Music for the Persian New Year: Mamak Khadem
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Vocalist Mamak Khadem performs at the Freer Gallery of Art as part of Nowruz: A Persian New Year Celebration on March 7, 2009. The Iranian-born artist, based in Los Angeles, was formerly lead singer of the Persian-fusion group Axiom of Choice. This concert included selections from her solo CD Jostojoo/Forever Seeking (Banyan Tree Productions 2007).
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Above left, vocalist Mamak Khadem plays the daf, an ancient frame drum used in Persian classical music and to accompany festivals and Sufi rituals. At right, Hamid Saeidi performs on santur, a 72-string hammered zither developed within Persian classical music no later than the thirteenth century and now widespread in Turkey, Iraq, India, and China.
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Mamak Khadem's ensemble also included Ole Mathisen (here on soprano saxophone) and Ben Wittman on percussion.
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