Event

Music Without Borders

Diaspora Arts Connection proudly presents Music Without Borders, an enchanting concert by vocalists Raeeka Shehabi-Yaghmai and Hamid Najafi and Daniel Lockert on piano. Music has no borders. Let Raeeka and Hamid take you through a musical journey from European Opera to American Broadway and to the rich musical landscape of Iran.

Saturday, August 12, 2017, 6:00 pm
Tateuchi Hall
Community School of Music and Arts
230 San Antonio Circle
Mountain View, CA 94040

About Raeeka Shehabi-Yaghmai:
Iranian soprano Raeeka Shehabi-Yaghmai possesses a unique fusion of versatility, strength, and sensitivity in both her singing and stage presence. Her 2015-16 season included performances of Jenny Smith (The Rise and Fall of Mahagonny) and Mahler Symphony No. 8 with Redwood Symphony, Beethovens Symphony No. 9 with Prometheus Symphony, Despina (Così fan tutte) and Cinderellas Step Mother (Into the Woods) with Center Stage Opera, Mrs. Gleaton (Susannah) with Pasadena Opera, Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) with Berkeley Chamber Orchestra, and Chrysothemis (Elektra) in a private performance produced by Maestro Kent Nagano. An avid interpreter of Persian folksongs and melodies, she founded the Persian Melody Project in 2007 in collaboration with composer David Garner and performed the songs with Oakland East Bay Symphony, Redwood Symphony and in orchestral concerts in Southern California, San Francisco and New York City with Maestro Loris Tjeknavorian. The Projects first album was recorded in June 2016. In 2017 she will be singing Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi) with West Bay Opera, and premier the roles of The Woman in scenes from Alden Jenks new opera Afterworld and Nellie in David Garners opera Mary Pleasant at Lands End with Maestro Ian Robertson from San Francisco Opera.