A conversation with Farid Omran, kamal PortorAb, Nezhat Amiri and Hoshang Zarifi about mezrabi archestra performance.

Iran mezrabi orchestra composed of 70 young players, with hosein dehlavi responsibility and nazhat amiri leadership in 24 and 25 of shahrivar 1384 has a performance in vahdat.

After orchestra performance we went to some musical experts who observe this performance directly in order to ask their idea about this performance, and also have a conversation with orchestra leader to know about this work and the ongoing plans of this orchestra.

Our first conversation was with mr. Farid Omran who kindly took his class time to welcome us, mr. omran with hello and respect , please tell us your idea about iran mezrabi orchestra performance

If hafez thought in this way about 700 years ago, what do you think a bout my thought with living in this age?

I have thought forever that every new musical job with no new idea is just a repetition of last words. At one case repelition is a good idea and it is a just for teaching and it is very useful job for new generation to know about their previous generation job. Supposedly, mezrabi archstra with a series of effects nearly around 15 years ago has had aperformance on stage and after that there was no performance until a new one. It would be so useful for new generation who came to musical field at this moment. It is a way to convince mazart works repetition in the world, his works don’t belong to our era but its training dimension informs those who hear today music and want to know about music past and future. So repetition of previous jobs reasons are just its training dimension and nothing else, please you, as a reporter and one of mezrabi orchestra player, tell us what are the new dimensions of this performance?

There was not a new dimension. There was not this kind of multi – sound music in iran before this , and mr. dehlavi has done this for the first time in iran. These parts performed around 12 – 13 years ago with his leadership and that moment it was a new job.

I am so glad to hear your honest response. It was a new job because ms. Amiri leads this orchestra and she was one of my student and one of my active parts of class too and leads this orchestra with great knowledge. It was a new job and I don’t think it happened or will happen in iran.

We require women shine in art more and have a great role; and also their social status improves in the world because women are not first class citizens yet in many countries. I even say about Islamic countries that women there have no right to take part in election and even driving too. Women have a lot of limitation and poverty in the world and they are not as same as men, but a lot of these problems solved and they can have different activity.

A woman presence on vahdat stage was a great event for me. Ms. Amiri is an active woman, and because of this I am so happy. It was the biggest advantage of this program and a new innovation; also a cue for us to know something new will happen. I am so hopeful that half of my music class composed of girls. In mezrabi orchestra, all parts were old and made by mr. dehlavi. I heard the works, some parts are new and some parts are just repetition, and in future by time we will delete this disadvantage. We require new ideas and new musical players. It would be so sorrowful with a lot of facilities, budget , 70 players, a saloon with a lot of audiences during two nights and many eager people who want a new and alive job to repeat just some old performances. We shouldn’t misuse these people need and respect their choice. It is not true to wake new just our old performances and tell them it is a very modern performance.

Thank you for your time allocated to us.

A conversation with Hooshang Zarif.

With hello and respect, please tell us your idea about iran mezrabi orchestra performance?

Well, this orchestra has formed several years ago and performed some program; and now after several years and deletion formed again, its players are younger and its leadership is by a young lady and hopefully to continue.

What is your idea about orchestra parts and how is the quality?

Orchestra parts that are mostly made by mr.dehlavi have high- qulity and performed recently.

How can we provide more material for this orchestra?

New parts should be used from new players that needs great effort.

And finally?

This job needs country art responsible and it would be their honor that this archestra works with this situation; give it a good sabon for practice in order to be  alive and give enough budget and facilities to improve too

A corversation with Mostafa Kamal Pour torab.

Thanks for your time, please tell us your idea about iran mezrabi orchetra performance? It was a good orchestra specially its female leader, and it had great performance during these two nights. As a malter of fact, it is very hard to gather this orchestra and need great trying, it would be sorrowful to delete one day.

Please tell us your idea about the performed parts by this orchstra?

It is a very nice job to pertom Iranian music by oranian musical instrument with multi – sound, and also created by mr dehlavi and a very good regulation.

What is your idea the orchestra rhythm generally?

The interesting part was the harmony among 70 instrument and their rhythm, and the problems just refer to instrument not player. Even if Iranian musical instruments are not designed for this work, it has a very good sound generally.

We went to ms. Amiri for more information about orchestra new practices and same subjects that are very nice to say and their new performance.

Ms. Amiri! When did iran mezrabi orchestra restart their practices exactly?

By 29 aban 1384, we started our practice and continued it regularly.

What is the reason of stop in practice after concert performance till aban 29?

The main reason was the lack of practice place. We lost our practice place suddenly after concert, we satisfied for just a place for practice and put our all energy to take a place for practice from responsibles, and at the first time I mean aban 29 started our practice again. Hopefully, continue our job.

There are same problems as before and nothing new happened. The only thing that we can do is just to do our duty with this little facilities.

Is there enough part for orchestra?

We called various professors for reguired parts such as keivan saket who gave me alinaghi vaziri effects and others, of course all of given effects should be regulated again for performing by mezrabi orchestra; and it takes a long time who makes you next performance parts? Will you play again your last parts? If our performance happens recently, we wont have enough time for new parts, but probably we well perform mr. vaziri parts in our secand till other professors work prepared. We may allocate our performance to old and new professors.

We will add some mezrabi instruments to orchestra in second series, and perhaps use some Iranian drums instrument.

Wont you update orchestra musical language?

Surely, iran mezrabi orchestra moves purposefully, we are so interested to perform iran new music and it is not so good for us to repeat last performances; however, we can do this job now really, because of lack of facilities, spiritual and financial facilities so we should delay it to future and requires government long- run support.