The Alliance Française de Pune
and
Poona Music Society,
presents
a concert called
“Gathas : Songs my father taught me.”
by
Ariana Vafadari
under the label of
Bonjour India 2017-18.
http://pune.afindia.org/events/bonjour-india-gathas-with-ariana-vafadari/
Thursday, 22nd February | 7 PM
Mazda Hall, Dastur Primary School, Camp
FREE ENTRANCE
The Gathas are the prayers of Zoroastrianism, the monotheistic religion of Ancient Persia. These poems from philosopher and prophet Zarathustra date from about 3700 years. They are surprisingly modern, expressing the life, doubts and choices of a man. As there are no records of the way they were sung originnally, Franco-Iranian Ariana Vafadari composed every song according to radifs or oriental scales. It results in music that constantly vibrates between its Oriental mystic foundations and their matching Western opera. Ariana Vafadari and her musicians have a common trait, they unremittingly stretch musical boundaries. In perfect continuity with their cultural and musical backgrounds, they were trained by traditional Iranian, Ottoman and Moroccan music, jazz, Western classical music or opera, in their improvisations and the practice of their instruments, they travel freely from one world to the next.
The third edition of Bonjour India 2017-18 is a four-month-long mega voyage across India that will celebrate Indo-French partnership as well as shape the next decade of human exchange between the two countries.
This concert is organised in association with Poona Music Society.