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SUMMARY:Songs of Hope - Kayhan Kalhor - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:This event is SOLD OUT. \n\nEntrance for this concert in the Alix Goolden Performance Hall is at 900 Johnson Street. The Balcony is closed for this event. \n\n\n\nOne of Iran’s most beloved artists and the preeminent ambassador of Persian music Kayhan Kalhor is a soulful master of the kamancheh\, the Persian spiked fiddle. Widely known for his stirring improvisations exquisite compositions and extensive collaborations\, Kalhor returns to Victoria alongside with setar virtuoso Kiya Tabassian and one of the greatest voices of new generation Iran’s singers\, Hadi Hosseini. Together they will present a unique program of sublime Persian music and poetry. \n\nKAYHAN KALHOR\, kamancheh\nHADI HOSSEINI\, voice\nKIYA TABSSIAN\, setar\nHAMIN HONARI\, tombak  \n\nKAYHAN KALHOR\nFive-time Grammy nominee and a Grammy winner (2017) Kayhan Kalhor is an internationally acclaimed virtuoso on the kamancheh who through his many musical collaborations has been instrumental in popularizing Persian music in the West and is a creative force in today’s music scene. His performances of traditional Persian music and multiple collaborations have attracted audiences around the globe. He has studied the music of Iran’s many regions in particular those of Khorason and Kordestan and has toured the world as a soloist with various ensembles and orchestras including the New York Philharmonic and the Orchestre National de Lyon. He is co-founder of the renowned ensembles Dastan Ghazal: Persian & Indian Improvisations and Masters of Persian Music. \n\nKayhan Kalhor has composed works for Iran’s most renowned vocalists Mohammad Reza Shajarian and Shahram Nazeri and has also performed and recorded with Iran’s greatest instrumentalists.He has composed music for television and film and was most recently featured on the soundtrack of Francis Ford Copolla’s Youth Without Youth in a score that he collaborated on with Osvaldo Golijov. In 2004 Kayhan was invited by American composer John Adams to give a solo recital at Carnegie Hall as part of his Perspectives Series and in the same year he appeared on a double bill at Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival sharing the program with the Festival Orchestra performing the Mozart Requiem. Kayhan is a founding member of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble and his compositions appear on several of the Ensemble’s albums. \n\nKIYA TABASSIAN\nSetar virtuoso and acclaimed composer Kiya Tabassian has carved out a privileged place on the international music scene with his ensemble Constantinople and as a soloist. With his celebrated cross-cultural musical encounters\, he travels across the five continents to present his creations and his music on stages all over the world.He has contributed to many eclectic projects as a composer performer and improviser. To cite a few he has collaborated with the Montreal Symphonic Orchestra and the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne. He has actively participated in the international project MediMuses from 2002 to 2005 as a member of a research group on the history and the repertoire of Mediterranean music. He also intervened in the Atlas ensemble (Netherlands) since 2009 and contributed to the Atlas Academy as a tutor a double project aimed at conjoining contemporary music and oral traditions together. \n\nIn 2015 he establishes and directs the very first world music residency program at the Banff Center for Arts and Creativity and between 2017 and 2022 he acts as Associate Artist of the prestigious Rencontres musicales de Conques (France). Kiya was a member of the Conseil des arts de Montréal for seven years including as chairman of the music committee for three years. He also set at the Board of Directors of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for four years. He is the artistic director of the Centre des musiciens du monde a music Centre he co-founded in Montreal in 2017 as a space for creation meetings exchanges and the transmission of knowledge between professional musicians and the public. \n\nThis concert is presented as a collaboration between the New Old World Music Society of BC and Constantinople. \n\n\n\nVenue Accessibility\nThe 900 Johnson Street entrance is at ground-level and wheelchair accessible. There is an elevator located on the first floor: as you enter the building go down the ramp to your right and the elevator is on the left at the bottom. Priority seating can be provided at concerts if you have accessibility issues; please contact the Venues Department . Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located on the main floor\, beside the lobby in the Reception and Registration area.
URL:https://vcm.bc.ca/event/songs-of-hope-kayhan-kalhor/
LOCATION:Alix Goolden Performance Hall\, 900 Johnson Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8V 3N4
CATEGORIES:Independent Concerts
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SUMMARY:Senior Collegium Chamber Music Concert
DESCRIPTION:Entry for this concert in Alix Goolden Performance Hall is at The Victoria Conservatory of Music entrance at 900 Johnson Street. Admission by donation. \nEnd time is subject to change. \n\nAbout the concert\nFamily\, friends\, and the public are welcome to watch the award winning students of the Victoria Conservatory of Music Young Artists Collegium Program perform Chamber Music: Beethoven\, Arensky\, Milhaud\, Bartok\, Beeftink and Gaubert. Always astonishing!   \n\nVenue Accessibility\nThe 900 Johnson Street entrance is at ground-level and wheelchair accessible. There is an elevator located on the first floor: as you enter the building go down the ramp to your right and the elevator is on the left at the bottom. Priority seating can be provided at concerts if you have accessibility issues; please contact the Venues Department . Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located on the main floor\, beside the lobby in the Reception and Registration area.
URL:https://vcm.bc.ca/event/senior-collegium-chamber-music-concert-12-12-2024/
LOCATION:Alix Goolden Performance Hall\, 900 Johnson Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8V 3N4
CATEGORIES:Faculty and Student Performances
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SUMMARY:Winter Harp
DESCRIPTION:Entrance for this concert in the Alix Goolden Performance Hall is at 900 Johnson Street \n\n\n\nTwo concerts this year! Matinee at 3:00pm (Doors at 2:30pm) | Evening concert at 7:30pm (Doors at 7:00pm) Time can be selected through the “Purchase Tickets” button.\n\nIn its 31st year\, and as popular today as ever\, one of this country’s most joyous annual traditions returns to Victoria this December with two performances!  \n\nKnown for sold-out houses and standing ovations\, this ensemble is a “must-see” ticket on the holiday calendar. Winter Harp is a joyous concert experience that has captured the spirit of the season\, and audience’s hearts\, for more than three decades. On stage\, Winter Harp’s outstanding musicians and singers\, clad in beautiful medieval attire\, perform a collection of music that ranges from familiar carols to Celtic\, medieval and world tunes. \n\nThe Alix Goolden theatre sets a gorgeous backdrop for the ensemble’s golden Celtic and classical harps\, drums\, tambourines\, temple bells\, flutes\, and an assortment of beautiful\, ancient and rare instruments\, including the ethereal-sounding bass psaltery (the only one like it in the world)\, the organistrum (an early form of the hurdy-gurdy) and the Swedish nyckelharpa. \nFor more than 30 years\, tens of thousands of people have made Winter Harp their annual tradition — now that is something to celebrate! Winter Harp . . . Christmas begins here. \n\n\n\nVenue Accessibility\nThe 900 Johnson Street entrance is at ground-level and wheelchair accessible. There is an elevator located on the first floor: as you enter the building go down the ramp to your right and the elevator is on the left at the bottom. Priority seating can be provided at concerts if you have accessibility issues; please contact the Venues Department . Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located on the main floor\, beside the lobby in the Reception and Registration area.
URL:https://vcm.bc.ca/event/winter-harp-2024/
LOCATION:Alix Goolden Performance Hall\, 900 Johnson Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8V 3N4
CATEGORIES:Independent Concerts
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SUMMARY:Junior Collegium and Junior Orchestras Concert
DESCRIPTION:Entry for this concert in Alix Goolden Performance Hall is at The Victoria Conservatory of Music entrance at 900 Johnson Street. Admission by donation. \nEnd time is subject to change. \n\nAbout the concert\nFamily\, friends\, and the public are welcome to watch students of the Victoria Conservatory of Music Young Artists Collegium Program Junior Chamber Ensembles and the Junior Orchestras (Violino d’Oro\, Preparatory Orchestra and Intermediate Orchestra) perform their end of term works. \n\nVenue Accessibility\nThe 900 Johnson Street entrance is at ground-level and wheelchair accessible. There is an elevator located on the first floor: as you enter the building go down the ramp to your right and the elevator is on the left at the bottom. Priority seating can be provided at concerts if you have accessibility issues; please contact the Venues Department . Wheelchair accessible restrooms are located on the main floor\, beside the lobby in the Reception and Registration area.
URL:https://vcm.bc.ca/event/junior-collegium-and-junior-orchestras-concert-12-15-2024/
LOCATION:Alix Goolden Performance Hall\, 900 Johnson Street\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8V 3N4
CATEGORIES:Faculty and Student Performances
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