Shiraz for Santur and String Quartet - قطعه ی شیراز برای سنتور و کوارتت زهی
Shiraz composed by John Burge for the Isabel String Quartet and Sadaf Amini, Santur
قطعه ی شیراز به آهنگسازی جان برج برای کوارتت زهی ایزابل و سنتور صدف امینی
About the piece: "Kingston composer John Burge first became really aware of the santur and its capabilities in 2019, when he served as a judge for a local, Kingston emerging young musicians’ competition that selected six young performer/composers to receive career support and promotion through Queen’s University’s Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts. Sadaf Amini, impressed all the judges with her commanding skill in playing the santur as demonstrated through her own compositions and improvisations. Recognizing that the sound quality of the santur would pair wonderfully with string quartet, John Burge was thrilled when Sadaf and the Isabel Quartet agreed to premiere a new work that he felt inspired to compose for santur and string quartet for a March 2020 concert. Over the next four months, John and Sadaf got together every three weeks or so to improvise on the santur and piano and to develop this composition. A few weeks prior to the premiere performance though, Queen’s University and all of Ontario, shut down for COVID-19 isolation protocols and it was not until April 23, 2023, that the premiere performance finally took place. It is worth noting that during the COVID-19 isolation, John and Sadaf worked together with the Kington Chamber Choir to create another work titled, FLIGHT 752 ELEGIES, and the experience of polishing and recording this piece helped to make further refinements to SHIRAZ prior to its 2023 premiere."
* Appreciative thanks to the Isabel Quartet for the permission to share this video.
https://sadafamini.ca/index.php/santoor/
قطعه ی شیراز به آهنگسازی جان برج برای کوارتت زهی ایزابل و سنتور صدف امینی
About the piece: "Kingston composer John Burge first became really aware of the santur and its capabilities in 2019, when he served as a judge for a local, Kingston emerging young musicians’ competition that selected six young performer/composers to receive career support and promotion through Queen’s University’s Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts. Sadaf Amini, impressed all the judges with her commanding skill in playing the santur as demonstrated through her own compositions and improvisations. Recognizing that the sound quality of the santur would pair wonderfully with string quartet, John Burge was thrilled when Sadaf and the Isabel Quartet agreed to premiere a new work that he felt inspired to compose for santur and string quartet for a March 2020 concert. Over the next four months, John and Sadaf got together every three weeks or so to improvise on the santur and piano and to develop this composition. A few weeks prior to the premiere performance though, Queen’s University and all of Ontario, shut down for COVID-19 isolation protocols and it was not until April 23, 2023, that the premiere performance finally took place. It is worth noting that during the COVID-19 isolation, John and Sadaf worked together with the Kington Chamber Choir to create another work titled, FLIGHT 752 ELEGIES, and the experience of polishing and recording this piece helped to make further refinements to SHIRAZ prior to its 2023 premiere."
* Appreciative thanks to the Isabel Quartet for the permission to share this video.
https://sadafamini.ca/index.php/santoor/
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