The Lian Ensemble: Mystic Love and Personal Transformation

THE LIAN ENSEMBLE: MYSTIC LOVE AND PERSONAL TRANSFORMATIONSaturday, February 9, 2008, 7:30 p.m., Bovard Auditorium, University of Southern CaliforniaJoin us for an evening of concert and conversation featuring the world-renowned Lian Ensemble, a group of virtuoso performers and composers who fuse mystical Persian music with contemporary jazz. Together with USC scholars and mystic-poetry enthusiasts Elahe Nezami, Behrokh Khoshnevis and Mansour Rahimi, the performers will share the powerful message of mystical love as embodied in the poetry of thirteenth-century mystics. Scholars will discuss Sufism and the poetry and philosophy of Jalal al-Din Rumi. Used throughout time to protest oppression and exalt in the divine, the music and recitation of poetry exemplify the ways in which art and humanity are inextricably bound.Tickets: Admission is free. Tickets may be reserved in advance at www.usc.edu/visionsandvoices beginning January 17.Organized by Elahe Nezami (USC Keck School of Medicine), www.usc.edu/visionsandvoicesFor more information, please visit our website or contact us at visionsandvoices@usc.edu or (213) 740-6786.

Location: Bovard Auditorium

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Georgia Lum