Iranian composer Ehsan Matoori has announced the release of a new album titled The Voices and Bridges, scheduled for release July 16 release on the Bright Shiny Things label. A first single, “Jete Nahi Dibo” featuring famed Iranian vocalist Alireza Ghorbani and Indian vocalist and composer Bombay Jayashri is available on video.
The original musical pieces on The Voices and Bridges, composed by Matoori, are based on performances from an international group of distinguished musicians, with linguistic and academic advice offered by Dr. Sadaf Munshi. The lyrics for the project are extracted from some of the world’s most renowned poets: Rudaki, Jorge Luis Borges, Nima Youshij, Pierre Riverdy, William Shakespeare, Allama Iqbal, Lal Ded, Rabindranath Tagore, Nazim Hikmat, Maram Almesri, Forough Farokhzad, and Rumi are all brought together to create a multicultural landscape.
Persian, Spanish, Arabic, English, Turkish, Bengali, Urdu, Kashmiri and French languages are intertwined throughout with the purpose of erasing the borders between nations and celebrates different musical and cultural traditions.
Matoori is joined by Ghorbani throughout The Voices and Bridges, along with Jayashri, Celia Woodsmith, Qaiser Nizami, Michael Kelly, Solange Meridinian, Maya Hobeika, Olcay Bayir, Mike Block, Edward Perez, Raman Kalyan, Greg Eliss and more than 60 musicians from around the world.
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Wonderful video!!!!! Great vocalists!!!!