Experimental Link Music Nights
Mahsa Vahdat & Sardar Mohamad Jani
“Mahsa uses her music as a bridge to communicate across cultural boundaries in ways that are particularly inspiring.”
Experimental Link Music Nights
Doors 7:30pm, Show at 8pm
Tickets: $50
Capacity is extremely limited to just 60 people for this exclusive event. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Address: 180 Shaw St, Toronto, ON M6J 2W5
Link Music Lab presents Mahsa Vahdat, award-winning vocal artist, composer and cultural activist, and Sardar Mohamad Jani, an immensely talented oud player, in the return of Experimental Link Music Nights. Famous for her collaborations, Vahdat will improvise with Mohamad Jani, with the shared foundational knowledge of Persian classical poetry. Vahdat has recorded 10 albums, several of which have melodies and interpretations of poems by Khayyam, Hafez and Rumi, as Mohamad Jani has masterfully played sacred music rooted in Sufi and Dervish traditions, notably as part of Rumi Canada’s Inner Journey series. Visual artist Andrew O’Connor will project Marianne Lystrup's videos for the show.
Music: Mahsa Vahdat and Sardar Mohamad Jani
Visuals: Andrew O’Connor/Marianne Lystrup
A note from the organizers:
LET’S KEEP THE MUSIC INDUSTRY ALIVE:
Due to COVID-19 restrictions those of us in the music industry continue to face major challenges. With current capacity limits it’s simply not possible for us to come even close to breaking even on events. We don’t think its right to force these expenses onto our guests but we ask you - if you are able - please consider contributing a bit more to the artists, musicians and organizers. THANK YOU!
Experimental Link Music Nights contemplates the Persian-Canadian experience by reinvigorating, re-exploring and re-imagining Persian traditional music within contemporary and cosmopolitan Toronto by inviting different musicians from the diaspora to collaborate and perform together. The series will explore connections between identity, culture, and musical creation with four concerts in its new season from December to March 2022.
Link Music Lab gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Canadian Heritage, Toronto Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Council.
About Link Music Lab
Link Music Lab is a Toronto-based artist collective whose mandate is to create top-quality multicultural concert productions and innovative recording collaborations. Founded in 2009 by Mahmood “Moudy” Schricker, Link Music Lab employs an ethnomusicological approach to developing concert, recording and artist marketing initiatives. As a premier presenter of a diverse range of Persian music from classical to electronic to fusion, Link Music Lab aims beyond its foundations in Persian music and the cliche of the “Toronto mosaic” to facilitate collaborations that cross-pollinate various cultures in entirely new artistic contexts.
