026. Announcing: Love, Crystal and Stone

Announcing TAK's newest release, Love Crystal and Stone! Ashkan Behzadi’s composition stretches musical lyricism to its limit, imagining an impossibly radical, revolutionary folk music that pushes the individual and collective virtuosity of TAK ensemble to new heights. This concert length work is a sensual, intricately interwoven, and deeply philosophical setting of the poetry of Federico García Lorca. The CD is housed inside a book featuring paintings by Mehrdad Jafari, an original essay by Saharnaz Samaeinejad, poetry by Federico García Lorca & translations by Ahmad Shamlou. Pre-order the digital download or the gorgeous art book and CD here: https://takensemble.bandcamp.com/album/love-crystal-and-stone-2 Get info about our album release party on May 9 here: https://www.theinvisibledog.org/all/2022/5/9/tak-ensemble-amp-ashkan-behzadi-love-crystal-and-stone http://takensemble.com

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Conversations with composers and other musicians working in the vibrant new music community of New York City and beyond. Episodes are curated by and often feature members of TAK, an ambitious ensemble that “impresses with the organicity of their sound, their dynamism and virtuosity — and, well, just a dash of IDGAF as they slay the thorniest material like it’s nothing” (WQXR).