Arash Sasan Band: Green Dreams
This event is in the past.
Arash Sasan’s music combines the Persian language with Spanish rhythm and harmony. Currently, he and his band meld oriental influences from the Caucasus to the Persian Gulf with Mediterranean sounds and elements of jazz.
This event is in the past.
Arash Sasan’s music combines the Persian language with Spanish rhythm and harmony. Currently, he and his band meld oriental influences from the Caucasus to the Persian Gulf with Mediterranean sounds and elements of jazz.
The Iranian, who has made Munich his home, tells of his own experiences and sets classical Persian poetry by Saadi, Rumi, Hafiz and others to music. His compositional style on the guitar is, perhaps surprisingly, strongly influenced by flamenco – a genre that has fascinated him since childhood. The occasional folk song can also be heard. Without descending into pathos, Arash Sasan skilfully portrays stories in all their dramatic depth, quickly following them up with songs full of groove and joie de vivre. The musical partners who Arash Sasan found in Munich have shared the stage with him for several years now: the pianist Josef Reßle, winner of the BMW World Young Artist Jazz Award 2016; the drummer and frame drum player Stefan Noelle; and the young Venezuelan double bass player Wilbert Pepper, who learned his trade in the fascinating tradition of Venezuela’s youth orchestras. From one moment to the next, they turn from sensitive accompanists to furious soloists, only to fully subordinate themselves to Arash Sasan’s poetry again moments later.
With funding from the Department of Arts and Culture of the City of Munich
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Livestream of the concert here
