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The Hamdel Ensemble, led by Seyed Ali Jaberi, is an acclaimed contemporary Persian Sufi music ensemble featuring professional musicians and scholars of Persian Sufi traditions who have performed worldwide.

The Sufi ethic is core to the music of the Hamdel Ensemble. By way of a physical extension to the music they will be joined by a traditional ‘whirling’ Semazan dancer, to bring a visual image of devotional transcendence to the stage.

This mesmerising performance of Persian Sufi music will be inspired by the works of Sufi poets like Rumi, Hafaz, Bulleh Shah and Khwaja Ghulam Farid. Whilst adapting many traditional tunes Seyed Ali Jaberi composes many of his own in this tradition.

Jaberi is an award-winning master of his art and few have made the sound of the tanbour, a sacred instrument among the Persian-speaking world and a powerful and sonorous cultural icon, as beautifully accessible as Seyed Ali Jaberi.

Presented in partnership with Talking Gigs.

This event will be live-streamed from the University of Sheffield's Drama Studio.

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