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Now Available: Photos Embrace the World Tour 2004
Photos from the Embrace the World Tour 2004 are now available as
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Appearances in Europe this December
Farzad will be offering concerts in Europe this December. More details soon!
April 15-May 11 "Embrace The World" US/Canada
Tour Dates:
April
15 - Irvine, California - SOLD OUT |
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17 - Los Angeles, California - SOLD OUT |
CONCERT
HIGHLIGHTS
"The Embrace the World tour has successfully started.
The musicians started to arrive from around the world
to L.A. on April 11 to 12. Arrangements were made to
house them in friends houses in our area (with a significant
number staying at KC Porter's home, while he himself
was stranded in Costa Rica due to weather conditions).
They started to practice 12 hours a day for three days
before they conducted the first concert in Irvine.
What happened during practice is a good reflection of
what this tour is about. Each one of these artists have
their own CDs, band, and style of music. We first thought
that each will perform separately with some interaction.
What they decided to do was to do almost everything
together, each helping the other to enhance and enrich
their music...
The first concert at UC Irvine was a great success.
I was not there, but I was told the event was sold out
and 700 people attended. Since we have the luxury of
having a number of Bahá'í musicians in
L.A., their concert was opened by a couple of other
musicians such as the Justice League...
Everyone was overjoyed with the quality of the music
and the unity and humility shown at the stage...
From Seattle on, the tour will have someone that will
professionally videotape segments of the performances."
-Hamid |
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7:30PM
Bahá'í Center Auditorium
5755 Rodeo Rd. |
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April
18 - San Francisco, California |
CONCERT
HIGHLIGHTS
"It was a first-class event in everything -- from
the most basic details to the 'Mistress of Ceremonies'
to the musicians and their music to the food and food
service to the 'fireside panel'. I know there was a
lot of work behind the scenes as well with a lot of
people helping out, including Kayvan videotaping the
concert. Wow, everyone loved it! Will the artists do
this every year? This year the musicians did more music
together as opposed to primarily showcasing individuals
and that lent such an air of unity to everything. Thanks
so much for your hard work!"
-Shirley |
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6:00PM (doors open at 5PM)
San Francisco Bahá'í Center
170 Valencia |
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$15 for Adults
$5 for Children 15 and under
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April
19 - Reno, Nevada |
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8:00PM (doors open at 7:30PM)
University of Reno, Jot Travis
Student Union Auditorium
North Virginia Street |
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April
21- Lake County, California |
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8:00PM (doors open at 7:30PM)
Robinson Rancheria Bingo and Casino
1545 E. Hwy 20
Upper Lake, CA 95485 |
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Tickets at these Locations |
$10 for Adults
Free for 18 and under!
| Robinson Rancheria |
| 1545 E. Hwy 20
Upper Lake, CA 95485 |
| (800) 809-3636 |
| Catfish Books |
| Lakeport, CA |
| 263-4454 |
| Java Express |
| Clearlake, CA |
| 995-2558 |
| Bunk House |
| Middletown, CA |
| 987-0715 |
| John's Market |
| Kelseyville, CA |
| 279-2440 |
| Clear Lake Physical Therapy |
| 1173 11th Street
Lakeport, CA |
| 263-1295 |
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| Richard A. Greeg |
| rfgreen@mchsi.com |
| (707) 263-1005 H
(707) 263-1295 W
(707) 349-0872 C |
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| P.O. Box 759, Main St.
Lakeport, CA 6212. |
| (707) 263-6113 |
| Record Bee |
| 2150 S. Main St.
Lakeport, CA 95453 |
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April
22 - Corvallis, Oregon |
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7:30PM (doors open at 6:45PM)
OSU Campus Way
Milam Auditorium |
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April
24 - Seattle, Washington |
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7:00PM |
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| Chris Cullen |
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April
25- Vancounver, Canada |
CONCERT
HIGHLIGHTS
"We had a magical time at Sunday night's concert
in North Vancouver, B.C. It exceeded everyone's expectations.
The spirit of humility and love that the artists exuded
created an amazing atmosphere filled with joy and hope...
There was also a great diversity of people there...
There were a good number of Chinese present who were
fans of Lin Cheng! There were also a number of Mexicans,
Arabs, English-Canadians, Italian-Canadians, Chinese-Canadians,
Polish, Japanese and numerous other nationalities and
cultures represented in the audience. Vancouver was
recently confirmed as the most culturally diverse city
in Canada, and this was evidenced in our audience." |
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7:00PM
Centenial Theatre
2300 Londale Ave.
North Vancouver, Canada |
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Tickets |
$15 for Adults
$5 for Children 15 and under
Call (604) 984-4484 |
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April
26 - Victoria, Canada (Conservatory) |
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7:30PM
Victoria Conservatory of Music
Alex Golden Hall, 907
Pandora Avenue |
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$20 for Adults
$15 for Students/Senior Citizens
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April
27 - Victoria, Canada (Maxwell School) |
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7:00PM
Maxwell Bahá'í School |
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April
29 - Boise, Idaho |
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5:30PM
Camelot Neighborhood Clubhouse |
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April
30 - Salt Lake City, Utah |
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University of Utah
Fine Arts Auditorium |
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$12 in advance
$15 at the door
Purchase tickets at:
Orion's Music in SLC
Cafe Med
Pars Market
B.C. Chicken (downtown) SLC
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May
1 - Denver, Colorado |
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7:30PM
Denver Bahá'í Center
99 South Grant St. |
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$18 for Adults
$10 for Children
Call (303) 346-0416 |
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May
2 - Los Alamos, New Mexico |
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3:30PM
Duane W. Smith Auditorium
100 Diamond Drive
Los Alamos, NM |
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$10 for Adults
$8 for Students
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May
3 - Waco, Texas ("Meet the Artists") |
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4 - Waco, Texas |
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7:00PM
Waco Hippodrome Theatre
www.wacohippodrome.com
724 Austin Avenue
Waco, TX 76701 |
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$12 for Adults
$8 for Children, Students, and Senior Citizens
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May
5 - College Station, Texas |
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7:00PM
Texas A&M University
Memorial Student Center
Room 201 |
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May
7 - Houston, Texas |
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May
8 - Austin, Texas |
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8:00PM
UT Teaching Center
University of Texas Austin |
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Available at door only
$10 each |
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May
9 - Dallas, Texas |
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Rosebud Theater
University Center
300 W. 1st St.
UT Arlington |
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$10 for Adults
$5 for Students
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May
11 - Scottsdale, Arizona |
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April 2003-March 2004:
Since
April 2003 Farzad has been traveling,
in addition to giving concerts in the United States, Europe and
South America. While giving concerts all over the world he has accomplished
the following:
-Winner of first place at the Aspen Shortfest in 2003
Farzad's love song "Thinking of you" from his Album "Mirror
of Emotions", #1 on the New Age Jazz radio play chart, was the sound
track of "For those who teach the art of peace"#1 winner
of the International Film Festival in Aspen.
-Sound track for "XANADU"
Farzad was commissioned as composer and arranger of the
sound track for "Xanadu" a 10 hours documentary about Marco Polo's
traveling route known as the "Silk Road".
In His composition, as usual, Farzad has used various styles of
music including Chinese, Turkish, Persian and Pakistani.
He is planning to include several of these tunes in his next album
to be released in 2005.
-Media interviews and Production of music video
While traveling in South America, Farzad had more than 30 radio,
television and print media interviews. At
the same time Frank Morero, the well known film director, was able
to produce the music video "La Dadiva-The Gift" a Latin tune
written and performed by Farzad in his album "Mirror of Emotions".
- Studio Expansion
Farzad has been updating and expanding his project studio.
He has several projects in the US, Canada and South America that
needed this expansion.
-Farzad in Concert
Farzad has been working on a 20 US-Canada cities "Embrace
the World spring 2004" tour, April 15-May 11, with the
collaboration of Amity Records of Santa Fe, WorldBeat Productions
of Los Angeles and KC Porter, the three times Grammy Awards winner.
Other musicians on the tour are from Colombia, China, Hungary,
Guatemala, Iran and the USA.
March 2003:
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Read what the media are saying about Farzad
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here to read
- Concert in Spencer Theater featuring Farzad with Louie
Shelton a sellout success.
January 2003:
- "Voice of America" interviewed Farzad in the first
week of January to an audience of 100 million people around the
world.
Read Farzad's Latest Reviews:
Recent Reviews about "Farzad" and/or "Mirror of
Emotions"
Click the following to read:
The
Jazz Site
Music Dish
October 2002:
Amity Records® is proud to announce that Farzad's "Mirror
of Emotions" has reached #1 on the NAV chart.
Since January of 1995, NAV has been the complete source for promoting
New Age, World, Ambient, Electronic, Instrumental, Celtic, Folk
and Native American music to the industry. Thousands of record
labels, retail stores, radio stations, promoters, marketers, industry
executives and musicians depend on NAV's timely and
useful information every month.
Click here to read more...
September 2002:
Amity Records® is proud to announce the debut of "Sounds of
Violin and Kamancheh" by legendary Persian violinist Rahmatollah
Badiyi on the front page of CD Baby.
Click here to read more
Nov 2001 - Jan 2002:
Farzad completed his tour from West to East by giving 11 concerts
from Nov. 2001 thru January 2002. San Jose, Washington DC,
West Virginia, Los Angeles, Orlando, Phoenix, Austin, Seattle, and
Irvine were among the cities where Farzad performed. Farzad, with
the collaboration of his uncle, Rahmatollah Badiyi, and his cousin,
Parisa Badiyi-Zabihi Moghadam, gave seven concerts. At that
time he released his new CD, Mystery of Love (Ramz-e-Eshgh) with
great success.
New CD:
Mystery of Love is the most recent album that has been produced
by Farzad. This album is a collection of twelve songs of Persian
Folklore and traditional music. Rahmatollah Badiyi and his daughter,
Parisa, have collaborated with Farzad on this album. The album
contains four beautiful medleys by Farzad which include ten songs.
Parisa has sung many of these. One of the tracks, Medley IV, is
a medley played by two violins and an orchestra. Farzad and
Rahmatollah Badiyi present the two styles of violin performance,
classical and Persian, in this piece.
Coming Soon:
Amity Records is planning to organize a series of concerts by the
end of the year 2002 for Farzad in the United States and Europe.
Some of these concerts will also include Rahmatollah Badiyi and
Parisa. Farzad is also working on a new CD which will be released
by the end of 2002. He will be appearing at a concert in Albuquerque
on April 6 and in San Jose at Bosch Baha'i School from May 23 to
May 26.
2002 Upcoming Concerts:
June 21 in San Diego
June 22 in LA Baha'i Center
Labor Day Weekend in Chicago.
October 27 in Germany
Amity Records Press Release*
6/13/02:
We are pleased to announce the debut of Farzad's album "From
My Heart" in the Top 100 Charts with such artists as Sheryl
Crow, No Doubt, Enrique Iglesias, Lonestar, Shakira and many more.
Listings are posted at www.themusicreview.net
For Immediate Release
Contact: Nury Khozein at 1-866-234-0110 or
nury@amityrecords.com
THE STARS OF THE EAST & WEST COME TOGETHER
FARZAD & LEONOR DELY JOIN FORCES IN U.S. TOUR
WITH TOP WORLD MUSICIANS
Albuquerque, June 11, 2002 – After all the success of Ricky Martin,Carlos
Santana, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs and many others, multi-Grammy®
winning producer KC Porter is now taking time to work with some
new artists that inspire him musically as well as spiritually. Leonor
Dely and Farzad are just the artists that caught Porter's attention
and he's bringing them to Albuquerque's Rodey Theater on the UNM
campus for one performance only on July 6th. "Leonor Dely is
kind of like the Colombian 'Buena Vista Social Club', but with tons
of ethnic, African roots and spiritual vibrancy", says Porter,
"and acclaimed Persian violinist, Farzad, is the Middle Eastern
'Kenny G' of sorts, but with a Persian/Western combination that
works wonderfully. To bring these two artists together, with a highly
percussive, funk-based band, is a concept that I've never seen before."
Dely's music delves deeply into the African roots of Colombian and
Caribbean rhythms and her latest release, "Amame – Palabras
Ocultas de Bahá'u'llah", highlights 19 of the strongest Latin
rhythms, porro, currulao, danzón, Andean cueca, guajira, pasillo,
huapango, Afrocuban batás, Haitian yanvalou, bolero, pilón and so
many more. Porter adds, "her CD 'Amame' is like an encyclopedia
of latin roots rhythms, full of musical information".
Farzad's music truly speaks for itself. An article said, "The
Persian way is the way of mystic passion, the depth of the heart
in search of God. Farzad dives deeply into that heart and soars
with eagles and sings with nightingales. His is indeed the music
of the heart." Farzad has performed with numerous orchestras
and has held the position the position of concertmaster with the
National Symphony of Ecuador. Farzad regularly performs solo concerts
in Europe, Canada, South America, and the United States.
But the idea of teaming Leonor Dely & Millero Congo, Farzad,
JB Eckl & Heliotrope, KC Porter, and the youngest rising star
Naseem is not just to showcase these talented artists, but to help
promote and benefit Oneness, a non profit organization that is promoting
racial unity through music and the arts. Porter comments, "I just
felt it was time to start promoting the art that I identify with
and strongly believe in, although I'm not a promoter". Porter is
working jointly with Nury Khozein, noted promoter and manager for
Farzad and Naseem, among others. Dely will premiere
new material from "Talisman", her new CD produced by JB
Eckl and KC Porter due out sometime this fall as well as material
from the acclaimed CD, "Amame". Farzad, in his new CD
"Mirror of Emotions" has attempted to convey the commonality
of human emotions through a range of musical genres by using Western
classical, Eastern folkloric, Smooth Jazz, Pop, and Latin.
The US tour will begin June 21 and covers San Diego, Los Angeles,
San Francisco, Albuquerque and Minneapolis. For information on the
tour or ticketing, call 1-866-234-0110.
June 21, All Hallows Parish 660 La Jolla Scenic
Drive South San Diego, CA
Time: 8.00 PM Doors open at 7.00PM for ticket pick up
Tickets: General* $25.00 (at the door $30.00) Call: (619) 469-7907
Directions from Los Angeles: take I-5 South, Exit Balboa, turn right
on Garnet, turn right on Sociedad Mountain Rd. (at the end turn
left and the hall is on the right hand side)
*PLEASE NOTE: The San Diego event is a Baha'i Fund raising event
and only the Baha'is have the privilege to contribute to the Baha'i
fund, the non-Baha'is may come to the concert as guests if their
tickets have been purchased by the Baha'is.
June 22, LA Baha'i Center 5755 Rodeo Road,
Los Angeles, CA
Time: 8.00 PM Doors open at 7.00PM for ticket for ticket pick up
Tickets: General $25.00, Student: $15.00 Call: 818-223-9452
Directions: LA Baha'i Center is located at 5755 Rodeo Road on the
corner of Rodeo road and La Cienega (south of the 10 freeway)
June 29, San Francisco Baha'i Center San Francisco, CA
Time: 7:00 (Doors open at 6.00 for ticket sales)
Tickets: General $25.00 Call Bosch Baha'i School (Bahia Farahi)
831-423-3387 or SF Baha'i Center (Edna Thomson) 415-431-9990 and
9991
Directions: Please contact Edna Thomson at SF. Baha'i Center
(415) 431-9990 and 9991
July 6, The Rodey Theater at the UNM Center
for the Arts in Albuquerque, NM
Time: 7:30 (Doors open at 6.30PM for ticket pick up)
Tickets: General $25.00, Student: $15.00; Tickets are available
at any UNM Ticket Box Office, Raley's Food Stores, Western Warehouse
and at tickets.com either on line or by phone: 1- 800-905-3315.
Directions: Rodey Theater is located at the UNM Center for the Arts
on the corner of Cornell NE one block North of Central on the UNM
Campus. Arts on Performance is promptly at 7:30 pm
July 13, The Kagin Ballroom Macalaster College,Twin Cities
Time: 7.00 PM
Tickets: Contact (English): Roya Majid, 612-803-8199, roya_majid@hotmail.com
Contact (Spanish): Alessandro Giua, 612-636-3741, sandrogi2000@yahoo.com
PLEASE NOTE: This is the main concert. There will be events free
to the public prior to this concert.
Oneness is a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) organization that is committed
to the elimination of racism and the promotion of racial unity through music and the arts. For more information on Oneness, please visit www.powerofoneness.org or call 818-223-0050.
For more Information on Farzad's music Please visit
www.farzadmusic.com
Amity
Records Press Release*
September 2002:
Amity Records® is proud to announce the debut of "Sounds of Violin and Kamancheh" by legendary Persian violinist Rahmatollah Badiyi on the front page of CD Baby
(
http://www.cdbaby.com/amity6).
Says Derek Sivers, President CD Baby, ----
"This is violin as you have NEVER heard it before; more passionate and gut-wrenching that you might have thought
possible. Surrender yourself and let this Traditional Persian music mesmerize and engage you with this living treasure, featuring Rahmatollah Badiyi, on the violin and kamancheh. Extremely captivating.
HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED."
CD Baby is the largest all-independent distributor of CDs on the internet and is currently also featuring Badiyi's nephew, renowned violinist "Farzad", in his latest "Mirror of Emotions".
Rahmatollah Badiyi, a living treasure of Classical Persian music, was born in 1936 in Kashan, Iran. He has collaborated with various national orchestras as concertmaster and soloist for
over 20 years and has played in hundreds of major venues including Carnegie Hall. Furthermore, Badiyi has received an honorary doctorate from the Ministry of Art and Culture of Iran,
the highest possible recognition for his work in music. During the month of October he will be touring throughout Europe with his nephew Farzad promoting their latest collaboration "Mystery of Love".
Amity
Records Press Release*
October 2002:
Amity Records® is proud to announce Albuquerque-based violinist Farzad -- with his second album, MIRROR OF EMOTIONS
-- debuted at Number 1 on the national NAV radio airplay charts!
Farzad is well-known to audiences in Albuquerque and Santa Fe from numerous concerts he has performed in both cities in the
past few years. He creates instrumental music that crosses boundaries between contemporary classical, Latin, Persian folk, new age and smooth jazz.
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