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A co-production of Chants Libres, Le Vivier, and Ensemble Paramirabo

ABOUT THE EVENT

Songs of the Drowning is an interdisciplinary performance by Roozbeh Tabandeh, inspired by the poetry of Sandeep Bhagwati and the paintings of Khosro Berahmandi.

Bhagwati’s poetry served as both an inspiration and a wellspring of ideas for the musical composition process. The poetry cycle offers a critical contemplation of the human condition in our time. These nine short poems, originally written in German, will be presented in four languages throughout the piece, including English, French, and Farsi. The final work weaves together these four languages with Roozbeh Tabandeh’s music, video works by Hadi Jamali inspired by Khosro Berahmandi’s paintings, and a stage design created by scenographer and architect Haleh Vedadi and Roozbeh Tabandeh.

The performance is a co-production under the artistic direction of Roozbeh Tabandeh, in collaboration with Paramirabo, Chants Libres, and Le Vivier.