NOW! Grenzgänger

World premieres by Ehsan Ebrahimi, Farzia Fallah and Bijan Tavili.

Sun. 05.11.2017 5:00 pm ical

Essen, Philharmonie

Ehsan Ebrahimi | Nava (2017) – for ney, wind ensemble and drums – world premiere – Commissioned by Philharmonie Essen and Ensemble Musikfabrik

Farzia Fallah | tänzerisch an der Kante (2017) for ensemble – world premiereCommissioned by Philharmonie Essen and Ensemble Musikfabrik

Bijan Tavili | Ways to Nowhere (2016/17) – for ensemble and electronics – world premiereCommissioned by Philharmonie Essen and Ensemble Musikfabrik

Liza Lim | Tongue of the Invisible (2010–11) – for an improvising pianist, baritone and 16 musicians – text by Jonathan Holmes based on poems by Hafiz (1325/26–1389/90) – Commissioned by Ensemble Musikfabrik and Kunststiftung NRW

Omar Ebrahim, baritone
Benjamin Kobler, piano
Siamak Jahangiri, ney
Yasamin Shahhosseini, oud
Reza Samani, percussion
Sebastian Flaig, percussion
Kioomars Musayyebi, santur
Pouya Khoshravesh, kamancheh
Ali Ostovar, electonic

Paul Jeukendrup, sound direction
Ensemble Musikfabrik
Christian Eggen, conductor

This program was supported by Kunststiftung NRW during Campus Musikfabrik.

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