MUSIC, POETRY AND TRADITIONS
of the
NEAR EAST
with
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AMIR VAHAB
Our Official Website
CONNECT WITH US
BOOKING & INFORMATION: amirvahab@gmail.com
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Music Studio Location: Museum Mile, Upper East Side in Manhattan
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VENUES
REPRESENTATIVE
LIBRARIES
New York Public Library Main Branch
DC Public Library
Morgan Library and Museum
Los Angeles Public LIbrary
Houston Public Library
St. Louis Public Library
Full list available upon request
REPRESENTATIVE
MUSEUMS
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Smithsonian Institution, DC
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Jewish Heritage, NYC
Asia Society Museum, NYC
Brooklyn Children's Museum
Full list available upon request
Columbia University
Harvard University
Yale University
Princeton University
New York University
Duke University
Full list available upon request
REPRESENTATIVE
UNIVERSITIES
REPRESENTATIVE
UNIVERSITIES
REPRESENTATIVE
HOUSES OF WORSHIP
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Temple Emanu-El, NYC
Riverside Church, NYC
Oheb Shalom Congregation, NJ
St. Bartholomew's Church, NYC
Trinity Cathedral, Miami
Full list available upon request
REPRESENTATIVE
EDUCATOR EVENTS
Carnegie Foundation
National Endowment for Humanities
Union Theological Seminary, NYC
Kervorkian Ctr Near Eastern Studies
City Lore, NYC
Sivananda Ashram Yoga, Bahamas
Full list available upon request
REPRESENTATIVE
CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS
The United Nations
American Library Association
New York Society for Ethical Culture
Iona Spirituality Institute
New York State Writers Institute
Queens Council on the Arts
Full list available upon request
ABOUT
The mission of our programs is to celebrate and foster appreciation for the cultural music, poetry and dance of the Near East through concerts, workshops, classes and performances for a broad spectrum of diverse students and audiences. Our common ground is oneness in diversity concurrent with an active search for deeper insights and a more comprehensive understanding of the rich ethnicities of the world. Together we pursue this quest with the positive, joyous, healing power of the world's ancient and modern musical traditions. The ultimate goal is to develop a holistic paradigm, one that integrates cultures by promoting cross-cultural understanding and cooperation.
A description of our workshops:
LISTEN
AUDIOS
VIDEOS
A Rumi Song of Love
Sufi Repertoire by Rumi on Unity
Leili: A Love Song
VITAE
"His show is always a great success. He builds a connection between the audience and the poems and their history."
-- Jinyoung Jin, Director of Cultural Programs for the Charles B. Wang Center
"The ornate walls of the upper church echoed with the undulating chords of traditional Persian instruments... soulfully and skillfully played by the composer and vocalist Amir Vahab."
-- Maura Monaghan for "The Heights", Boston College
Described by the New York Times as an "ambassador for a silenced music", Amir Vahab is one of New York City's ​most commemorated deliverers of Near Eastern folk, traditional and Sufi music and poetry. Educated in London and at the University of Paris with a focus on engineering and linguistics, Amir Vahab formed his ensemble in the U.S. upon his arrival here in 1981. Since then he has been an entrepreneur, lectured at NYU (for 30+ years) and many other universities, taught private classes, led whirling, dance, drumming and poetry workshops, composed eclectic music for theatre and film and been recognized for his performances worldwide. His work seeks to bridge an understanding between different cultures while inspiring his students and audiences to appreciate the tradition embodied by classical instruments and their relevance to contemporary sound.
Like the man himself, Mr. Vahab's music symbolizes diversity in unity. For more information visit Tanbour.org, his comprehensive website.
