Rhythm and Percussion Workshop with Bijan Chemirani – Salento Jazz
Workshop sul ritmo e le percussioni con Bijan Chemirani – Salento Jazz
- 7 – 10 November 2026
- Cento55 / MAITO – Museo Archeoindustriale di Terra d'Otranto, Maglie (LE)
Description
Automatically translated from Italian.
An intensive workshop dedicated to rhythm and percussion with virtuoso Franco-Iranian Bijan Chemirani, who will teach Persian and Mediterranean traditions using the zarb and tombak instruments. Over four days, a maximum of twelve musicians will explore together pulsation, rhythmic cycles, improvisation, and collective creation at the urban Masseria Cento55 in Maglie. The workshop culminates on Tuesday, November 10th with a public presentation at MAITO, the Archaeological Industrial Museum of Terra d’Otranto, where the audience can hear the results of the journey.
Original text in Italian
Un workshop intensivo dedicato al ritmo e alle percussioni con il virtuoso franco-iraniano Bijan Chemirani, che insegnerà le tradizioni persiane e mediterranee attraverso gli strumenti zarb e tombak. Per quattro giorni, un massimo di dodici musicisti esploreranno insieme la pulsazione, i cicli ritmici, l'improvvisazione e la creazione collettiva presso la Masseria urbana Cento55 di Maglie. Il laboratorio culmina martedì 10 novembre con una restituzione pubblica al MAITO, il Museo Archeoindustriale di Terra d'Otranto, dove il pubblico potrà ascoltare i risultati del percorso.
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