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In partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute, Alwan for the Arts hosts a Jazztopad Festival Concert

Suggested donation: $25 General Admission l $10 Students and seniors

As one of the most important jazz festivals in Poland, the Jazztopad Festival also organizes satellite editions across the globe. The American edition of the Jazztopad Festival presents audiences an opportunity to discover leading artists from the Polish contemporary jazz scene and to hear music that has never been performed outside of Poland.

The concert will feature music from contem... Read more

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As part of the River to River Festival, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and New Amsterdam present:

Rivers of Sound's Debut Album,Not Two.

Open and free to the public

Album can pre-ordered here.

Composer, trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist Amir ElSaffar’s Rivers of Sound brings a large ensemble of 17 musicians from Western and Middle Eastern musical. Using resonance as its governing principle, Rivers of Sound... Read more

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Conversation with Artists from Asia

Free and Open to the Public

Doors Open at 6 P.M.

A wager: The future of cultural investment is in cartography. The global map is in flux, the pivotal and axiomatic points are being reconfigured —the ‘epistemological centers’ and grounding referents such as the Greenwich mean are shifting. In the present condition, the terms of scientific validation are inextricably linked to Western reasoning as a universal definition of what is and what should be. This is an entrenched paradigm, immobile and unrelenting in it... Read more

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In the final concert of the Orientations series, Alwan for the Arts presents a double bill performance by:

Sara Serpa Trio, a bold project combining the rigor of the written material with the improvisational vein and tremendous sound of its members.

Sara Serpa, vocals

Ingrid Laubrock, tenor, soprano saxophone

Erik Friedlander, cello

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Farzad Amoorzegar, performing melodies and music from North Indian, Iranian and Arab traditions on the setar. Listen/view Read more