Cultivating culture — Kayhan Kalhor & Brooklyn Rider, 8 p.m. Nov. 6 @ WAC
Kayhan Kalhor, second from left, and Brooklyn Rider
Nicholas Cords didn’t know much about Persian music. A professional viola player, he had received instruction at some of the best schools — The Juilliard School among them — but they didn’t teach much of it, either.
It wasn’t until he met master kamancheh player and Iran native Kayhan Kalhor that he received a proper introduction.
Since the two players met in 2000 as part of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project, the two have formed a friendship that extends into their joy of music. Cords and his bandmates in Brooklyn Rider, a noted string quartet in its own right, have been playing with Kalhor off and on since that meeting.
It finally resulted in an album, “Silent City,” in 2008, a combination of Western and Eastern philosophies and tunes.
The partnership between Kalhor and the American string quartet continues, with Cords calling the kamancheh player “a natural fifth member” of their group.
Cords, calling on a rare day off from touring, recently chatted with us about the first time he met Kalhor, the knowledge of Eastern culture he has gained through his friendship with him and how it has influenced his playing. Read more about that story here.
Kalhor and Brooklyn Rider will visit the Walton Arts Center tonight (Nov. 6). Tickets are $18.50-$32.50 and are available at the venue, by calling 443-5600 or at the venue’s Web site.
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