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The Tehran Group makes its U.S. debut in a special concert benefiting the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine
Music Without Borders takes on an entirely new meaning with the Tehran Project, which will be making its U.S. debut at the Irvine Barclay on Friday, March 5 at 8 p.m. The concert itself is hosted by the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine, which promotes international and trans-cultural collaboration in medicine.
The Tehran Project is its own illustration of trans-cultural collaboration. The group’s sound fuses Persian classical music with elements of jazz, Indian, flamenco and Western classical music. The unique sound of the group is “astonishing…beautiful…haunting”, according to All About Jazz.
The Tehran Project is made up of Linling Hsu of Orange County on violin and Iranian-born Amir Amiri, who studied the santur under Ravi Shankar and was named Artist of the Year by CBC Galaxie Rising Stars in 2003.
In addition to Hsu and Amiri, special guests of the concert will include jazz legend Bennie Maupin (bass clarinetist on Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew and director of The Ikeda Kings Orchestra); Munyungo Jackson (percussion); John Stetch (piano); and Edwin Livingston (bass).
The eclectic mix of music to be presented on March 5 mirrors the integrative work of the Susan Samueli Center, to which all proceeds will go.
“Our center combines Eastern and Western medicine to provide the best possible patient care. Just as integration works well in medicine, it has powerful musical applications,” says Dr. John Longhurst, UCI professor of medicine and the director of the Susan Samueli Center for Integrative Medicine. “We believe that music has so many benefits and encourage Southern Californians to join us for this March 5th event.”