Tamburi Mundi Festival 20.04.2025 - Sound of the Earth (Arezoo Rezvani & Liron Meyuhas)

Arezoo Rezvani: Santur (persian string instrument), Daf, Vocals
Liron Meyuhas: Handpan, Frame Drum, Percussion, Vocals

Two musicians go their own way...

“Our story began in the summer of 2019 ... at the Tamburi Mundi Festival. We were both invited to teach our traditional music and perform on stage. It's a “typical” Tamburi Mundi story, because we met without knowing each other beforehand: We played together and immediately felt a deep connection, both musically and personally.”

They have remained in contact over the years and last year, out of a strong inner impulse, they decided to pick up the musical threads again and weave a joint program: Sound of the Earth, traditional Persian music meets music from the Mediterranean region.

Arezoo Rezvani comes from Isfahan (Iran) and discovered the Persian string instrument santur as a young woman. She won prizes, played in the “Scheyda” orchestra under the direction of Iranian master musician Mohammadreza Lotfi and conducted the women's orchestra in Isfahan. She left Iran in 2016 so that she could perform in public.
Rezvani is no stranger to Freiburg. Her expressive santoor playing is moving, she uses wooden mallets to elicit flowing melodies and percussive patterns from her instrument and finds her audience for her painfully beautiful, highly professional string playing.

Liron Meyuhas comes from Jaffa, Israel, and studied rhythm in West Africa, Jazz in Italy, music education in Tel Aviv and Arabic drumming in Egypt. Meyuhas has been performing her music projects for many years and collaborates with various musicians from the USA, Lebanon, Europe and Israel.

She composes music for dance performances and teaches percussion and handpan workshops worldwide. In her current musical projects, Meyuhas is committed to peace in the Middle East with a message of humanity and spirituality.

The duo program of the two musicians is a matter close to their hearts: a lively exchange of stories, rhythm, sound and culture. They present their own compositions and traditional pieces and find many things in common.

Their project includes traditional Persian music, played with the Persian instruments santur and daf, as well as an original Hebrew composition, played with handpan and world percussion. They also include their own arrangements and compositions and the musicians' voices can be heard singing in Hebrew, Persian and English.

We are delighted about the premiere at this year's Tamburi Mundi Festival!