The Candle And The Moth - Musik

Sussan Deyhim Is An Iranian Singer Composer And Dancer.
Born In Tehran Her Career Began As A Dancer With Iran's Pars National Ballet Company. Since 1980 She Has Lived In The United States Where She Has Collaborated With Many Musicians Including Arto Lindsay And Richard Horowitz.
Sussan Deyhim Is A Composer Vocalist And Performance Artist Who Has Been At The Forefront Of Experimental Music Internationally For Over Two Decades. Deyhim's Music Combines Extended Vocal Techniques Digital Processing And The Ancient Mysticism Of Middle Eastern Music To Create A Deeply Moving Fusion Of East And West.
Born In Tehran Sussan Deyhim Began Her Career Dancing With Iran's Pars National Ballet Company Performing Weekly On Iranian National Television And Then With Maurice Bjart's Ballet Of The 20th Century. She Moved To New York City In 1980 Embarking On A Multifaceted Career Encompassing Music Theater Dance And Media And Wide-Ranging Collaborations With Leading Artists From Across The Spectrum Of Contemporary Art.
Deyhim Has Performed And Recorded Widely As A Solo Artist. Her One-Woman Show Vocodeliks Commissioned By The Whitney Museum Of Art Led Billboard Magazine To Describe Deyhim As "an Overpowering Presence... Whose Wordless Incantations Are Amplified In Harmonized Layers And Recycled Into Sampled Loops Beckoning You Into This Virtual Desert Ritual" While The New York Times Said That Her "thrilling Music...Sounds In The Ear Long After You've Left The Show." Deyhim's Solo Recordings Include Madman Of God Divine Love Songs Of The Persian Sufi Masters Shy Angels With Bill Laswell For The Visionary Label Crammed Discs And Turbulent. Other Recordings Include Majoun For Sony Classical And Desert Equations Released On Crammed Discs Both With The Composer Richard Horowitz A Frequent Collaborator. With Composer And Director Heiner Goebbels Deyhim Recorded Shadows For ECM Based On Writings Of Edgar Allan Poe And Heiner Mueller And Composed And Performed Music For Deepak Chopra's A Gift Of Love With Narration By Martin Sheen Madonna Goldie Hawn And Debra Winger. She Was Also A Featured Soloist On Hal Wilner's Tribute To Kurt Weill Lost In The Stars.
Deyhim's Numerous Collaborations With The Renowned Visual Artist/filmmaker Shirin Neshat Have Received Critical Acclaim Including The Video Turbulent Which Won The Golden Lion At The Venice Biennial. Their Multimedia Performance Logic Of The Birds Was Based On Farid Ud-Din Attar's Mystical Book Of Poetry Written In The 12th Century Produced By The Lincoln Center Summer Festival The Walker Art Center The Kitchen And Artangel Logic Toured Internationally.
Deyhim's Previous Work In The Theater Includes Directing Co-Composing Choreographing And Performing A Series Of Collaborations With Horowitz Including AZAX/ATTRA Desert Equations A One-Woman Multimedia Performance Piece Produced By La Mama In New York City Which Toured Internationally Including Ars Electronica In Austria Morocco Paris Berlin And Hong Kong The Ghost Of Ibn Sabbah Presented By The Brooklyn Academy Of Music/New Music America Central Park's Summerstage And NYC's Town Hall And X-Isle/Isle-X Commissioned By The Hong Kong Cotemporary Dance Company Which Subsequently Toured In Japan And Indonesia . As A Performer Deyhim Has Appeared In Many International Theater Productions Including Works By Elizabeth Swados Jean Claude Van Italie And Lindsay Kemp.
Deyhim Has Appeared On Numerous Film Soundtracks Including The Last Temptation Of Christ Directed By Martin Scorsese With Music By Peter Gabriel Any Given Sunday Directed By Oliver Stone Soundtrack By Richard Horowitz Unfaithful Directed By Adrian Lyne With Music By Jan Kaczmarek And Sleeper Cell Golden Globe-Winning Showtime Series With Music By Paul Haslinger. Recent Collaborations Include The Kite Runner With Music By Albert Iglesias The Stoning Of Soraya M. With Music By John Debney And The Rise Of The Argonauts With Music By Tyler Bates. Her Recent Score For The Czech Film Tubruk In Collaboration With Richard Horowitz Won Them A Golden Lion The Czech Equivalent Of The Academy Award For 2008's Best Score. She Has Collaborated With Many Figures In Contemporary Music Including Branford Marsalis Jerry Garcia Jaron Lanier Christian Marclay Elliott Sharp Arto Lindsay Loren Rush And Winston Tong. She Has Also Toured Internationally With Bill Laswell Bobby McFerrin Ornette Coleman Jah Wobble Will Calhoun Doug Wimbish And Adrian Sherwood Among Others. Citation Needed Deyhim Has Been A Frequent Participent At Humanitarian Events And Benefits Including A Performance At The Gathering Of The Spiritual Leaders Of The World At The UN General Assembly In 2001 The First Gathering Of Female Spiritual Leaders In Geneva At The United Nations A 2004 Performance For Nobel Peace Prize Winner Shirin Ebadi's Award Ceremony Organized By Interfaith Center The Royal Hope Gala Royal Albert Hall London With Placido Domingo The Royal Ballet And Others For Medical Aid To Iraqi Children And "Witness" A Human Rights Benefit Sponsored By Peter Gabriel. read less