Kiya Tabassian, setar 
Charbel Rouhana, ud 
Neva Özgen, kemençe 
Didem Basar, kanun
Pasha Karami, tombak
David Mayoral, percussion

Kervan - Constantinople - Didem Basar

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Constantinople est un ensemble musical qui a choisi de faire du voyage son fondement – voyage géographique, historique, culturel, intérieur –, de s’abreuver à toutes les sources et de viser les horizons lointains. Empruntant son nom à l’ancienne cité phare éclairant l’Orient et l’Occident, l’ensemble a été imaginé comme un espace de rencontres et de métissages par son directeur artistique Kiya Tabassian et fondé en 1998 à Montréal.

Constantinople is a musical ensemble that chose the journey—geographical certainly, but also historical, cultural and inner—as its cornerstone. It draws inspiration from all sources and aims for distant horizons. Inspired by the ancient city illuminating the East and West, Constantinople was founded in 1998 in Montreal by its artistic director, Kiya Tabassian.

Pasha Karami (1979) is an Iranian Tombak player and hand drummer currently based in Sweden and is one of the best-known Tombak players of his generation. He was born in Shiraz, Iran and started playing the Tombak, the main percussion instrument of the Persian traditional music, when he was 13 under the supervision of the great Master ustad Navid Afghah. Pasha has been active on the Iranian traditional music scene, but he has always explored beyond the constraints of traditional music. He has played extensively as a Tombak player and hand drummer within various projects encompassing jazz, contemporary and world music. Living in the Netherlands, Belgium and Canada for over a decade, he entwined Iranian percussions with the contemporary repertoire.