CONCERTOSNAPISCINA 118# - Mostafa Taleb / Milad Mohammadi / Rouzbeh Sayadii

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O mundo dele é como uma montanha.
O seu eco depende de si.
Se gritar coisas boas,
o mundo retribuirá.
Se gritar coisas más,
o mundo retribuirá.
Mesmo que alguém fale mal de si,
fale bem dele.
Mude o seu coração para mudar o mundo.
— Shams Tabrizi (1185 – 1248)

SETÂR
Um dia, Shams entrou na assembleia de Rumi, onde Rumi discursava. Nessa altura, Rumi já era um teólogo famoso. Shams reparou nos livros que estava a estudar e perguntou: “O que são estes?”
Rumi respondeu com desdém: “Algo que os ignorantes não conseguem compreender.”
Shams pegou nos livros e atirou-os para o rio próximo.
Rumi disse: “Ó Darvish, alguns destes livros são recordações do meu pai, exemplares únicos e raros!”
Shams Tabrizi mergulhou a mão na água e recuperou os livros. Permaneceram completamente secos…
Rumi perguntou, surpreendido: “Qual é esse segredo?!”
Shams respondeu: “Algo que os estudiosos não conseguem compreender”. E acrescentou: “Procurai o conhecimento que nenhuma água pode apagar – o conhecimento do vosso coração…”
Este episódio foi o ponto de partida de uma nova vida para Rumi, que morreu para si próprio e encontrou um novo nascimento nas trocas espirituais que teve com Shams. Abandonou todos os seus cargos como homem de fé respeitado e conhecido, e voltou-se para o misticismo, a poesia, a dança e a música, tornando-se um dos mais importantes poetas persas. Inspirado pelo encontro transformador entre Jalāl ad-Dīn Rūmī (Mowlana) e Shams Tabrizi, este projeto apresenta uma viagem musical que culmina num concerto.
Mais do que um recital convencional, o concerto é concebido como uma experiência artística imersiva que reúne
a música e a poesia persas, refletindo a profundidade espiritual e cultural desta tradição.
“Setâr” é concebido como um profundo encontro artístico, e não como uma simples apresentação. Através da interação entre música e inspiração poética, o projeto procura evocar a mensagem intemporal atribuída a Shams: “Search o conhecimento que nenhuma água pode apagar — o conhecimento do seu coração”.
Através desta viagem musical, Mostafa Taleb, Milad Mohammadi e Rouzbeh Sayadii pretendem partilhar a alma viva da cultura persa com o público europeu, criando uma ponte significativa entre as tradições e culturas.

Mostafa Taleb, nascido na província iraniana de Lorestan, começou a aprender o kamancheh, um instrumento ancestral de cordas friccionadas, ainda jovem. Formado pela Academia de Folclore Azar Mehr em Khorramabad e pela Academia Kamkarha de Música Clássica Persa em Teerão, chegou a Bruxelas em 2016.
O seu talento e extraordinária personalidade musical permitiram-lhe superar as dificuldades do exílio e estabelecer uma sólida reputação como intérprete, improvisador e compositor. Na Europa, abriram-se-lhe as portas: a convite do lendário maestro Jordi Savall, participou inúmeros concertos por toda a Europa com o ensemble Orpheus XXI. Com o projeto “Egged on” da Cinemaximiliaan
Silent Film Music, Mostafa fundou vários grupos musicais inovadores, sempre inspirados pela música persa, como os conjuntos Hamnava e Illumination.
Em 2016, compôs e improvisou para o quinteto de cordas “About that magic circle” e para o filme “Always there is no one”, de Mansur Azizi. Em 2018, colaborou com Simon Ho (Suíça) para compor a música de um filme mudo no Festival de Cinema Mudo de Ghent (Bélgica). Entrando no mundo do teatro, em 2019 juntou-se ao elenco da audaciosa peça de Lisaboa Houbrechts, “Bruegel”, para a qual compôs a música. Juntamente com o cravista e organista Jérôme Bertier e os cantores do coro Harmonia Sacra, o ensemble de Bruegel já foi apresentado por toda a Europa. As trocas literárias e musicais entre Mostafa e Jérôme Bertier levaram-nos a criar o conjunto Ârgha/Nun, cujo ponto em comum é um diálogo entre a Europa e a Pérsia.

Milad Mohammadi, nascido em 1988 no Irão, é um tocador de tar e multi-instrumentista. Iniciou os seus estudos musicais aos 12 anos na conceituada Escola de Música de Teerão, onde se formou em 2005. Possui também um diploma em música iraniana pela Universidade de Música de Teerão. Na cerimónia de encerramento do 8º Festival da Juventude em 2014, no Irão, o jovem músico conquistou o primeiro lugar na categoria “Música de Tar”. A partir de 2012, gravou inúmeros álbuns: o seu primeiro álbum instrumental, Shadow, foi lançado em 2012, seguido de The Metamorphosed em 2014. Colaborou com alguns dos maiores músicos iranianos, entre os quais Hoshyar Khayyam, com quem lançou Music for Tar and Piano (um álbum campeão de vendas no Irão, premiado como o melhor álbum de fusão instrumental em 2018), Alireza Ghorbani pelo álbum Blaze e o lendário Homayoun Shajarian pelo álbum Rag Khab. Compôs também Taroud, uma peça a solo que introduziu um novo estilo de música iraniana. Para além do seu amplo conhecimento de música persa clássica e tradicional, Milad
Mohammadi procura constantemente romper com as fronteiras estilísticas e técnicas.

Rouzbeh Sayadii is a musician and composer with more than twelve years of dedicated training in the tar and setar under respected masters of Persian classical music. He specializes in improvisational performance grounded in the Persian radif tradition as well as contemporary composition. His experience includes solo performance, ensemble leadership, and the creation of original music for large-scale theatrical productions. He is currently seeking professional representation to support the organization and performance of concert
tours across Europe and internationally.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature. His formal studies in Persian classical music began in November 2012. In recent years, he has worked closely with Mohammad Ali Najafpour (composition and theory, 2022–present) and Maysam Zahed (radif and advanced studies, 2024–present). His tar training has also been shaped by Alireza Khoshrouei and Pouria MohammadNejad in Gorgan, as well as Hadi Azarpira, Eisa Ghaffari, and Kiarash Rouzbehani in Tehran. Earlier in his musical development, he studied setar with
Kourosh Yaghmaei and also learned from Davood Khoshnoudi and Babak Khademloo.
As a performer, Sayyad appeared at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, in November In February 2020, he performed with the YARAVA Modern Orchestra at the University of Tehran’s Contemporary Music Concert. He has also led and performed in multiple concerts in Gorgan, Iran, in 2019 and 2023.

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his world is like a mountain.
Your echo depends on you.
If you scream good things,
the world will give it back.
If you scream bad things,
the world will give it back.
Even if someone says badly about you,
speak well about him.
Change your heart to change the world.
— Shams Tabrizi (1185 – 1248)

SETÂR
One day Shams entered Rumi’s assembly, where Rumi was giving a speech. At that time, Rumi was already a
famous theologian. Shams noticed the books that he was studying and asked: “what are these?”
Rumi answered with contempt: “Something that the ignorants cannot understand.”
Shams took the books and threw them into the nearby river.
Rumi said: “O Darvish, some of these books are my father’s souvenirs and unique and rare copies!”
Shams Tabrizi dipped his hand in the water and took the books back. They had remained completely dry…
Rumi asked, astonished: “what is this secret?!”
Shams answered: “Something that the scholars cannot understand”. And he added: “Look for the knowledge that no water can erase – the knowledge of your heart…”
This episode was the starting point of a new life for Rumi, who died to himself and found a new birth in the
spiritual exchanges he had with Shams. He left all of his positions as a respected and well-known man of faith,
and turned to mysticism, poetry, dance and music, becoming one of the most important Persian poets.
Inspired by the transformative encounter between Jalāl ad-Dīn Rūmī (Mowlana) and Shams Tabrizi, this project
presents a musical journey culminating in a concert performance.
More than a conventional recital, the concert is conceived as an immersive artistic experience that brings
together Persian music and poetry, reflecting the spiritual and cultural depth of this tradition.
“Setâr” is envisioned as a deep artistic encounter rather than a simple performance. Through the interplay of
music and poetic inspiration, the project seeks to evoke the timeless message attributed to Shams: “Look for
the knowledge that no water can erase — the knowledge of your heart.”
Through this musical journey, Mostafa Taleb, Milad Mohammadi, and Rouzbeh Sayadii aim to share the living
soul of Persian culture with European audiences, creating a meaningful bridge between traditions and
cultures.

Mostafa Taleb, born in the Iranian province of Lorestan, started to learn the kamancheh, an ancestral bowed-string instrument, at an early age. A graduate of the Azar Mehr Folklore Academy in Khorramabad and the Kamkarha Academy for Classical Persian Music in Teheran,
he arrived in Brussels in 2016. His talent and extraordinary musical personality enabled him to overcome the difficulties of exile and establish a solid reputation as a performer, improviser and composer. In Europe,
doors opened for him: invited by the legendary conductor Jordi Savall, he took part in numerous concerts across Europe with the Orpheus XXI ensemble. With the Cinemaximiliaan Silent Film Music’s “Egged on” project, Mostafa founds several innovative music groups, always inspired by Persian music, such as the Hamnava and Illumination ensembles. In 2016, he composed and improvised for the string quintet “About that magic circle” and for the film “Always there is no one” by Mansur Azizi. In 2018, he collaborated with Simon Ho (Switzerland) to compose the music for a silent film at the Silent Film Festival in Ghent (Belgium). Entering the world of theater, in 2019 he joined the cast of Lisaboa Houbrechts’ audacious play, “Bruegel”, for which he composed the music. Along with harpsichordist and organist Jérôme Bertier and the singers of the Harmonia Sacra choir, the Bruegel set has since played all over Europe. Mostafa and Jérôme Bertier’s literary and musical exchanges lead them
to create the Ârgha/Nun ensemble, whose common ground is a dialogue between Europe and Persia.

Milad Mohammadi, born in 1988 in Iran, is a tar player and multi-instrumentalist. He began his music studies at the age of 12 at the renowned Tehran Music School, from which he graduatedin 2005. He also holds a degree in Iranian music from the University of Music in Tehran. At the closing ceremony of the 8th Youth Festival in 2014 in Iran, the young musician won first place in the “Tar music” category. Starting in 2012, he recorded numerous albums: his first instrumental album, Shadow, was released in 2012, followed by The Metamorphosed in 2014. He collaborated with some of the greatest Iranian musicians, including Hoshyar Khayyam, with whom he released Music for Tar and Piano (a top-selling album in Iran, awarded the best instrumental fusion album in 2018),
Alireza Ghorbani for the album Blaze, and the legendary Homayoun Shajarian for the album Rag Khab. He also composed Taroud, a solo piece that introduced a new style of Iranian music. In addition to his extensive knowledge of classical and traditional Persian music, Milad Mohammadi constantly seeks to break free from stylistic and technical boundaries.

Rouzbeh Sayadii is a musician and composer with more than twelve years of dedicated training in the tar and setar under respected masters of Persian classical music. He specializes in improvisational performance grounded in the Persian radif tradition as well as contemporary composition. His experience includes solo performance, ensemble leadership, and the creation of original music for large-scale theatrical productions.
He is currently seeking professional representation to support the organization and performance of concert
tours across Europe and internationally. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in English Language and Literature. His formal studies in Persian classical music began in November 2012. In recent years, he has worked closely with
Mohammad Ali Najafpour (composition and theory, 2022–present) and Maysam Zahed (radif and advanced studies, 2024–present). His tar training has also been shaped by Alireza Khoshrouei and Pouria MohammadNejad in Gorgan, as well as Hadi Azarpira, Eisa Ghaffari, and Kiarash Rouzbehani in Tehran.
Earlier in his musical development, he studied setar with Kourosh Yaghmaei and also learned from Davood Khoshnoudi and Babak Khademloo. As a performer, Sayyad appeared at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, in November In February 2020, he performed with the YARAVA Modern Orchestra at the University
of Tehran’s Contemporary Music Concert. He has also led and performed in multiple concerts in Gorgan,
Iran, in 2019 and 2023.

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