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Concerto for Solo Actress: The Legend Of Yush's Poet
Ecrit le 2018-03-04 par Saboohi Ehsan The structure of this
"concerto" is a
combination of contemporary
Naghali
(recounting stories), spoken
word, and contemporary
performance art. The
actress here creates musical
events with voice, body, and
movement; a bit like
a piano concerto that does not
have an orchestra. For me, the
Mise-en-scène
functions like the
orchestration of a piece.
Naqqāli (or Naghali)
is the oldest form of dramatic
performance in Iran.
Historically, it has adapted
itself to socio-political
circumstances. Before the
Sassanid (651 AD),
Naqqāls were poets
and musicians simultaneously:
they
recited stories while playing
instruments. Bārbad
was the most renowned
Naqqāl of the
Sassanid. During Ghaznavids
(10th-12th AD), the Court
banned
musical Naqqāli, but
the tradition survived in
remote areas.
The performer – the
Naqqāl – recounts
stories in verse or prose
accompanied
by gestures and movements, and
sometimes instrumental music
and painted
scrolls. Naqqāls
function both as entertainers
and as bearers of Persian
literature and culture, and
need to be acquainted with
local cultural
expressions, languages and
dialects, and traditional
music.
The Concerto for Solo Actress
is a faithful narration based
on the poem
“Afsaneh” (The Legend) by
Nima Yushij. I left Tehran for
two years in order to
write “The Legend of
Yush’s Poet”. For this
purpose, what place could be
better
than the homeland of Nima, the
father of modern Iranian
poetry and whose
poem “The Legend” poem
charmed me?
I took up residence in the
village of Khesht Sar, in the
Central District of
Mahmudabad County, Mazan-
daran Province, Iran, and in
close proximity to
the birthplace of Nima –
Yush. Whenever I was going to
the city, I saw a large
board at the entrance of the
city that had been written on
it: “Welcome to
Nima Yushij’s Birthplace”.
Indeed, Yush and Mazandaran
are Nima, and Nima is
the pristine nature of the
North of Iran. My new home was
near the Caspian
Sea, which Nima describes it
like this: “Your lips were
smiling in that wave”.
The only music that filled my
mind in those two years were
the sounds of
nature and silence. In this
silence, I had the opportunity
to think about one
thing every day and every
hour! Who is the legend? What
shape is she? How is
her singing? How bitter is her
bitterness? And how long is
her way?
The performance of this work
certainly has the result of
cooperating with a
sympathetic and committed
group that I should be very
grateful to all of them.
Those who were with me at
eleven nights’ live perfor-
mance of this work and
then at all stages of
recording, producing, and
preparing the audio and video
version.
As far as I know, The Legend
of Yush’s Poet is the first
concerto that written
for an actress. However, I am
responsible for all the errors
ahead. But at the
same time, I present the
premiere of this work to all
members of the group
and Ghazal Naeemi, who
practiced hardly and
tirelessly for almost seven
months. I am grateful to my
sophisticated and kind-hearted
friend, Ramin
Dargahi, who translated all
the texts into English. I am
grateful to my dear
wife, Lena Koocheri, who has
strongly supported me all this
time. Also, I thank
Mohammad Mousavi and Bruce
Hamilton, who helped me to
produce this
work.
My greatest hope and desire
during the making of this
project and upon the
release of its audio and video
albums is that Nima Yushij, a
well-known poet of
Iran, is watching our work and
smiling on what we have done
– like a wave
that smiles on the sea and
caresses us slowly! - Ehsan
Saboohi Tehran 2017
HAIKUS (Iran-Netherlands Electro Acoustic Music Project)
Ecrit le 2016-11-05 par Saboohi Ehsan available on iTunes:
HAIKUS (Iran-Netherlands
Electro Acoustic Music
Project)
about project:
The Album 'Haikus'
is a joint product of Ehsan
Saboohi (Iranian Contemporary
Composer) and Gerda Geertens
(Dutch Contemporary Composer
and philosopher). The idea was
a proposal from Foekjen
Verhoef (Piano instructor).
The piano department of the
SKVR cultural centre in
Rotterdam organised three
concerts and recording. Piano
students were practising the
pieces and familiarising
themselves with the
contemporary Iranian and world
music. In the meantime, Gerda
made electronic versions of
the the original compositions
of Ehsan. Secondly, she
created seventeen different
projections, using photografic
material of Jenny Westenbrink.
And at the heart of each of
these projections she animated
seventeen Haiku, inspired by
the titles given by Ehsan.
Three poets: Peter Swanborn,
Astrid Terbrack, and Gerda
Geertens wrote these Haiku.
The seventeen Haiku pieces
featuring the album
'Haikus', were
performed on 12, 19 and 26
June 2015 at one of the
locations of the SKVR cultural
centre, along with various
other compositions for Harp
and Saxophone Quartet, from
Ehsan or Gerda.)
The album 'Haikus'
was recorded by SOFIESOUND on
June 26, 2015, at the
auditorium of the SKVR.
Because of their great
appreciation for this
initiative in Rotterdam,
Mahoor Institute of Culture
and Art has decided to publish
this music for all friends of
contemporary classical and
electronic music.
Haikus by Ehsân Saboohi
& Gerda Geertens
https://itun.es/us/QFp7fb