Constantinople with Ghalia Benali: Oum Kalthoum & the Quatrains of Khayyam

Constantinople and Ghalia Benali combine Persian and Arabic traditions, new compositions, historical repertoire and improvisation in a programme inspired by Oum Kalthoum and Omar Khayyam. Exact Toronto December 4 artist itinerary names Kiya Tabassian(setar/voice), Ghalia Benali(voice), Didem Başar(qanun), Abdul-Wahab Kayyali(oud), Neva Özgen(kemenche), Tanya LaPerrière(viola d'amore), Javier Núñez(organ), Patrick Graham and Hamin Honari(percussion), as Constantinople. Other-city rosters are not substituted.