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Kronos Quartet – Music for Change
with special guest Mahsa Vahdat

Ticketed, in-person event

For more than 45 years, Kronos Quartet – “the most far-ranging ensemble geographically, nationally, and stylistically the world has known” (Los Angeles Times) – has performed music that responds to societal issues, both contemporary and historic.

In this concert, Kronos is joined by Mahsa Vahdat, a prominent performer of Persian vocal music, who collaborated with the quartet on the evocative 2019 recording Placeless. The project features melodies Vahdat composed to classical poems by Hafez and Rumi, as well as contemporary texts by Iranian poets. “[Vahdat] is an alluring, descriptive singer… The sheer seductiveness of her voice and style proved compelling” (Los Angeles Times).

Full program: 

Franghiz Ali-Zadeh / Mugam Sayagi *
Omar Souleyman (arr. Jacob Garchik) / La Sidounak Sayyada (I’ll Prevent the Hunters from Hunting You) +
Traditional (arr. Stephen Prutsman) / Wa Habibi (Beloved) +
Ramallah Underground (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Tashweesh *
Fatimah Al-Zaelaeyah (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Ya Mun Dakhal Bahr Al-Hawa (Hey, Who Enters The Sea of Passion?) +
Dur-Dur Band (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Dooyo +
Peni Candra Rini (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Maduswara **

Kronos Quartet & Mahsa Vahdat
Mahsa Vahdat (arr. Sahba Aminikia) / The Sun Rises +

The Sun Rises
Vanishing Lines
My Ruthless Companion

Mahsa Vahdat (arr. Atabak Elyasi) / Vaya, Vaya *
Mahsa Vahdat (arr. Sahba Aminikia) / Placeless +
Mahsa Vahdat (arr. Atabak Elyasi) / I Was Dead +