The presentation-performance event will focus on Kamancheh Spiked-fiddle one of the traditional significant music instrument in the music of Middle East and Central Asia.

The event consists of two sections: presentation and performance. In first section, the technics, the capabilities of Kamancheh, and the role of this instrument in music of those regions, particularly Kurdish areas, will be discussed. In second section, some instrumental pieces will be performed by Shahriyar.

In this presentation-performance, the position of the

instrument in contemporary music as well as a potential role of Kamancheh in western music will be explored.

May 8, 2015 at Performance Space, 7:00- 8:30 p.m

Ticket: Free Admission

Canadian Music Center,

20 St. Joseph Street

Toronto, ON

M4Y 1J9

Tel: 416.961.6601

Email: info@musiccentre.ca

https://www.musiccentre.ca/node/130740

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Shahriyar Jamshidi, Composer, Kamancheh player, Vocalist, Middle Eastern Kurdish and Iranian Classical and contemporary musician.

Shahriyar Jamshidi was born in Kermanshah, Iran. He holds a Bachelor of Music from the Tehran University of Art in 1978. He received his Kamancheh training with celebrated musicians such as Mahmood Merati, Mojtaba Mirzadeh and Ardeshir Kamkar, focusing on the study of Kurdish music in order to reconstruct the old songs of the Kurds, his people. Over 24 years of his career, he has been attempting to recreate the classical Kurdish music in an understandable way for younger generations. He considers this effort as a cultural bridge between past and future. In 2003, Shahriyar founded the Dilan Ensemble derived from the name of the Kurdish musician Qadir Dilan, which has since performed numerous times in Tehran, Iran. Shahriyar has also performed on several well-known Kurdish TV channels including Kurdistan, Newroz, and Kurdsat. As a composer, he has devoted his career to preserving the ancient music history of Kurdistan. Now based in Toronto, Canada, Shahriyar hopes to introduce Kurdish music and the Kamancheh to a wider audience, having already performed at Iranian Heritage Day at the Royal Ontario Museum in May 2013, Toronto's Tirgan Festival in July 2013, and Textile Museum of Canada in February 2015. He has released three albums including: Alvanati 2004, Call of the Mountains 2008 and A Yellow Flower 2014.