The Seventh San Francisco World Music Festival 2006
The Fall Season of the SAN FRANCISCO WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL 2006 celebrated
its Seventh Anniversary with an exciting gathering of some of the most interesting
musicians in the world.
For the past five years of the festival, the San Francisco World Music Festival has commissioned musicians and artists from different countries to collaborate together to create a new evening-length performance as the centerpiece premiere of the festival. The commissioned centerpiece of 2006, premiering at the Fort Mason Cowell Theater from September 29 through October 1, is "VOICES OF KURDISTAN", a new collaborative work in three parts, combining traditional and newly composed Kurdish music, poetry, and dance by Kurdish artists from Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.
Musicians include. AYNUR and her ensemble, from Turkey making her US Debut; the vocal and tanbur music of master ALI AKBAR MORADI, coming to the Bay Area from his Kurdish city of Kermanshah, Iran; vocalist MICO KENDES from Syria making his US Debut; percussionist HUSSEIN ZAHAWY from Iraq; percussionist KOUROSH MORADI from Iran; and Bay Area female vocalist ROJAN. They will be joined by ULAS OZDEMIR, renowned Alevi musician from Turkey, also making his US Debut.
Continuing in our efforts to introduce cultures, music and artists to the larger
community, the festival will also include several community events, lectures workshops,
and other concerts.
