Kayhan Kalhor

Kayhan Kalhor

Through his many musical collaborations, Kalhor played an important role in popularizing Persian music in the West. His performances of traditional Persian music have attracted audiences around the world.

He has studied the music of the many regions of Iran, particularly those of Khorason and Kordestan, and has traveled the world as a soloist with various ensembles and orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic and the Orchester National de Lyon.

This concert was created in collaboration with the neighbors P60 .

About Kayhan Kalhor

Kolhar is co-founder of the renowned ensembles Dastan, Ghazal: Persian & Indian Improvisations and Masters of Persian Music. He has composed works for Iran's most renowned vocalists, Mohammad Reza Shajarian and Shahram Nazeri, and has also performed and recorded with Iran's greatest instrumentalists. He has composed music for television and film and was recently featured on the soundtrack of Francis Ford Copolla's Youth Without Youth , in a score he collaborated on with Osvaldo Golijov.

In 2004, Kayhan was invited by American composer John Adams to give a solo recital at Carnegie Hall as part of his Perspectives Series and in the same year he appeared on a double bill at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival, sharing the program with the Festival Orchestra that performed the Mozart Requiem. Kayhan is a member of the Silkroad Ensemble and his compositions appear on several of the Ensemble's albums.