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Recordings

CD Didar – Live in Berlin, Kreuzberg Records 2004

Majid Derakhshani, Thea Nielsen, Oliver Fartach-Naini, Amir Abbas Zare

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Record Details

Released:
2004

Compositions of Majid Derakhshani (Iran)
Majid Derakhshani, Tar & Setar (Iran)
Thea Nielsen, Flute (Germany)
Oliver Fartach-Naini, Guitar (Germany)
Amir Abbas Zare, Daf (Iran)
Kreuzberg Records 10092, 2004

The music presented here on this recording is not a “fusion” in the generally applied use of the term. It is much more. The traditions of Iranian classical music extend well back beyond living memory and are as intense and complex as the rich culture which has inspired them. The listener is not required to be well versed in the structural details of this music – the variety of modi employed, the elaborate and gracefully ornamented melodic lines, the use of 1/3 notes, the deft and highly sophisticated rhythms…….to perceive that the essence of this music is a delicate and harmonious balance between the material and spiritual worlds. The music weaves a seemingly endless myriad of threads and paths through an inner mystical landscape, the detail is virtually unfathomable yet the end result is a clear and transparent beauty – just like a Persian carpet.

It is the expressed intention of Majid Derakhshani to bring the respective traditions of Iranian classical music and Western music closer together. The combination of traditional Iranian instruments such as the tar and daf with guitar and flute form an instrumental unity which functions wonderfully and one is left imagining the flute and guitar to be modern day reincarnations of instruments that once had their place in ancient Iran…….(as they no doubt are!)

Albert Einstein is known to have stated that “what is valid in every progress of a process, be it scientific, philosophical, artistic or otherwise, is not the novelty itself in its essence, but rather what will be left after the application of this novelty has been eliminated”. The significance of this statement will become apparent to any listener after experiencing the music in this recording.

Patricio Zeoli

From CD Suite Latina: Oliver Fartach-Naini plays Canción de la rosa by Richard Charlton

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US Magazine Classical Guitar includes SUITE LATINA in its list of “Top Ten Classical  Guitar Albums of 2019!”

FIND OUT MORE here, CHECK IT OUT ON YOUR FAVOURITE DIGITAL PLATFORM OR PURCHASE CD HERE! 

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES:

12.01.19 Sydney, Suite Latina CD Launch

24.04.19 Teagu, South Korea; with Lee Song-Ou @ Teagu Art Center

27.04.19 Incheon, South Korea; with Lee Song-Ou @ Elim Art Center

2.05.19 Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

12.05.19 Kay Brothers Winery

2.09.19 Redlands College Brisbane

22.09.19 Wayville Concerts Adelaide, with Lee Song-Ou

27.09.19 Elder Hall Lunch Hour Series, with Lee Song-Ou

10.10.19 Uppsala Guitar Festival, Sweden

07-11.01.2020 Sydney Guitar Summer School

19.04.20 Tonyeong, South Korea; with Lee Song-Ou @ Tongyeong Concert Hall

04.–07.06.20 Asia International Guitar Festival Bangkok, Thailand; with Lee Song-Ou

02.10.20 Adelaide, Australia; Elder Hall

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Recent Reviews

CLASSICAL GUITAR MAGAZINE, USA, January 15, 2019

“…this solo guitar release is a winner on every level.”

“I can’t recommend this beautifully played and very well-recorded disc highly enough!”

Read full review here.

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THE AUSTRALIAN, 26 January 2019 by Graham Strahle

His technique enables him to produce a remarkably wide and nuanced expressive palette of sounds. Suite Latina, his first solo album, reveals a musician of the very top order.    …    Fartach-Naini captures the spirit of this music with effortless verve and joy. Beautifully recorded in Incheon, South Korea, it is an inspired album.

5/5 Stars

Read the full review here.

© Oliver Fartach-Naini 2018

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