Singer Alireza Qorbani returns to live shows in Germany and Switzerland
TEHERAN – Iranian singer Alireza Qorbani announced two concerts in Germany and Switzerland this month in what will be one of his few live performances since the COVID-19 pandemic.
His first concert will be performed on Saturday in the Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle Stuttgart Mozart-Saal in Stuttgart.
The Théâtre du Léman in Genève, Switzerland welcomes its fans on December 16.
“After a long time, we have the opportunity to resume our concert tours with ‘Sing with Me’ outside of Iran,” said Qorbani on Sunday in a post on his Instagram.
“As you know, we played part of the ‘Sing with Me’ concert tour in Tehran when the pandemic unfortunately hit Iran and the world; As a result, all artistic events have been postponed, ”he added.
“We had planned to do more performances of this type, but unfortunately these were canceled or postponed due to the uncertain conditions,” he said.
“Now we would like to take this opportunity to give you, the art lovers, a warm welcome on December 11th in Stuttgart and on December 16th in Geneva,” he said.
Qorbani will perform pieces from his latest album “Sing with Me” by Hessam Nasseri.
“The concert ‘Sing with Me’ includes the most beautiful, most prominent and audible songs by Alireza Qorbani, which you will no doubt remember”, said the organizers of the Stuttgart performance.
The announcement called Qorbani “a great artist who is deeply rooted in tradition, but also of an insatiable curiosity and a great openness to other cultures”.
Qorbani and Azerbaijani singer Alim Qasimov gave a concert together on September 30th during the 18th edition of the Konya International Mystic Music Festival at the Seljuk Congress Center of the Turkish city of Konya.
In early December 2020, Qorbani and Qasimov released a duet single entitled “Rababi” with a poem by Rumi.
The two singers sang in both Persian and Azerbaijani in the song composed by Hessam Nasseri.
He has participated in several international projects in Europe such as Le Rhythm De La Parole, SOUFFLES DU MONDE, Ivresses-le Sacre de Khayyam with the Tunisian singer Dorsaf Hamdani, concerts with the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, the Kamel Orchester Wien and the Vancouver Opera Orchestra.
Photo: A poster for the concerts of the Iranian singer Alireza Qorbani in Germany and Switzerland.
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