In reality, Hermes is the only label dedicated to releasing cutting edge contemporary music by home-grown artists. In any case, for Ramin the notion of underground is irrelevant in the context of Tehran since there is no real mainstream music scene from which the underground can diverge. Ramin noted the double bind in which many Iranian musicians find themselves, since referring to themselves as ‘underground’ often gains them kudos in the form of ‘resistance capital’ among international audiences, yet at the same time can lead to increased censorship of their music in Iran. I was particularly interested in our discussion of the notion of ‘underground’ in music and the effect this label has on Iranian musicians in particular. We discussed music, politics, genre, censorship, protest, social change, Orientalism, heavy metal, Bach and more. I had the pleasure of meeting with Ramin in Tehran when he invited me to his studio for tea and one of the most interesting conversations I have had in a long time. Their artists draw on both Iranian and Western classical influences, producing work that encompasses the genres of contemporary classical, film music, sound art, rock and more. Thursday, Febru6:00PM Add to Calendar 17:00:00 18:00:00 Romani Music: Past and Present HerMeS: Musical LectureRamin Sadighi is the founder of Hermes Records, a Tehran-based label founded in 1999 with the aim of producing and promoting the work of Iranian musicians and composers. The series offers its audience a combination of talks and concerts, allowing them to travel along the borderlands of the performing arts and academic lectures. Accordingly, the main idea behind the HerMeS public lecture series, organized jointly by the Cultural Heritage Studies Program and the Center for Arts and Culture at CEU, is to nurture and renewal of cultural heritage. Hermes is the god of travelers, and a symbolic figure of transition in classical mythology. He has developed his own teaching methods by borrowing from the musical practices of classical music teaching and from Romani musical traditions. He teaches at primary music schools as well as in higher education institutions: the Egressy Béni Music School, the Vienna Konservatorium, Budapest and the Liszt Academy of Music. Recently he has focused his activities to teach piano lessons, and to research Romani music and its teaching methodology. At his solo and chamber music concerts, he plays a classical repertoire, and he has toured in Germany, France, Australia, Japan and India. Following the family tradition, he became a classical pianist and piano teacher. The method is founded on the knowledge preserved by Romani musician dynasties, and it is focusing on learning by ear and from the hands of teachers without the use of any score.Īndrás Suki comes from a musician Romani family. The second part of the musical lecture will focus on the special musical teaching method which has been inscribed on the list of UNESCO Register of Best Safeguarding Practices in 2016. All these stages will be illustrated with musical excerpts played by young musicians. What are the origins of Romani music? How is Romani music presented in contemporary music genres? How do Romani musicians learn to play their instruments?Īndrás Suki will guide the audience on the journey from the origins of Romani music to its present representations: from the musical life of Romani villages in Hungary, through the impact of Romani music on European classical music composers like Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt, Béla Bartók and Igor Stravinsky, to the presence of Romani music in the everyday urban life of Hungary.
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