Tuesday February 03, 2009
“Now [Hafez Nazeri] is working on a project for a Rumi symphony, whose first cycle was performed in August 2007, marking the 800th anniversary of the poet’s birth. Nazeri plans to return to London with his father as part of a world tour. Rumi has become America’s most popular poet, and Nazeri senses that British audiences will respond to his bridge-building approach. “The idea of the Rumi symphony is to show another dimension of my country, to show the beauty of the country,” he says.”
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| The Passion of Rumi (from Passion of Rum | ||
| Fanayam Man II (from Passion of Rumi) | ||
| Beyond (from Passion of Rumi) |
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