Experimental Link Music Nights: Kourosh Babaei, Chernilo, Steve Mancuso

Link Music Lab presents Iranian kamancheh player Kourosh Babaei, emerging Ukrainian electronic artist Chernilo (aka Maksym Chupov-Ryabtsev) and multi-percussionist Steve Mancuso on July 22, 2022, at the Small World Centre. The traditional and classical sounds associated with one of the oldest stringed instruments in Iran will be transformed by improvised beats and techno, drum kit, dumbek, conga, pandeiro and shakers or bells. Three Toronto-based musicians from diverse musical paths coalesce, united by experimentation and the hypnotic visuals of media artist Andrew O’Connor.

Experimental Link Music Nights contemplates the Persian-Canadian experience by reinvigorating, re-exploring and re-imagining Persian traditional music within contemporary and cosmopolitan Toronto by inviting different musicians from the diaspora to collaborate and perform together. The series will explore connections between identity, culture, and musical creation with four concerts in its new season from December to March 2023.

Link Music Lab gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Canadian Heritage, Toronto Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Council.