Автор: mevlana

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The sounds of musical rhythms and applauses at the concerts of IV International Festival of Oriental Music and Culture “RUMI FEST”, which were held in Riga from 29 September till 1 October, 2017, have faded away.

This year the Festival program featured performances of virtuosos from Iran – the group «TANEEN-O-TAN ENSEMBLE», singer, composer and Turkish folk music researcher Latif Bolat from Turkey, and Latvian singer, composer, writer and poet Igo, who won popularity as in Latvia, as far beyond its borders. Igo was accompanied by well-known Latvian musicians: Aivars Hermanis (acoustic guitar), Raimonds Macats (cello, keyboard), Juris Krisons (keyboard), Ainis Zavackis (percussion) and Marta Kalnina (percussion). On top of that, during the festival events its visitors could see Sema ceremony, an ancient ritual of whirling dervishes.

A special guest of RUMI FEST was the group Ahoora Band from Iran. Their performance, which took place on 30 September, was dedicated to the great Persian poet and mystic Rumi, who was born exactly on that day.  The group’s arrival became a real surprise and gift for those, who were in Konya in 2016 and visited their concerts.

Festival organization requires specific creative approach, labour, efforts and self-denial.  And we express our special gratitude to all organization agents, sponsors, participants and guests of the Festival, and certainly, to its main inspiration, to our Master.

We are waiting for you next year! We shall do our best to surprise you with an amazing program, to invite talented and distinctive musicians from East and West, introduce to you some new edges of the oceanic world of culture and creativity.

Gallery:

Day 1

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Day 2

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Day 3

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is for the first time in Latvia when from 27 October till 23 November, 2017, within the framework of the Festival «RUMI FEST» (18.08.2017 — 23.11.2017) at the Riga Congress Hall there was held the Exhibition Destegül “Modern classical Turkish Art”.

This exhibition was the touch of the pen finishing the program of the Festival this year.  Riga citizens and guests had an opportunity to get acquainted to unique works by Turkish masters. The presented works are bits of the finest art,   faultless and elegance of lines, magnificent ability of calligraphic pen and hand writing, and amazing colour schemes. Some of them feature the mix of artistic styles, where the used techniques (calligraphy, ebru, illumination, miniature) supplemented and accentuated each other.

Selection of the exhibited pieces of art at the Centre of Fine Arts Destegül “Contemporary Classical Turkish Art” was personally curated by an outstanding Turkish master of calligraphy Ali Kemal Kakan. Altogether the exhibition has about 70 works on display, which present all artistic disciplines at Destegül.

The Centre of Fine Arts “Destegül” was founded 20 years ago in Konya (Turkey) and runs different disciplines of oriental art – ornament, miniature, calligraphy, ebru, ceramics and its paintings, as well as organizes training for future artists and craftsmen.

It is very important that a young caligrapher learns exactly under a master’s guidance, and only a successful student can obtain a certificate from his teacher’s hands. Turks made a major contribution into development of Arabic script (письменности) and reached high artistic level,  by turning it into a strand of decorative fine arts.

That exhibition was peculiar also because its visitors had an opportunity to get acquainted with a rare calligraphic style Husni hatt (from Arabic Husn ak-hatt), and with an extraordinary kind of painting, Ebru, inherent in Turkey, yet gaining more and more popularity in Latvia.

The art of Husni Hatt, or the Beauty of writing, spellbinds with its elegance and fineness of lines. This is a rare mastership and true hack. Not every man can master this art. To learning writing of at least one symbol it should be written again and again during several years, until a calligrapher can write it with his eyes closed and with jewelry accuracy.

The art of Ebru, ancient oriental style of painting – is the art of paiting on water, or paper marbling. It is an inimitable dance, performed by paints on water, by the wave of smooth artist’s hand, creating charming and unique ornaments.[/vc_column_text][us_gallery ids=»747,804,807,815,777,783,750,753,756,759,762,765,768,771,774,780,786,789,792,795,801″ layout=»masonry» columns=»6″ indents=»1″][vc_column_text]Photo © Jānis Gulbis[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On 23 September, 2017, on the brink of the IV International Festival of Oriental Music and Art “RUMI FEST” we had held the concert of Persian and Kurdish Music “the Path of White clouds”, which featured performance of the group of Iranian musicians led by Mohammad Rassouli.

Mohammad Rassouli is one of the best Ney players in the world, and in Riga, also at our venue, he has performed many a time and oft. That time, in the framework of the European tour, he brought to Riga his friends and members of the group: Mohammad Zolnouri (Tanbur, Tar, Setar, voice) and Hamidreza Ojani (Daf, Dokhole, voice), who sang for us in Kurdish Sorani. Whereas the magic Ney in Mohammad Rassouli’s hands took the audience to the world of Persian Sufi music. Each other’s complements, the musicians gave their listeners a special art-night as a gift, filled with love, joy of life and beauty.[/vc_column_text][us_gallery ids=»671,674,677,680,683,695,686,689,692,698,701,704,707,710,713,716,719,722,725,728,731″ layout=»masonry» columns=»3″ indents=»1″][vc_column_text]Photo © Ivan Varshavsky & Jānis Gulbis[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=»https://youtu.be/HyOUI0x1H3k» video_title=»1″][vc_empty_space height=»23px»][vc_column_text]On Sunday, 20 August, highly respected Ebru master Mustafa Inan from Konya gave a master class, which could be attended by all wishing and interested in this ancient art of painting on water. Many people came to learn or just to have a look at the very paintings created on water. Turns out that Ebru art knows no age. With great pleasure and enthusiasm, the master showed numerous interesting techniques of painting on water. The process of preparation as such seemed to be alchemistry – prior to the start the master had been preparing water and paints with the same inspiration and accuracy as a musician tunes his instrument before he plays every piece of music. Master workshop attendees had an opportunity to work individually and under the care and guidance of the master himself. All ebru paints, brushes, water painting tools, ebru water, ebru tubs, and paper were brought from Turkey and are authentic.

According to the feedback from different participants three hours get away from them, that much fascinating it was to practice at the master workshop. Moreover, all the process was accompanied by tender oriental melodies, and even by a touching ney tune, played by another guest from Turkey, the master of calligraphy Nurullah Ozdema, which still greater were deepening everyone into the atmosphere of beauty, creativity and East. While tea and oriental sweets were giving strength to the toilers of brush and paint.[/vc_column_text][us_gallery ids=»553,580,556,559,562,565,568,571,574,577″ layout=»masonry» columns=»3″ indents=»1″][vc_column_text]Photo © Jānis Gulbis[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]