Daughters of Persia is a new evening of music and words, created by British pianist Margaret Fingerhut and rising Iranian composer Farhad Poupel, at Kings Place on 26 January 2025 performed by Margaret Fingerhut (piano), Bradley Creswick (violin) and Guy Johnston (cello), and a narrator to be announced. [see my 2022 interview with Farhad Poupel].
The evening uses a script by screenwriter William Nicholson which weaves together the stories of incredible women from Iranian history and literature with music by a mix of composers from Iran and elsewhere, featuring a new commission from Farhad Poupel The Laughter of Gordafarid for narrator and piano, long with music by fellow Iranians Reza Vali, Aftab Darvishi and Golnoush Khaleghi (1941-2021), one of the first female conductors in Iran. There will also be much-loved music by Rimsky-Korsakov, Prokofiev, Ravel and Pablo Casals.
The concert aims to not only entertain but inspire, deepen understanding and knowledge. All proceeds from the show will help create scholarships for exceptional young women artists from Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. In partnership with British-Iranian Jaleh Esfahani Cultural Foundation, the Daughters of Persia Scholarship Fund will give these women living in the UK access to opportunities in the arts they might not otherwise be given.
Full details from the Kings Place website.
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