Bakhshi (30th Anniversary Extended Edition)
Catalog no. Kereshmeh Records KCD-114




Credits:

dotar and vocals by Haj Qorban Soleymani
dotar and vocals by Alireza Soleymani


Overview:

Ostad Soleymani is a father figure to many of the musicians of Iran. Many believe that he is one of the most important artists in Iran. He is a bakhshi from Khorasan and he lives as a farmer in a small village close to Ghouchan. This recording was made by a group of engineers and musicians at his home using the state of the art digital multitrack recorders. You can expect something very new from this compact disk. The tradition of this music goes back a few thousand years, however, unlike many other traditional music, it is played with an amazing ferocity and yet the expressions are very refined. The music demands your attention which we hope will be rewarded by very subtle and profound emotions.

During his performance in the Avignon Festival in France in 1991, Haj Qorban and his son were asked to come back to the stage for 3 encores; afterward they were carried by the audience on their hand and later Haj Qorban was interviewed by Le Monde, Liberation, Le Nouvel Observateur, BBC, and other cultural media. His picture appeared on the front page of Liberation (July 31 1991) where he was called "a national treasure".

The more we listened to this recording, the more we felt the graceful and natural beauty of his musical expressions and the meaning of his words:

"The instrument is not my instrument
I am the instrument when I perform."
- Haj Qorban Soleymani
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