Roots and Ruins: This concert tour is a journey through sound, from ruin to endurance, from silence to what is still heard.
A concert for soprano, violin, and piano, featuring music from Iran, Armenia, and beyond, with works by Reza Vali, Parisa Sabet, Maurice Ravel, and Komitas.
Tickets for both Toronto and Vancouver are on sale now.
Vancouver: January 25th
Toronto: Feburary 6th
Performers:
Soprano: Bahar Harandi
Violin: Saba Yousefi
Piano: Narek Abrahamian
March 9, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.
Pre-show refreshments at 6:45 p.m.
Post-show talk-back
Heliconian Hall, 35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto
Notes on Womanhood
Ahlam أحلام was killed during the pandemic in Amman, Jordan in an honour killing. Her name translates to Dreams. Through song and arts of different mediums, this concert will thread her story along with other women's stories from different parts of the world, to explore individual and collective dreamings of women, juxtaposed with our society's often violent constructs of womanhood. What is womanhood in our current world, and how do we relate to this?
Curated by Confluence’s 2025-2026 Young Artistic Associate Natalie Fasheh.
My mini opera, A Girl Who Missed the Train, for soprano and violin, based on a poem by Shamisa Mawj and commissioned by Paisley Due, will be premiered at this concert. With special thanks to Melodies of Liberation.
PLEASE NOTE: This concert contains depictions of violence against women, including physical, sexual, emotional assault, and murder.
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Echoes of Her
A contemporary concert celebrating the voices of Iranian and Québécois female composers:
Parisa Sabet – Dance in Your Blood
Diana Chouinard – Chansons Folkloriques Québécoises (Quebec Folk Songs)
Donya Dabiry – In Those Nights of Disbelief
Geneviève Ackerman – Sept chants pour devenir un arbre & Appel de la lumière (Seven songs to become a tree & Call of light)
This unique performance shines a light on women's voices in classical music bridging cultures and presenting a repertoire that is both powerful and deeply moving.
Bahar Harandi – Soprano
Saba Yousefi – Violin
Chloé Dumoulin – Piano
Jeunesses Musicales Canada, Mont-royal Avenue East
305 Mont-royal Ave E, Montreal, Canada
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Sepideh for piano, audio playback and visuals will be performed by Asal Iranmehr.
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Sepideh for piano, audio playback and visuals will be performed by Asal Iranmehr.
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How Could I Know composed for clarinet and piano will be performed by Toronto-based clarinetist Peter Stoll and pianist Zain Zolinski.
Works from my album, Cup of Sins, will be performed by Saba Yousefi on violin and Bahar Harandi on voice.
Don't miss their wonderful performance on November 17, 2024 at 7:00pm.
1110 Gladwin Dr. North Vancouver.
My multimedia composition, Silent, will be presented at Sound Symposium XXI in St. John's, Newfoundland
Special thanks to Canada Council for the Arts for supporting the creation and presentation of this project.
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Works from my album, Cup of Sins, will be performed at Array Music Space on June 29, 2024 at 8:00pm.
Arraymusic: 155 Walnut Avenue Toronto, ON M6J 3W3
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Silent for video and audio playback will be presented as the JTTP Prizewinners and Thematic Award recipient concert that will be hosted as part of Sound Days festival in Liepaja, Latvia on April 25.
