List of Persian/Iranian Events for 2008-04-19

From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hâfez

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Event InfoName:
From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hâfez
Host:
Seattle Choral Company
Type:
Music/Arts - Concert
Time and PlaceDate:
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Time:
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Mark Taper Auditorium at Benaroya Hall
Street:
200 University St.
City/Town:
Seattle, WA

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Description
Seattle Choral Company gives the west coast premiere of "From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hâfez" for women’s voices, vielle, ’Oud and handdrums. This five-movement suite is based on the 14th century poems of Sufi mystic Hâfez al-Shirazi, and focuses on love, longing, fire, and other Sufi themes that have long pervaded Persian poetry. Fred Coleman conducts.

Cost : $20-$40

Benefit Dinner & Concert in support of iranian.com
The Host Commitee cordially invites you to join
Kiosk's Arash Sobhani & Hamed Nikpay along with other well-loved
Iranian Artists for a special evening of art & music to benefit.
Sat, April 19. Cocktail Reception & Art Exhibit/Silent Auction - 6PM
Dinner - 7PM. Concert and Festivities -
http://iranian.onefireplace.com/Default.aspx?


Benefit Dinner and Concert
supporting the expansion of
Iranian.com
The Host Committee
Honorary Co-Chairs
Shahrnush Parsipur
San Francisco Supervisor, Ross Mirkarimi

San Francisco Commissioner, Dr. Elahe Enssani
Behzad Golshan
Maryam Jahangani
Maryam Majidy
Amir Salamat
Lale' Shahparaki Welsh
Wayne Willis


with Master of Ceremony, Bruce Bahmani



Registration Levels
Benefactor Single (1 ticket) - $150
Benefactor Couple (2 tickets) - $250
Ruby Benefactor (2 tickets) - $1,000
Diamond Benefactor (2 tickets) - $3,000
Diamond and Ruby Benefactors will be recognized in the Program and on the website.


The Host Committee cordially invites you to join
Kiosk & Hamed Nikpay
along with other well loved Iranian artists for a special evening of art & and music, to benefit Iranian.com

Saturday

April 19, 2008

Cocktail Reception - 6 pm
Dinner - 7 pm
Concert and festivities - thereafter

Palms / Luxor Restaurant
(near El Camino and I-380)
101 Brentwood, So.San Francisco


Contributing Artists
(in alphabetical order)
Musical Artists
Anoosh Khazeni
Babak Khiavchi
Hamed Nikpay
Ardalan Payvar
Arash Sobhani
Raeeka Shehabi-Yaghmai

Visual Artists
Ali Dadgar
Taraneh Hemami
Shahab Laal
Simin Meykadeh
Amir Salamat
Shiva Pakdel
Hadi Tabatabai