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Nico Daswani left a comment for 'Susanna Whitmore'
Hi Susansa, how are your daf lessons going? Did you ever get in touch with the Lian folks?
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Susanna Whitmore left a comment for 'Nico Daswani'
I will do that. People have recommended that I reach out to him to study daf with him. I know I'll end up doing that at some point since Pejman, my current teacher, travels and doesn't teach for long periods of time. I hear his style is…
Nico Daswani left a comment for 'Susanna Whitmore'
great to connect! Thanks for the info about Momo, will check him out. Yes, I served as Program Director for the 2005 Festival, an amazing experience. I am now in NYC. You should definitely get in touch with Houman and Pirayeh of Lian. In addition to…
Susanna Whitmore left a comment for 'Nico Daswani'
Hi Nico,
I know of Liam Ensemble of course, and I've heard them perform many times. I don't know them personally. I'm currently studying daf with Pejman Hadadi. He's pretty well known here in LA. I see that you've been…
Nico Daswani left a comment for 'Susanna Whitmore'
Hi Susanna, do you know of Houman and Pirayeh of Lian Ensemble in LA?
John Rouse left a comment for 'Susanna Whitmore'
I hope you will use the Forum section to let Create Culture know what is going on at the Levantine Cultural Center. Thanks!
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- My Role
- Artist, Arts Lover
- My Discipline(s)
- Theater, Dance, Music, Film & Video, Literary Arts
- About Me And My Work
- Total music junkie, x-belly dancer, frustrated flamenco dancer who plays some classical piano (mostly Debussy, Satie, Chopin), currently studying Persian singing, daf (Kurdish frame drum) and the santour.
- Places I Would Like To Visit
- Trip in '07 to Israel with the Yuval Ron Ensemble. Met with other musicians, artists, peace activists, etc. and got a real sense for some of the grass roots efforts being made there to ease the conflict between Jews and Palestinians. Also traveled with Yuval to Morocco in '09 and met with a variety of different Sufi/Ganaouan brotherhoods. Once this repressive government is out in Iran, that's where I need to go next. Perhaps Turkey in the meantime, and tons of other places.
- Art Forms And Cultures I Would Like To Engage With
- To have musical performance and collaboration between individual musicians and/or groups from diverse backgrounds serve as a conduit for intercultural exchange, dialogue and peacemaking.
- My Creative Influences & Favorite Artists
- Brahams, Mahler, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, Cameron de la Isla, Led Zeppelin, Santana, Fairooz, Oum Kalthoum, Inti-Illimani, Zucherro, Lucio Dalla, and, well...too many more to mention right now!
- My Artistic Affiliations
- Board member of the Levantine Cultural Center.
- My Web link
- http://www.levantinecenter.org
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- At 10:26pm on October 7, 2010,
Nico Daswani said…
- Hi Susansa, how are your daf lessons going? Did you ever get in touch with the Lian folks?
- At 11:46am on March 11, 2010,
Nico Daswani said…
- great to connect! Thanks for the info about Momo, will check him out. Yes, I served as Program Director for the 2005 Festival, an amazing experience. I am now in NYC. You should definitely get in touch with Houman and Pirayeh of Lian. In addition to being wonderul musicians, they are extremely well versed in the poetry of Rumi, and are just such kind people.
- At 9:54pm on February 12, 2010,
John Rouse said…
- I hope you will use the Forum section to let Create Culture know what is going on at the Levantine Cultural Center. Thanks!
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