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Saturday
July 21st at 9PM
PLACE:
Inter-Media Art Center
370 New York Avenue, Huntington,
NY 11743
CONTACT: Kathie
Bodily [631] 549-9666
PHONE: [631]
549-ARTS
TICKETS: $30.00 General Public
/ $22.50 IMAC
Members
On
Saturday, July 21st at 9pm, the Inter-Media Art Center in
Huntington, Long Island will host an evening of world music
with STRUNZ & FARAH.
STRUNZ
& FARAH have been called �the planet�s most staggering
guitar duo� for their cross-cultural
repertoire of Latin, Arab, European, Afro-Cuban and American
styles. Bringing
the cultural riches of their native lands to their highly
virtuosic, rhythmic and improvisation-rich original
compositions, these �fieras de la guitarra�
(wild animals of the guitar) have profoundly influenced
guitarists everywhere, creating a new genre.
Worldbeat
� or perhaps Neuvo Flamenco � are the closest terms that
describe Strunz & Farah�s
music. Jorge
Strunz was born in Costa Rica but grew up travelling the world
with his diplomat
father and began performing professionally as a teen.
Ardeshir Farah was born in Iran,
the nephew of a violinist for the Tehran Philharmonic, where
he performed with many top Persian artists from the age of
twelve. The duo first began collaborating in 1980, after Farah
first saw Strunz performing with his group Caldera, a Latin
fusion band. Since then, they have recorded nine albums,
including their phenomenally successful Primal Magic and
Americas, which won BillBoard�s World Music Album of the
Year and a Grammy nomination, respectively.
Their latest release is Wild Muse � an exuberant
collection of 11 compositions spanning the breadth of their
experience. Their
back-up band features an international cast of players,
fleshing out a sound that has been called �an incendiary
blend of flamenco color and
driving Afro-Latin rhythms.�
Tickets for
this performance are $30.00 general public ($22.50 for IMAC
Members) and can be obtained by calling IMAC's 24-hour
Arts-Line at (631) 549-ARTS. Tickets can also be purchased
at the theater from noon to 6PM, Tuesdays to Fridays, and
after 2PM on the day of the show. For further information
on this or other IMAC programs, call IMAC's business
office at (631) 549-9666.
The Inter-Media Art Center, Inc. is a non-profit Media and
Performing Arts Center whose programs and services are
supported in part by grants from the New York State Council
on the Arts a state agency and the Suffolk County Office of
Cultural Affairs, as well as by the Members of IMAC.
IMAC also gratefully acknowledges contributions from Fleet
Bank, Korg USA and Olivia and Harlan Fischer.
Inter-Media
Art Center, Inc.
370 New York Avenue
Huntington, NY
11743-3316
Phone: (631)
549-9666
FAX: (631)
549-9423
Box Office: (631)
549-ARTS
e-mail: [email protected]
web-site: http://www.imactheater.org
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