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JAZZ SPOT lundi, mercredi et samedi à 17h. Julie Gabrielle Chaizemartin ou Serge Mariani présente chaque semaine un album de jazz à découvrir. Cette semaine, Serge nous présente l'album "Anahita" d'Ariana Vafadari (Quart de Lune/ 19 juin 2020).

JAZZ SPOT lundi, mercredi et samedi à 17h. Julie Gabrielle Chaizemartin ou Serge Mariani présente chaque semaine un album de jazz à découvrir. Cette semaine, Serge nous présente l'album "Anahita" d'Ariana Vafadari (Quart de Lune/ 19 juin 2020).

Anahita d'Ariana Vafadari

After exploring Zoroastrian chants on her 2016 album “Gathas, songs my father taught me”, mezzo soprano Ariana Vafadari puts femininity to the fore with the heart-wrenching “Anahita”, inspired by the Persian prophet Zarathustra and the goddess of water. Ten deeply spiritual songs set to Oriental maqam scales, tracing a path from despair to resolution. French-Iranian Vafadari has a successful career as an international opera singer, but remains deeply attached to her Zoroastrian roots. “I’m from two cultures,” she said. “I love opera more than anything but a part of me needed to express the origins, the music of Iran, the Oriental music.”She learned Gathas - Zoroastrian prayers dating back some 3,700 years - from her father. “Gatha means song but we have no idea how it was sung at that time,” she said. “Just the prayers were kept and now the priest chants them. I wanted to compose music on it and make it more alive.”She did just that for her 2016 album "Gathas, songs my father taught me". “It was something I gave to my father, I think it was my father’s side, my more masculine side: knowing, understanding, finding the way."The album "Anahita" was inspired by the legend of the Persian goddess of water, fertility and wisdom. The story was introduced to Vafadari by Leili Anvar, a specialist in Persian literature who wrote the lyrics for seven of the songs.Anvar's adaptation involves a modern day Iranian young woman whose village is plagued by drought, forcing its inhabitants to flee. She is visited by the goddess in a dream and goes on a quest to find the source of water.Vafadari said the legend spoke to her in a world dominated by the over-exploitation of the world's resources. "It's a world of grabbing land, producing more; the masculinity is so powerful that I felt a lack of femininity in my own world and in myself."In addition to original compositions, Vafadari sings three prayers from Zoroastrianism’s holy book known as the Avesta.“The three prayers are the way Anahita finds her own femininity, the link to her ancestors and to earth and to water.”Vafadari has surrounded herself with superb musicians from France, Turkey, Morocco and Iran: Julien Carton (piano), Driss El Maloumi (oud), Leila Soldevila and Nicolas Deutsch (double bass), Habib Meftah Boushehri (calabash, bendir, daf). “It’s important to show that our generation is a mixture of cultures, all these musics have to stay alive and stay together."Follow Ariana Vafadari Purchase the album 

After exploring Zoroastrian chants on her 2016 album “Gathas, songs my father taught me”, mezzo soprano Ariana Vafadari puts femininity to the fore with the heart-wrenching “Anahita”, inspired by the Persian prophet Zarathustra and the goddess of water. Ten deeply spiritual songs set to Oriental maqam scales, tracing a path from despair to resolution. French-Iranian <a href="http://www.arianavafadari.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vafadari</a> has a successful career as an international opera singer, but remains deeply attached to her Zoroastrian roots. “I’m from two cultures,” she said. “I love opera more than anything but a part of me needed to express the origins, the music of Iran, the Oriental music.”She learned Gathas - Zoroastrian prayers dating back some 3,700 years - from her father. “Gatha means song but we have no idea how it was sung at that time,” she said. “Just the prayers were kept and now the priest chants them. I wanted to compose music on it and make it more alive.”She did just that for her 2016 album "Gathas, songs my father taught me". “It was something I gave to my father, I think it was my father’s side, my more masculine side: knowing, understanding, finding the way."The album "Anahita" was inspired by the legend of the <a href="http://www.ancient.eu/Anahita/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Persian goddess </a>of water, fertility and wisdom. The story was introduced to Vafadari by Leili Anvar, a specialist in Persian literature who wrote the lyrics for seven of the songs.Anvar's adaptation involves a modern day Iranian young woman whose village is plagued by drought, forcing its inhabitants to flee. She is visited by the goddess in a dream and goes on a quest to find the source of water.Vafadari said the legend spoke to her in a world dominated by the over-exploitation of the world's resources. "It's a world of grabbing land, producing more; the masculinity is so powerful that I felt a lack of femininity in my own world and in myself."In addition to original compositions, Vafadari sings three prayers from Zoroastrianism’s holy book known as the Avesta.“The three prayers are the way Anahita finds her own femininity, the link to her ancestors and to earth and to water.”Vafadari has surrounded herself with superb musicians from France, Turkey, Morocco and Iran: Julien Carton (piano), Driss El Maloumi (oud), Leila Soldevila and Nicolas Deutsch (double bass), Habib Meftah Boushehri (calabash, bendir, daf). “It’s important to show that our generation is a mixture of cultures, all these musics have to stay alive and stay together."<a href="http://www.facebook.com/arianavafadari.mezzo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow</a> Ariana Vafadari <a href="http://www.arianavafadari.com/anahita" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Purchase</a> the album

Ariana Vafadari breathes life into Anahita, Persian goddess of water

Quelle musique écoutez-vous en période de confinement, semi confinement ou total déconfinement ? En Sol Majeur qui a des oreilles tout-terrain se retrouve cette semaine dans le jardin d’une mezzo-soprano née au pays de Rûmi et réfugiée sur les terres de la Callas. Née en Iran d'une mère française et d'un père iranien,Ariana Vafadari, connaît ses gammes : formée au chant classique et diplômée du Conservatoire national de Paris, sonOrient pointe néanmoins régulièrement son dard. Révélation au Festival des musiques sacrées de Fès, il y a quelques années, voilà qu’elle s’avance en fiancée des deux mondes avec Anahita un nouvel album inspiré des écrits de Zarathustra et de la déesse iranienne des eaux.Les musiques diffuséesAriana Vafadari Le rêve d’Anahita Shahram Nazeri Mordeh Bodam Zendeh ShodamPharrell Williams Runnin

Quelle musique écoutez-vous en période de confinement, semi confinement ou total déconfinement ? En Sol Majeur qui a des oreilles tout-terrain se retrouve cette semaine dans le jardin d’une mezzo-soprano née au pays de Rûmi et réfugiée sur les terres de la Callas. Née en Iran d'une mère française et d'un père iranien,Ariana Vafadari, connaît ses gammes : formée au chant classique et diplômée du Conservatoire national de Paris, sonOrient pointe néanmoins régulièrement son dard. Révélation au Festival des musiques sacrées de Fès, il y a quelques années, voilà qu’elle s’avance en fiancée des deux mondes avec Anahita un nouvel album inspiré des écrits de Zarathustra et de la déesse iranienne des eaux. Les musiques diffusées Ariana Vafadari Le rêve d’Anahita Shahram Nazeri Mordeh Bodam Zendeh Shodam Pharrell Williams Runnin

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