Global Notes: The Middle East Music Ensemble

Global Notes: The Middle East Music Ensemble
Global Notes: The Middle East Music Ensemble

Global Notes: The Middle East Music Ensemble

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The University of Chicago’s Middle East Music Ensemble is a 45 piece orchestra that is dedicated to the study and performance of Middle Eastern music. This weekend the orchestra is putting on their Persian concert, a performance of classical Persian music centered around the Persian New Year and the balance of nature. We get a preview with santur player Jalal Rais Dana. Nari Safavi, one of the founders of Pasfarda Arts and Cultural Exchange also joins us to talk about the music and its origins.