Link Music Lab presents Mahsa Vahdat, award-winning vocal artist, composer and cultural activist, and Sardar Mohamadjani, an immensely talented oud player, in the return of Experimental Link Music Nights.
Famous for her collaborations, Vahdat will improvise with Mohamad Jani, with the shared foundational knowledge of Persian classical poetry. Vahdat has recorded 10 albums, several of which have melodies and interpretations of poems by Khayyam, Hafez and Rumi, as Mohamad Jani has masterfully played sacred music rooted in Sufi and Dervish traditions, notably as part of Rumi Canada’s Inner Journey series. Visual artist Andrew O’Connor will project Marianne Lystrup's videos for the show.
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 2022.
Link Music Lab gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Canadian Heritage, Toronto Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Council.
Tickets $50 available online or at the door.
Limited capacity for exclusive event.
Email: info@linkmusiclab.com
2021/12/18 - 2021/12/18
Additional time info:
Doors open at 7:30pm and the show begins at 8pm.
Small World Music Centre
180 Shaw St,, Toronto, ON M6J 2W5
The entrance to Artscape’s Youngplace is unobstructed, and consists of automatic double doors measuring 86 inches with a ¼ inch threshold. The door is accessed by a long, permanent concrete ramp and opens into a large vestibule. Upon entering the building, Small World Centre is accessed by an elevator with a 42 inch door, and an area of 78 x 60 inches.
Small World Centre has a 38 inch door, which leads to an unobstructed, 52 inch hallway. The room has retractable seating, which allows for either a single level open room, or stadium seating with space at the front for mobility devices. The room contains a beautiful hardwood stage that is 15 inches from the ground.
The male and female washrooms both contain an accessible stall with an outward swinging door, a handle on the inside of the stall, and two grab bars (one horizontal over the toilet, and one diagonal on the adjacent wall). The 29 inch high floating sinks are unobstructed, and 87 inches in length. Soap and paper towel dispensers are at a height of 43 and 49 inches, respectively. There are no automatic features.