About this project:
Iran is a multi-ethnic country with an ancient, diverse history. In every part of this vast country, people of diverse ethnic backgrounds have their own unique musical culture in which women’s voices have always played an important role. After the successful first festival in 2017, the Iranian ethnomusicologist and filmmaker Yalda Yazdani and Andreas Rochholl from the Contemporary Opera Berlin again visited singers in the border regions of Iran in July 2018, documented their lives and invited them to Berlin. For „Female Voice of Iran – Sounding Borders“, nine female singers of the younger generation from different ethnic groups and regions of Iran have been invited.
For the festival all invited singers and musicians will in addition to their solo performances team up with musicians and artists of the international contemporary music/art scene of Berlin.
Besides the concerts there will be lectures, film portraits and panel discussions which will give a unique insight into the abundant and active production of contemporary female Iranian music.
Photo credits: Zeitgenössischere Oper Berlin
