Soorbâng

for Four Hands Piano, and Two Percussions

2022

Chamber

Dedicated to

Primo Ish-Hurwitz

Commissioned by

Duration

Toonzetters Project

3':00"

Instrumentation

Premiered by

Percussion, Piano

Ramon van Engelenhoven, Shane van Neerden, Agostinho Sequeira, Arjan Jongsma, Toonzetters Ensemble

Lyrics by

Soorbâng has been composed for the Toonzetters project.

Toonzetters is a multidisciplinary project in collaboration with twenty Dutch composers, musicians, and a filmmaker. Each composer composed a new music piece for any combination of piano, percussion, and electronics. "Filmmaker Bowie Verschuuren, director Jos van Kan, pianists Ramon van Engelenhoven and Shane van Neerden, and percussionists Agostinho Sequeira and Arjan Jongsma turn the concert into a very special kaleidoscopic experience." The result is a mesmerizing concert experience full of new sounds, new aesthetics, and diverse music in combination with multimedia artworks.

Soorbâng was composed inspired by the folk dances called Choub Bazi (Stick Play) from Torbat-e Jâm, a city in the eastern province of Iran, Khorasan.

Soorbâng has been recorded on Toonzetters album.