Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind experience!
Verdigris Ensemble performs SHAMS, a unique musical and visual collaboration with the Crow Museum of Asian Art.
This powerful performance incorporates 16 voices, a string quartet, pre-recorded sounds, visual projection, and staging.SHAMS boasts the most extensive collection worldwide of Rumi (13th-century Persian mystic) poetry set to music in its original Persian (Farsi) language.
A powerful performance three years in the making, featuring:
- Music by Sahba Aminikia
- Poetry from the original text, Divani Shams, by Iranian American author Zara Houshmand.
- Art by Kevork Mourad
- Performed by Verdigris Ensemble of 16 voices
- String Quartet by Dallas Symphony Orchestra
- Conceived and directed by Sam Brukhman
