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"Innovative fusion With Seductive Sounds" Smithsonian Institution

A Seamless Blend of Persian, flamenco, Latin, and jazz!

Electronic Press Kit on Sonicbids

released November 5, 2010! Press Release

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(CD Cover design by: Sean B Bahrami)

From Left: Denis Malloy, Roya Bahrami, Ricardo Marlow, Steve Bloom (Photo by: Hasan Sarbakhshian)

Discography
Past Events
Roya Ensemble
Interviews

Awarded 2012 Individual Artist Grant, DC Commission on Arts and Humantities, for creating "Cultural Dialogue Through Music"

October 2011, Roya at Cimbalom World Association Conference, Budapest, Hungary

June 2011 Roya Ensemble at the Washington Folk Festival

April 2011 Roya Ensemble at The Mansion at Stratmore, Bethesda, Maryland

Top 10 World chart of Candian Radio in Calgary

March 21, 2011 Live Performance on Voice of America Shabahang cultural program

Top 10 World chart of Canadian Radio CFBX (8 consecutive weeks)

Best Group Finalist 2011 International Acoustic Music Awards: "Very creative & artistic... This music group has a lot of potential!"

Billboard Discoveries : “Dreamy, ethereal, capitalizing on Roya's novel Persian-Flamenco sound. World music beautifully executed, opulently delivered"

Live Interview on Voice of America (Persian)

 

 

 

 

Recent Events

January 12-13, 2011 Budapest, Hungary, the Cimbalom World Association New Year Concerts, featuring Roya's latest fusion compositions on the iranian santur. Flier.

NEW: Review from Folk Festival Program Committee Persia Meets Flamenco: Sunday June 6, 2010, 5-5:45 PM at the Washington Folk Festival (flier). Our mission is to convey a message of unity through music. This performance is dedicated to the brave souls in Iran who are striving for human rights. Location: Glen Echo Park Puppet Theatre (directions).

Persia Meets Flamenco at the Human Rights Art Festival April 24, 2010 Flier

In Celebration of Iranian Women in the Arts, University of Maryland, March 7, 2010, 4:00 PM Flier

Concert at VA Tech Iranian Society Yalda Event, Dec 5, 2009, Bowman Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Understanding Multicultural Identity Through Artistic Expression Nov 12, 2009 Bell Multicultural High school, Sponsor: DC Commission on Arts & Humantities

Persia Meets Flamenco, Sept 20, 2009, World Heritage Festival, Sponsor: Interfaith Center for Peace & Justice

Concert at WFI's IRAN: Film | Music | Vigil July 31, 2009, Carnegie Institute, Washington, D.C.

Conference & Concerts on The Persian Santur, May 27-31, 2009 World Cimbalom Congress, Querétaro, Mexico.

The Persians, A Musical Journey for Children, April 28, 2009 Key Elementary School, Washington, D.C.

Persia Meets Flamenco April 20, 2009, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV

Persia Meets Flamenco, Jan19, 2009, President Obama's Inauguration, Freer Gallery, Washington, D.C. Flier

 

2007 Release

1999 Release

ROYA on Top-10 music charts :
CIUT, CHLY, CHRY, CFBX, KABF

From the Album ROYA: "Message" full length video :




 

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