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Badie Khaleghian’s Piano Solo ‘Tahirih: The Pure’
January 7, 2018, in Music > Community, by Sonjel VreelandBadie Khaleghian was commissioned by Liza Stepanova to compose Tahirih: The Pure for a premiere at the San Francisco Center for New Music. This piano solo was performed on December 1st, 2017.
Composed in three movements, The Day of Alast, Unchained, and Badasht, Tahirih: The Pure musically tells the story of Tahirih, one of Letters of the Living and a prominent figure in 19th century Middle-Eastern history. She is the exemplar of women’s strength in Iran. At a time when most women were kept illiterate, she became a great poet, teacher, leader, and activist. If you’d like to read more about Tahirih, feel free to check out this article: http://bit.ly/2F5Mbd6
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Sonjel Vreeland
In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.
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Nice piano recital!
Criselda R. Figuerres (January 1, 2018 at 12:37 PM)
Absolutely stunning composition!
MEHRDAD FURUGHI (February 2, 2018 at 5:05 PM)