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ZAN

Fleur Khani

music theatre

evocative

goosebumps

Fri 14 May 2027 -20.00

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Concertzaal (unnumbered)

introduction by Guillaume De Grieve	19.15
start	20.00
expected end time	21.45
vanaf 14 jaar

Standard €31.00

Réduction -35 a. €20.20

Réduction -26 a. €15.50

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A gripping musical theatre piece about liberation

Seven performers bring to life the fascinating story of Simurgh, the Persian phoenix. Interwoven with this myth are texts by Narges Mohammadi, the political activist and Nobel Prize winner who spent many years in an Iranian prison cell for her criticism of the regime. What appears as history is today’s reality, and what is real seems as though it were a dream. ZAN unfolds in a landscape of voices, synthesizers, sitar and electronics, drawing on spiritual traditions, mourning, trance, anger and tenderness.

performers

Fleur Khani: concept, libretto and artistic direction:
Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi: music composition
Negin Razzaghi, Andrea Cortés-Moreno: lead singers
Yasmine Cherkaoui, Zuzanna Sosnowska, Dorottya Gombos: performers
Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh: dramaturgy
Brecht Beuselinck: sound design
Stef Stessel: stage design
Luc Schaltin: light design
Farah El Bastani: costume and styling:
Luna Buttiens: assistant wardrobe

HERMESensemble, Christophe Pochet (violin), Mathilde Wouters (harp), Jeanne Maisonhaute (cello), Marc Tooten (viola), Peter Merckx (clarinet), Gwen Cresens (accordion), Shahab Azinmehr (tar and setar), Firoozeh Raeesdana (kamanche and voice): recording musicians

Paulien Deboutte: production management
Natalia Scolnik: production assistant

Produced by Khani Foundation with the support of Flanders State of the Arts, Belgian tax Shelter and SABAM
Coproducing partners: HERMESensemble, DE SINGEL, Push Festival, Vancouver New Music, Canada Arts Council, Concertgebouw Brugge, De Munt / La Monnaie

Act 3, Scene 1 of ZAN was created in collaboration with Suno.

Special thanks to: Veerle Vervoort, Bianca Van Roosbroeck, Gert Van Overloop