Kitka & Mahsa Vahdat (Iran): Songs to the Beloved
Collaborative concerts exploring the many faces of love, expressed by powerful, resilient artists rooted in some of the world's most passionate women's vocal traditions.
February 17: Oakland
February 18: San Francisco
"Simply amazing harmonies... truly this is the most wonderful singing I have ever heard”
—David Crosby, CROSBY, STILLS & NASH
"Kitka moved easily from tradition to tradition, as comfortable with the shrieks and howls of joyful celebration as with the quietest meditation..."
— Joan Reinthaler, WASHINGTON POST
“…singing like the very fertility of the earth… the evening was transcendent.”
—Mark Alburger, 20th CENTURY MUSIC
Now celebrating its 38th season, Kitka continues to share the stunning dissonances, asymmetric rhythms,
intricate ornamentation, and resonant strength of traditional Eastern European women's vocal music with audiences
throughout America and around the world.
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Kitka is truly honored to have the opportunity to present two vocal workshops and intimate dialogues with the exquisite vocalist and cultural activist Mahsa Vahdat from Tehran, Iran.
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Kitka's newest Wintersongs program & CD to be released Fall of 2017: "Evening Star".
Preserve and celebrate the rich vocal traditions of Eastern Europe with the women of Kitka.
The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of six $50,000 grants to support the creation and production of new music by California composers.