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Welcome to the website of the UBC Persian Club
By admin | March 21, 2008
UBCPC is an independent/non-profit cultural, social, and academic organization with the goal of:
Promoting Persian related activities for students of UBC and community in general and helping foster friendship among different cultural groups and provide a source of UNION and SUPPORT for Persian community of UBC.
Please contact us by emailing ubcpersianclub@gmail.com
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UBC Persian Club Update
By admin | April 1, 2008
The UBC Persian Club would like to congratulate its futsal team who have managed to come second in the the UBC soccer tournament. Also just a reminder that the club elections will be held by April and we hope to see all of you there
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Shajarian: Live In Vancouver
By admin | March 25, 2008
UBC Persian Club in collaboration with the Caravan World Rhythms, and the Nava Art Centre PRESENT…
Master of Persian Classical Music
Mohammed Reza Shajarian
& the Ava Ensemble
May 4, 8:00 pm
Orpheum Theatre, (Smithe St. at Seymour) Vancouver
Tickets: $23 - $68 plus Service Charges & facility fees. Available at Ticketmaster.ca 604-280-4444
Students with ID recieve 10$ discount.
call: Bahman @7788588319
“Shajarian is a superstar, the Pavarotti of Persian classical music.”
Toronto Globe & Mail
Persia (modern day Iran) is home to one of the world’s great civilizations, and a unique culture with venerable traditions. One of the most dynamic Persian traditions is Musiqi-e assil, or Persian classical music, which has lately undergone an extraordinary artistic renaissance. In the last twenty years a new generation of artists has emerged to introduce new innovations and push the music forward, even as they preserve and pass on the ancient repertoire.
At the forefront of this movement are the musicians of the Ava Ensemble, and legendary singer Mohammad Reza Shajarian, and his son Homayoun, also an accomplished singer and musician. Shajarian is one of the most recognizable voices in Iran – sweet, soulful and dynamic. He began his recording career in the ‘60s at the age of eighteen and has been a leader of the Persian classical music renaissance that took hold after the 1979 revolution. He has toured with the Masters of Persian Music, which were nominated for a Grammy award in 2003..” In 2006, UNESCO awarded him with their highest tribute, the Mozart Medal.
The Musicians of the Ava Ensemble include Vancouver-based Barbat player (Persian lute) Hossein Behroozinia, as well as 4 other top international artists playing traditional Persian instruments: tar, setar (persian lutes), dombek & daf (persian hand percussion), and kemanche (spike fiddle).
“They were hailed with three standing ovations – one before they’d performed a note”
- Washington Post
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Movie Night: Persepolis
By admin | March 21, 2008
It is with great pleasure to inform you that the UBC Persian Club is presenting:
Persepolis, a Cannes Film Festival award winner by Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Parronaud
Winner of Freedom of Expression Award
National Board of Review
Nominee of Best Foreign Language film
Golden Globe
“Persepolis is the poignant story of a young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of precocious and outspoken nine year old Marjane that we see a people’s hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power - forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. Clever and fearless, she outsmarts the “social guardians” and discovers punk. Yet when her uncle is senselessly executed and as bombs fall around Tehran in the Iran/Iraq war, the daily fear that permeates life in Iran is palpable. …”
More information about the movie is available at www.persepolismovie.com.
What: “Persepolis” - UBC Persian Club Movie night
When: March 28th, 2008
Where: Norm Theater - UBC Student Union Building - 6138 SUB Boulevard.
Admission: 4$ General
2$ UBCPC & FilmSoc members
**Tickets are sold at the door and on the first come first serve basis
**UBCPC member must present membership card for discounted ticket.
Information:
Web: www.ubcpersianclub.com
e-mail: ubcpersianclub@gmail.com
Phone: (604) 727-9365 (after 7PM)
(778) 882-7720
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material including violent images, sexual references, language and brief drug content.
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