PORTAL overstep with curiosity…
© Nicolas Morisson
Two musicians. One from the East. One from the West. Lots of strings. Very many strings. And a voice. Melancholy. Indefinable longings. Nostalgia. Inspiration. Unity. Tears. Silence. Melodies that make you dream, cry and ponder. Rhythms like distant horizons, rousing forces and soothing currents.
Sofie and Shahab meet at the threshold where two worlds come together. In their luggage they carry Persian poetry, haunting Renaissance melodies, ancient radif and conjuring Baroque ostinati. Improvisations, early music, own arrangements and new compositions reach out to each other and unveil a pure musical beauty.
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don't go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don't go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth
across the doorsill where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don't go back to sleep.
Rumi
