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| Amir Elsaffar |
Cultures Collide with Iraqi-American
Jazz Innovator
Amir
ElSaffar & The
Two Rivers Ensemble
Performance
in Perelman Theater, April 18
The
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts welcomes the Middle Eastern jazz sextet, Amir ElSaffar &
The Two Rivers Ensemble to SEI Innovation Studio on Wednesday, April 18, at
8 p.m. As part of the center’s jazz appreciation month, this program is a
fusion of improvisation, exploring
traditional Middle Eastern influences featuring the oud, buzuqand and santur instruments. ElSaffar’s performance will
feature work from the newest work, Crisis, scheduled to be released in the
summer of 2015. The music is unique and explores jazz forms from Iraq, Turkey and Prussia. ElSaffar’s Two
Rivers personifies his personal struggles as well as his feelings as an Iraqi
American watching his father’s homeland in turmoil. ElSaffar is a Music
Director at Alwan for the Arts, New York’s hub for Arab and Middle Eastern culture.
He is also director of the Middle Eastern Music Ensemble of Columbia University
where he likewise teaches jazz ensembles. Tickets for this performance are $23
and can be purchased by calling 215-893-1899, visiting online at
kimmelcenter.org. and at the Kimmel Center box office at Broad & Spruce
Streets (open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
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