2013 7:30pm
Babak Kazemi conducts LMPO orchestra on a production
of Bizet’s Carmen Opera.
Rumi’s Spiritual Odyssey
Light of Music Persian Chamber Orchestra
Friday 30th November 2013 7:30pm
Rumi’s Spiritual Odyssey, was an inspiring and beautiful
performance of Mowlana Jalaledin Balkhi’s (Rumi) Journey
through life in his own words from Divan-e Shams. It was
recited both in Persian and English and was accompanied
by vocalists and Light of Music Persian Chamber Orchestra.
The event was performed in London (SOAS & Artsdepot),
Cambridge and Southampton. The DVD for this event is
available for purchase from this website.
Click here to purchase these DVDs.
Light of Music Persian Chamber Orchestra
Friday 30th November 2013 7:30pm
Rumi’s Spiritual Odyssey, was an inspiring and beautiful
performance of Mowlana Jalaledin Balkhi’s (Rumi) Journey
through life in his own words from Divan-e Shams. It was
recited both in Persian and English and was accompanied
by vocalists and Light of Music Persian Chamber Orchestra.
The event was performed in London (SOAS & Artsdepot),
Cambridge and Southampton. The DVD for this event is
available for purchase from this website.
Click here to purchase these DVDs.
Intoxication of Hafez
Light of Music Persian Chamber Orchestra
Friday 12th of December 2012
Intoxication of Hafez was performed at Emmanuel
College, Cambridge, Southampton and School of
Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London. The
concert was a fusion of music and poetry and of Eastern
and Western music. This gave our audience a unique
opportunity to have a deep insight of Hafez and his
poetry, as well as listen to some innovative Western
influenced music. The DVD for this event is available
for purchase from this website.
Click here to purchase these DVDs.
Light of Music Persian Chamber Orchestra
Friday 12th of December 2012
Intoxication of Hafez was performed at Emmanuel
College, Cambridge, Southampton and School of
Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London. The
concert was a fusion of music and poetry and of Eastern
and Western music. This gave our audience a unique
opportunity to have a deep insight of Hafez and his
poetry, as well as listen to some innovative Western
influenced music. The DVD for this event is available
for purchase from this website.
Click here to purchase these DVDs.
Norouz Festival at the V&A
Sunday 22nd of March 2015 12:00 pm
Raphael Gallery, Room 48a
About
World premier of Norooz Suite written by our music director
and composer Babak Kazemi for a piano quintet that includes
Persian instruments such as Tar and Daf as well as violin and
cello, together with opera singers who will join us to create
unique contemporary Persian music.
Click here to download the Programme Notes.
(92 MB)
Celebrating Female Iranian Singers
Sunday 22nd March 2015 8:00 pm
Venue:Brixton Oval, London
Light of Music Symphony Orchestra
Ode to Peace
Date:
Friday 29th of January 2016 7:30 pm
Venue:
Cadogan Hall, London
Ode to Peace is Light of Music’s tribute to worldwide peace
and friendship. All profits of this concert will be donated
to Cancer Research UK.
This concert features orchestral works by four different
composers from west to east. The evening begins with
Rossini’s truly classical overture to The Barber of Seville,
followed by Tchaikovsky’s wonderful Swan Lake Suite
and Debussy’s colourful prelude inspired by the poem
L’après-midi d’un faune by Stéphane Mallarmé.
For the second half of this evening exciting young soprano
Honey Rouhani and violinist Irmina Trynkos join Babak
Kazemi and Light of Music Symphony Orchestra, which takes
you to a new world where east and west merge together in
world premiere of Babak’s violin concertino and his orchestral
songs based on poems from remarkable Persian poets:
Hafez and Rumi.
In between the songs, reciting of Persian poems
accompanied by acclaimed Persian period-instruments
adds fresh, vibrant colours to this unmissable concert.
Programme:
Rossini
Tchaikovsky
Debussy
Babak Kazemi
Babak Kazemi
Honey Rouhani
Irmina Trynkos
Ardeshir Haghighi
Veria Amiri
Hamid Rasti
The Barber of Seville Overture
Swan Lake Suite
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Peace Fantasie (Hafez)
Persian Capriccio (Violin Concertino)
Sufi's Monoglue (Rumi)
Swan Lake Suite
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Peace Fantasie (Hafez)
Persian Capriccio (Violin Concertino)
Sufi's Monoglue (Rumi)
Sacred Unity
Date:Saturday 28th of October 2017 7:30 pm
Venue:Cadogan Hall, London
In an exciting programme exploring humanity, peace and love, join the Light of Music Symphony Orchestra for a unique evening of Persian symphonic music in collaboration with the Ishirini Choir, under the baton of Babak Kazemi.
Celebrating poems by the 10th-, 13th- and 14th-century Persian poets Ferdowsi, Rumi and Hafez, set to the exuberant symphonic world of mysticism, romance and nostalgia, where every profound word and insightful rhyme translates into music in a way that has never been experienced before.
Programme:
Sanctus
Enuma Elish
Arash the Archer
Interval
Humming Chorus
Sufi’s Monologue
A Song of Butterfly & Fire
Babak Kazemi Composer/Conductor
Shirin Asgari Soprano
Hamid Rasti Santur
Ardeshir Haghighi Daf
Veria Amiri Taar
Book your seat at: goo.gl/QQSHZd
Date:Saturday 28th of October 2017 7:30 pm
Venue:Cadogan Hall, London
In an exciting programme exploring humanity, peace and love, join the Light of Music Symphony Orchestra for a unique evening of Persian symphonic music in collaboration with the Ishirini Choir, under the baton of Babak Kazemi.
Celebrating poems by the 10th-, 13th- and 14th-century Persian poets Ferdowsi, Rumi and Hafez, set to the exuberant symphonic world of mysticism, romance and nostalgia, where every profound word and insightful rhyme translates into music in a way that has never been experienced before.
Programme:
Sanctus
Enuma Elish
Arash the Archer
Interval
Humming Chorus
Sufi’s Monologue
A Song of Butterfly & Fire
Babak Kazemi Composer/Conductor
Shirin Asgari Soprano
Hamid Rasti Santur
Ardeshir Haghighi Daf
Veria Amiri Taar
Book your seat at: goo.gl/QQSHZd
