NOMAD (release date: January 5th 2024)
Travel, who doesn’t love it? But we also like to come home again. Nomads are at home everywhere. Or nowhere. The romance of the traveler, the wanderer, the seeker is universal.
Lilian Farahani and her pianist Maurice Lammerts van Bueren take you on a musical journey through time and space with songs by Ravel, Dvořak, Vali, Weill, Piazzolla and Ramirez. An exotic nomadic journey full of mystery and passion.
Debut CD: WOMAN - The making of..
‘Woman – the making of…’ is a unique fusion of art forms, made by contemporary creators and performers, on the timeless theme of ‘the woman’ from a modern perspective.
Soprano Lilian Farahani and pianist Maurice Lammerts van Bueren combine their love for the music of American composer Jake Heggie (1961), with their passion for photography. To interpret Heggie’s compositions ‘Eve-Song’ and ‘At the Statue of Venus’ in both an auditory and visual way, the album was released with a corresponding photo booklet.
Gioachino Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
Orkest van de Achttiende Eeuw
La Cetra Vokalensemble Basel
Giancarlo Andretta dirigent
Federico Sepúlveda koordirigent
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya mezzosopraan (Isabella)
Alasdair Kent tenor (Lindoro)
Ricardo Seguel bas-bariton (Mustafà)
Pablo Ruiz bariton (Taddeo)
Lilian Farahani sopraan (Elvira)
José Coca Loza bas (Haly)
Esther Kuiper mezzosopraan (Zulma)
Reviews
- OpusKlassiek: ‘Lilian Farahani, een vocaal reuzentalent. […] Een wel heel bijzondere indruk maken de negen Perzische volksliedjes van de hand van Reza Vali.’ (April 2024)
- de Volkskrant: ‘De Nederlands-Iraanse sopraan Lilian Farahani zingt met zinderend verlangen over de romantiek van de reis’
(26 January 2024) **** - Trouw: ‘Meest bijzonder zijn de geweldige Nine Persian Folk Songs van Reza Vali, waarin Farahani haar roots virtuoos uitzingt.’ (23 January 2024)
- OperaWire: ‘Farahani is a most intelligent artist, sensitive to every nuance in both the score and the libretto.’ (June 2023)
- Opera News: ‘Lilian Farahani: WOMAN, the making of…’ (April 2020)
- NRC Handelsblad (26 June 2019) ****