Hâl Ballades amoureuses

Description

In the Chemirani family, we know Keyvan, a virtuoso of the zarb and percussion, and Bijan, an expert on the saz lute and also a percussionist. Together with their father, they formed a very renowned trio... We know less about their sister Maryam, a singer but also a nurse, first in India following in Mother Teresa's footsteps, then in the Alpes de Haute Provence... Focused on others and very busy in these troubled times, she has nonetheless decided to return to singing, encouraged by Keyvan who envisioned this program for her and for her "warm and deeply generous" voice. Not to forget their musical brother, the incredible flutist Sylvain Barou. At the crossroads of Iranian, Indian, and Irish music, they recorded an album named Hâl (pronounced "Hol") subtitled "love ballads," as all the lyrics, whether sung in English or Persian, are love poems. The "hâl" corresponds to the moment when one lets go, that ecstatic state between awakening and self-forgetfulness...