PROGRAM Istanbul: Music from the Ottoman Empire in dialogue with the Armenian, Greek, and Sephardic traditions I Taksim Der makām “Uzzäl uşūleş Darb-i feth” Dervis Mehmed, Mss. Dimitrie Cantemir (209) La rosa enflorece – Maciço de rosas Sephardic tradition (I. Levy I.59, III.41) Alagyeaz and Khnki tsar Armenian tradition Der makām-ı Hüseynī Semâ’î Mss. D. Cantemir (268) II Hisar Ağir Semai Ottoman lament Ta xyla (Greek)/Çeçen kızı (Turkish) Ene Sarére Armenian lament Der makām-ı Uzzäl Sakîl Mss. D. Cantemir (324) “Turna” Semâ’î PROGRAM: INTERMISSION JORDI SAVALL WITH III Paxarico tu te llamas Sephardic tradition HESPÈRION XXI (Sarajevo) FEBRUARY 22 / Al aylukhs Armenian song and dance Der makām-ı Räst “Murass’a” Mss. D. Cantemir (214) 2:30 PM uşūleş Düyek BING CONCERT HALL Hermoza muchachica Sephardic tradition Taksim ARTISTS Hespèrion XXI IV Hov arek Armenian lament Turkey Hakan Güngör, kanun Koniali Turkish and Greek song Yurdal Tokcan, oud and dance Sephardic tradition Armenia Una pastora Haïg Sarikouyoumdjian, ney and duduk Taksim Greece Der makām-ı Hüseynī Sakīl-i Ağa Riżā Mss. D. Cantemir (89) Dimitri Psonis, santur Morocco Driss El Maloumi, oud Spain David Mayoral, percussion This program is made possible with the support of the Departament de Cultura Jordi Savall, vielle, lyra, and direction of the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Institut Ramon Llull. PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Please be considerate of others and turn off all phones, pagers, and watch alarms, and unwrap all lozenges prior to the performance. Photography and recording of any kind are not permitted. Thank you. 42 STANFORD LIVE MAGAZINE JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015 JORDI SAVALL Savall and Ms. Figueras, Hespèrion XXI has DAVID MAYORAL Jordi Savall is one of the most multifariously succeeded in uniting the common threads of A frequent member of Jordi Savall’s gifted musicians of his generation; his disparate cultures. ensembles since 2005, David Mayoral is a career as a concert performer, teacher, wide-ranging and versatile percussionist. In researcher, and creator of new projects, HAKAN GÜNGÖR his student years, he worked with renowned both musical and cultural, makes him one Since 1993, Mr. Güngör has performed and masters of piano, ear training, historical of the principal architects of the current recorded with many renowned artists. In percussion, and classical Arabic percussion, revaluation of historical music. Together addition to Jordi Savall and his Hespèrion and he studied in formal courses and master with Montserrat Figueras, he founded the ensembles, Mr. Güngör has appeared classes with Glen Velez (frame drumming and ensembles Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial with Yo-Yo Ma, Kudsi Erguner, Renaud req), Keyvan Chemirani (zarb), and Pejman de Catalunya, and Le Concert des Nations. Garcia-Fons, Fazil Say, and Okay Temiz. Hadadi (zarb and daff). He has recorded more than 170 CDs, most Mr. Güngör is on the faculty of Halic of which are on Alia Vox. In 2001, Mr. Savall University, is a resident kanun player at YURDAL TOKCAN and Ms. Figueras received a Grammy Award Istanbul Radio House, and produces the Osman Yurdal Tokcan, has combined for Dinastia Borja and the Midem Classical popular Műzik deyince show for the music traditional performance practices with music Music Award for Jerusalem, City of Two channel of Turkish Radio and Television. and instruments of today. He is also an Peaces. In 2008, he was named an Artist avid and respected teacher of the oud in for Peace as part of UNESCO’s Goodwill DRISS EL MALOUMI workshops and master classes. Active in the Ambassadors program. In 2009, he was Combining his love for words and music, music culture of his homeland, Mr. Tokcan appointed Ambassador of the European Year Mr. Maloumi has written and composed such founded the Istanbul Sazendeleri (Musicians of Creativity and Innovation by the European French shows as Oiseau de lune, L’amour of Istanbul) to encourage the spread of Union. Most recently, he received the Léonie sorcier, and Caravane de lune. He has earned instrumental Turkish music. In addition, he Sonning Music Prize in Denmark, joining the a reputation for successfully mixing traditional has performed and toured with ensembles company of Daniel Barenboim, Cecilia Bartoli, Moroccan Sufi music with jazz and Baroque throughout the world. He has worked on film Mstislav Rostropovich, Olivier Messiaen, and idioms in such albums as Noches and Jazz scores (The Passion of the Christ and Kingdom many others. According to the Guardian, aux Oudayas. of Heaven) and on many CDs released in “Jordi Savall testifies to a common cultural Europe and the U.S. Among them are two inheritance of infinite variety. He is a man for HAÏG SARIKOUYOUMDJIAN recordings with Jordi Savall, La sublime our time.” Haïg Sarikouyoumdjian has collaborated with porte and Istanbul: Dimitrie Cantemir.• Jordi Savall and Hespèrion since 2009. With HESPÈRION XXI them, he has participated in many performing For 40 years, Hespèrion has led the way into and recording projects around the world. Their the vibrant world of medieval, Renaissance, collaboration on the CD Armenian Spirit, and Baroque music. From Hespèrion XX’s released in 2012 by the Alia Vox label, has beginning in Basel, Switzerland, the founding been widely praised. director, Jordi Savall, and his cofounders, Montserrat Figueras, Lorenzo Alpert, and DIMITRI PSONIS Hopkinson Smith, never wavered from their Dimitri Psonis founded the groups initial motivation. Thanks to the energy of Metamorphosis, Krusta, Acroma, and P’An- its members, Hespèrion XXI has conquered Ku, and he has worked with singers and a new world of nations and extracted the instrumentalists of many nations. His music precious ore of their musical traditions. interests range from specialized studies and Harvesting the music of Europe, the interpretation of classic Ottoman music to Middle and Far East, and the New World, the performance of popular music of Greece Hespèrion XXI has revealed Sepharad and Turkey. His work can be heard on CDs through live performances and recordings of and film soundtracks. Collaborating with early Judeo-Christian songs, golden-age Spain, music ensembles like the Limoges Baroque the madrigals of Monteverdi, the Creole Ensemble and Speculum Musicae, Mr. Psonis villancicos of Latin America, and much more. has performed and recorded regularly with Guided by the energy and commitment of Mr. Jordi Savall and Hespèrion since 2000. encoremediagroup.com 43.