Events
The 27th anniversary of the Halabja Genocide
Under the Theme of ” Peace and Freedom for Kurdistan” the Kurdish House and the Kurdish League against Genocide are commemorating the 27th Anniversary of Halabja and Anfal, the Kurdish Genocide by Saddam’s regime in Toronto. Shahriyar Jamshidi will delicate a short Kamanche solo at North York Civic Centre on remembering day of Halabja 27thRead More
Somewhere There
Somewhere There in association with Array Space presents Audiopollination 28.2 featuring multi-faceted violinist Parmela Attariwala ! 1. Parmela Attariwala (violin) + Adele Armin (violin) 2. Parmela Attariwala (violin) + Branko Dzinovic (accordian) + Robert Aitken (flute) 3. Parmela Attariwala (violin) + Jeff Burke (bassoon, theremin) + Casey Sokol (piano) 4. Parmela Attariwala (violin) + ShahriyarRead More
An Exceptional evening with Kamancheh
An Exceptional evening with Kamancheh Shahriyar Jamshidi, Composer, Kamancheh player, Vocalist, Middle Eastern (Kurdish and Iranian) Classical and contemporary musician. The presentation-performance event will focus on Kamancheh (Spiked-fiddle) one of the traditional significant music instrument in the music of Middle East and Central Asia. The event consists of two sections: presentation and performance. In firstRead More
East-Meets-West
East-meets-west duo comprised of Shahriyar Jamshidi (kamanche) and Raphael Weinroth-Browne (cello) blurs musical genre conventions with their highly evocative improvised performances. The scope of their creations ranges from soulful and emotive to incendiary and intense, and their sound has been described as being “totally entrancing.” With each performance, Jamshidi and Weinroth-Browne weave an intricate musicalRead More