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Acoustic Roots: Neighbors |
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On Friday 10th March we're making another recording for Acoustic Roots in De Kargadoor in Utrecht. Our guests will be the project Neighbors alias Simone Bottasso & Reza Mirjalali. You're once more welcome to be present at this intimate concert!The Neighbors project is a meeting between the music of East and West, aiming at a better neighbourly relationship, by sharing and recognising common human and cultural values. Simone & Reza say: “In these
fragile times, we believe that only via music and art is it possible to
resist the difficulties, prejudices and fears with which the media
confront us every day.“ Simone Bottasso - diatonic accordeon Simone Bottasso began playing the diatonic accordeon at the age of eight. He started by studying Occidental and Italian traditional music and studied with Riccardo Tesi, Norbert Pignol, Marc Perrone and Silvio Peron. In 2012 he completed a study in classical flute. In 2013 he finished his Jazz studies at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi in Turijn and moved to Rotterdam to study jazz,contemporary and electronic music at the Codarts Conservatorium with the teachers Paul Van Brugge and René Uijlenhoet . As musician he cooperated on many projects (Duo Bottasso, Abnoba, Samurai, Folk Messengers, Stygiens) and played at jazz-, classical music and world music festivals all over the world. Reza Mirjalali - tar, ud Reza Mirjalali was born in Iran (Teheran) in 1989. At the age of twelve he learnt how to play the tar from his father Shahram Mirjalali. At seventeen he toured with his father and worked together with other bands and musicians from diverse musical genres. He won music competitions in Iran in the areas of improvisation and solo music. He wishes to bridge the gap between East and West cultures through music. For this reason he moved to the Netherlands in 2013 , where he works with different ensembles (Persian traditional music, Ottoman music, jazz, pop). He is also a duo with his father. He's currently studying at the Codarts Conservatorium in Rotterdam. Acoustic Roots in De Kargadoor Neighbors: Simone Bottasso and Reza Mirjalali
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