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NOWRUZ; IRANIAN/PERSIAN NEW YEAR, TO WELCOME THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING
HYBERNIA THEATRE
Náměstí Republiky 3/4, Praha 1 - Nové Město, PRAHA
+420 221 419 416
550 - 950 CZK
Náměstí Republiky 3/4, Praha 1 - Nové Město, PRAHA
+420 221 419 416
550 - 950 CZK
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At the Hybernia Theatre, on March 20th 2012 at 19:00, the holiday of Nowruz will, due to popular demand, be celebrated for the third time in Prague and also for first time in České Budějovice in a festival of music and dance.
In previous years, most guest performers have been Czech personalities (Radim Hladik, David Koller, Jiři Srnec and Pavel J.Ryba). This year’s guest list is an international one. Persian guitarist and singer Shahab Tolouie will be joined by distinguished international guests;Grammy award winner and multi-percussionist Trilok Gurtu from India. He is known for collaborative projects with such jazz luminaries as Oregon, John McLaughlin, Joe Zawinul, Pat Metheny and Jan Garbarek. Also present will beintensely expressive Iranian dancer Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam and Marina Albero, Spanish santur player. Marina Albero also works with the well-known Spanishjazz pianist Chano Domínguez.
Nowruz is officially recognized and registered on the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. More than 300 million people in Iran, Afghanistan, Albania, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and other countries celebrate this day on first day of spring.
Preparations start about one month in advance. Interestingly, some traditional observances are similar to Czech Easter traditions; E.g., “spring cleaning”. All Iranians buy new clothes for the new season celebrations. The dining table is decorated with green fresh-grown wheat and colorful painted eggs similar to our Eastern traditions to symbolize light, warmth, life, love, joy and well being within nature.
Tickets: Ticketportal.cz, Ticketstream.cz, Theatre Hybernia box office.
10% discounts for students (ISIC cards), pensioners and the disabled in the Hybernia box office.
More information: www.shahab-tolouie.com, www.hybernia.eu.
Performers:
SHAHAB TOLOUIE (IRN):
Shahab Tolouie; one of the finest Iranian guitarists, whose debut in Europe has attracted the keen interest of the world's media heavyweights BBC TV (UK) and Voice of America (USA).
Shahab Tolouie's original musical EthnoFlamenco style, a fusion of Persian and Flamenco sounds, has been called timeless, and unique. It is classifiable as any or all of Ethnic or World Music, comprising exceptional singing, flamenco guitar and Persian Setar, accompanied by ethno-jazz percussion and contrabass.
The most important instrument of the band is the fabulous voice of Shahab Tolouie.
The idea to hold the Persian New Year celebrations in the Czech Republic came to Tolouie already in 2009 to draw attention to the parallels between Persian and European Easter traditions.
TOMAS REINDL (CZ)
Percussionist, performer, and composer. Tomas began as a rock drummer but switched to jazz and ethnic percussion later. Tomás is skilled player of many kind of percussion and ethnic instruments (indian tabla, Arabic and African drums, drumset, didjeridu, dulcimer, etc.). On stage he augments his brilliant, authentic tabla playing with simultaneous didgerido and Tibetan overtone singing etc. Besides his solo project Omnion, Tomas collaborates with Didymus, Damaru Indian dance, Amit Chatterjee and Radek Krampl.
TOMAS VYCHYTIL (CZ)
An active guitarist and studio musician. He is well known for his collaborations with such famous Czech musicians as Yvonne Sanchez, Lubomir Nohavica, David Kraus, Ester Kočičková, Ivan Myslikovjan and more. He is also a successful composer. Many of his compositions have accompanied dramatic theatre productions in the Czechrepublic.
TARAS VOLOSHCHUK (UKR/CZ)
Born 1972 in Kyiv, Ukraine, he studied violin at the Lysenko Music School, and subsequently gained his diploma at Kyiv Tchaikovsky MusicAcademy. After his arrival in the Czech Republic, he performed with Naj Ponk Trio, Yvone Sanchez, Rene Tlossman, Limbo, Roman Pokorný, EG Davis, Jan Kořínek, Gregory Nemirovskij and Czechomor. In 1998 he took up double bass.
Guests:
TRILOG GURTU (IND)
Trilok Gurtu is and Indian percussionist and composer, whose work has blended the music of his homeland with jazz fusion, world music and other genres. He is well-known for his collaborations with John McLaughlin, Jan Garbarek, Joe Zawinul, Robert Miles, Pat Metheny and Oregon.
Gurtu has garnered a number of prestigious awards and nominations, including Best Overall Percussionist winner, Drum Magazine, 1999; Best Overall Percussionist winner, Carlton Multicultural Music Awards, 2001; Best Percussionist winner and Best Asia/Pacific Artist nominee, BBC Radio 3World for 2002, 2003, and 2004.
He has headlined the Bohemia Jazz Festival in České Budějovicé. On The Colours of Ostrava festival he accompanied saxophonist Jan Garbarek.
MARINA ALBERO (ES)
Marina Albero was born in Barcelona in 1979. She played traditional and early music with the family band Grallers de Banyoles-Estampida Medieval.
At the age of eight she enrolled in the public School of Music and studied music and piano followed by music theory at the Conservatorio Isaac Albéniz (Girona), symphonic percussion at the Conservatorio Municipal de Barcelona and most recently private piano lessons with C. Julià. Currently she is a member of La Folata, an ensemble of Belgium and Spanish musicians. Shealso collaborates with Glen Velez, Chano Domínguez, Agustin Carbonell “Bola” and Llibert Fortuny.
SHAHROKH MOSHKIN GHALAM (IRN)
Shahrokh is a Persian dancer. He has a degree from University of Paris VIII in Art History and Theatre and specializes in Middle Eastern mystical and folkloric dance with particular interest in Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, and Flamenco dances.
Before becoming an official member of the prestigious Comedie Francaise (La Maison de Moliere in 1995), he joined the renowned Theatre du Soleil in 1991 where he played lead roles in Arianne Mnoushkine’s productions.
In previous years, most guest performers have been Czech personalities (Radim Hladik, David Koller, Jiři Srnec and Pavel J.Ryba). This year’s guest list is an international one. Persian guitarist and singer Shahab Tolouie will be joined by distinguished international guests;Grammy award winner and multi-percussionist Trilok Gurtu from India. He is known for collaborative projects with such jazz luminaries as Oregon, John McLaughlin, Joe Zawinul, Pat Metheny and Jan Garbarek. Also present will beintensely expressive Iranian dancer Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam and Marina Albero, Spanish santur player. Marina Albero also works with the well-known Spanishjazz pianist Chano Domínguez.
Nowruz is officially recognized and registered on the UNESCO List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. More than 300 million people in Iran, Afghanistan, Albania, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and other countries celebrate this day on first day of spring.
Preparations start about one month in advance. Interestingly, some traditional observances are similar to Czech Easter traditions; E.g., “spring cleaning”. All Iranians buy new clothes for the new season celebrations. The dining table is decorated with green fresh-grown wheat and colorful painted eggs similar to our Eastern traditions to symbolize light, warmth, life, love, joy and well being within nature.
Tickets: Ticketportal.cz, Ticketstream.cz, Theatre Hybernia box office.
10% discounts for students (ISIC cards), pensioners and the disabled in the Hybernia box office.
More information: www.shahab-tolouie.com, www.hybernia.eu.
Performers:
SHAHAB TOLOUIE (IRN):
Shahab Tolouie; one of the finest Iranian guitarists, whose debut in Europe has attracted the keen interest of the world's media heavyweights BBC TV (UK) and Voice of America (USA).
Shahab Tolouie's original musical EthnoFlamenco style, a fusion of Persian and Flamenco sounds, has been called timeless, and unique. It is classifiable as any or all of Ethnic or World Music, comprising exceptional singing, flamenco guitar and Persian Setar, accompanied by ethno-jazz percussion and contrabass.
The most important instrument of the band is the fabulous voice of Shahab Tolouie.
The idea to hold the Persian New Year celebrations in the Czech Republic came to Tolouie already in 2009 to draw attention to the parallels between Persian and European Easter traditions.
TOMAS REINDL (CZ)
Percussionist, performer, and composer. Tomas began as a rock drummer but switched to jazz and ethnic percussion later. Tomás is skilled player of many kind of percussion and ethnic instruments (indian tabla, Arabic and African drums, drumset, didjeridu, dulcimer, etc.). On stage he augments his brilliant, authentic tabla playing with simultaneous didgerido and Tibetan overtone singing etc. Besides his solo project Omnion, Tomas collaborates with Didymus, Damaru Indian dance, Amit Chatterjee and Radek Krampl.
TOMAS VYCHYTIL (CZ)
An active guitarist and studio musician. He is well known for his collaborations with such famous Czech musicians as Yvonne Sanchez, Lubomir Nohavica, David Kraus, Ester Kočičková, Ivan Myslikovjan and more. He is also a successful composer. Many of his compositions have accompanied dramatic theatre productions in the Czechrepublic.
TARAS VOLOSHCHUK (UKR/CZ)
Born 1972 in Kyiv, Ukraine, he studied violin at the Lysenko Music School, and subsequently gained his diploma at Kyiv Tchaikovsky MusicAcademy. After his arrival in the Czech Republic, he performed with Naj Ponk Trio, Yvone Sanchez, Rene Tlossman, Limbo, Roman Pokorný, EG Davis, Jan Kořínek, Gregory Nemirovskij and Czechomor. In 1998 he took up double bass.
Guests:
TRILOG GURTU (IND)
Trilok Gurtu is and Indian percussionist and composer, whose work has blended the music of his homeland with jazz fusion, world music and other genres. He is well-known for his collaborations with John McLaughlin, Jan Garbarek, Joe Zawinul, Robert Miles, Pat Metheny and Oregon.
Gurtu has garnered a number of prestigious awards and nominations, including Best Overall Percussionist winner, Drum Magazine, 1999; Best Overall Percussionist winner, Carlton Multicultural Music Awards, 2001; Best Percussionist winner and Best Asia/Pacific Artist nominee, BBC Radio 3World for 2002, 2003, and 2004.
He has headlined the Bohemia Jazz Festival in České Budějovicé. On The Colours of Ostrava festival he accompanied saxophonist Jan Garbarek.
MARINA ALBERO (ES)
Marina Albero was born in Barcelona in 1979. She played traditional and early music with the family band Grallers de Banyoles-Estampida Medieval.
At the age of eight she enrolled in the public School of Music and studied music and piano followed by music theory at the Conservatorio Isaac Albéniz (Girona), symphonic percussion at the Conservatorio Municipal de Barcelona and most recently private piano lessons with C. Julià. Currently she is a member of La Folata, an ensemble of Belgium and Spanish musicians. Shealso collaborates with Glen Velez, Chano Domínguez, Agustin Carbonell “Bola” and Llibert Fortuny.
SHAHROKH MOSHKIN GHALAM (IRN)
Shahrokh is a Persian dancer. He has a degree from University of Paris VIII in Art History and Theatre and specializes in Middle Eastern mystical and folkloric dance with particular interest in Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, and Flamenco dances.
Before becoming an official member of the prestigious Comedie Francaise (La Maison de Moliere in 1995), he joined the renowned Theatre du Soleil in 1991 where he played lead roles in Arianne Mnoushkine’s productions.
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