Nederlander Concerts

Mark Knopfler’s new recording 'Get Lucky' is the sixth solo studio album from the legendary musician and follows 2007’s highly successful 'Kill To Get Crimson'. In support of the release, Knopfler will embark on a U.S. tour in spring 2010, including a show in Los Angeles at the Pantages Theatre on April 16. As a specia...l bonus, a free copy of 'Get Lucky' will be offered to fans for every pair of concert tickets purchased from Ticketmaster.com.Read More

The Nazeri Music Foundation debuts the world premiere of the "Rumi Symphony Project: Cycle One" this fall. In Los Angeles, the performance entitled "Rite of Fall: Mehregan" will be presented by Nederlander Concerts and Rum & Humble with assistance from the Asia Society at the Pantages Theatre on Saturday, October 3 at ...7:30 PM.

The works to be performed are composed by 29-year-old Hafez Nazeri, Iran’s most influential young composer and mark a new chapter in integrating Middle Eastern and Western traditions through the music of both cultures. Nazeri describes the concept and philosophy behind this opus as “a musical discourse to promote world peace.”

"At a time when all that we hear about Iran is filtered through headlines of intolerance, chaos and violence, it is important to portray a 7,000 year cultural history with its deeply poetic and artistic mystical traditions,” explains Hafez Nazeri.

Together with his internationally acclaimed father, Shahram Nazeri – dubbed the "Iranian Pavarotti" and the first to set Rumi’s poetry to music over 40 years ago - the Nazeri's will continue their legacy of expanding the definition of Persian music with the "Rumi Symphony Orchestra: Cycle One."
Musicians joining Shahram Nazeri (vocals) and Hafez Nazeri (“Hafez” setar/vocals/composition) are: Artists of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Paul Neubauer, viola; Ida Kavafian, viola and Fred Sherry, cello; in addition to Matt Haimovitz, cello; Tim Cobb, double bass; Hussein Zahawy, percussion and Salar Nader, percussion.

Nazeri's music captures and preserves the essence and elemental structures of Persian music, while embracing new ideas developed out of Western Classical music such as orchestration, harmony, rhythmic patterns and melodic forms. The music's broad accessibility opens the cultural dialogue to new listeners worldwide, and matches the transcendent tone of Rumi’s Sufi poetry, transposed into the context of a new age.

Not only is Hafez Nazeri the composer of the work but he will also sing and play the new instrument he has created based on the traditional setar. The instrument is named “Hafez,” referring to the composer and his namesake, the great 13th century mystic poet. The “Hafez” extends the range of the setar by incorporating two additional low strings to craft greater melodic and harmonic range – making it the first new Iranian instrument developed in modern times.Read More

Three Girls and Their Buddy featuring Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin and Buddy Miller will be coming to the Greek Theatre on June 24.

The performance of Three Girls and Their Buddy will be a powerful evening of melodies and harmonies by these four accomplished singer-songwriters. The group is certain to pre...sent originals from their latest albums: Harris’ All I Intended to Be, Griffin’s Children Running Through, Colvin’s These Four Walls and Miller’s recent offering with his wife, Judy; Written in Chalk mixed with rock, country and folk covers. All performers will share the stage and take turns singing while the others back up on vocals, guitar or hand percussion.

Harris, Griffin, Colvin and Miller have variously played in one another's bands, sang each other's songs, guest appeared on or produced each other's albums or all of the above. This broad interaction with one another will be evident in their undeniable chemistry on stage.

Don’t miss these four venerable all-stars of Americana when 3 Girls and Their Buddy perform at the Greek Theatre on June 24!Read More