Kian Soltani / Ensemble Shiraz

For his last concert of the season, Artist in Residence Kian Soltani delves into classical Persian music and, thereby, into his family history: Soltani’s parents came to Austria in the 1970s to study music. His father, Khosro Soltani, is both a bassoonist and recorder player and also plays the Persian wind instruments ney and duduk. With these, he plays in Ensemble Shiraz – which has frequently given joint concerts with Kian Soltani and his cello for several years and which will be part of the Elbphilharmonie Community Project »Lost & Found« in 2026.
»Persian music has something very playful for me,« says Kian Soltani. With its improvised sections and abundant embellishments and ornaments, it is freer than classical music – and at least as intricate. Alongside wind instruments, the oud and percussion are of course essential.

PERFORMERS

Ensemble Shiraz ensemble

Kian Soltani violoncello

Khosro Soltani ney, duduk

Hossein Behroozinia oud

Naghib Shanbehzadeh percussion

PROGRAM

»Persian Night« – Traditional Persian Music