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CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED AND COMPOSED BY SUSSAN DEYHIM AND RICHARD HOROWITZ
PRODUCED BY ELLEN STEWART
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ALBUMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE
Thank you for your great enthusiasm and support of Sussan's label
"Venus Rising Records". For those of you who have been waiting to
purchase Sussan's recent releases on "VRR", they are now available on
www.sussandeyhim.com.
RECENT AND UP COMING HI LIGHTS!
FILM
The Stoning of Soraya M.
Sussan Collaborated with composer John Debney (Sin City , The Mummy,
Swing Vote) on his score for the feature film "The Stoning of Soraya
M". Starring Shohre Aghdashloo (Oscar nomination for the House of Fog
and Sand) among other great cast of performers.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1277737/
Open Wound
Written and to be directed by Vald Lazar, a fellow from the Sundance
Lab Institute, is a humanitarian short film of unique scope. The film,
which concerns itself with women raped in wartime and the
psychological aftermath for them, has already received the support of
the United Nations High Commission of Refugees and will be shot
entirely on location in Beirut, Lebanon, this winter.
With Sussan Deyhim ("Kite Runner", "Last Temptation of Christ,"
"Unfaithful," "Any Given Sunday") composing the film's soundscape and
award-winning Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass ("The Visitor", "Syrian
Bride," "Munich") as its lead, it will undoubtedly offer a journey
like no other to audiences on the festival circuit, as well as in
humanitarian events and benefits. Supporters of the projects include
directors Spike Jonze and Nicolai Fulgisg.
Sussan continues her ongoing collaboration with visionary activist,
playwright Eve Ensler (The Vagina Monologues) on Eve's great upcoming
project. Details to be announced in the very soon future.
Visual Arts
Sussan is in production, composing a music and sound design
installation in conjunction with an amazing installation by visual
artist Lita Albuquerque.
Lita Albuquerque is the recipient of the esteemed National Science
Foundation Artists and Writers Program Grant, alongside famed film
director Werner Herzog with his project "Encounters at the End of the
World." With an international team of five she installed "Stellar
Axis: Antarctica," the first and largest environmental artwork created
on the continent, consisting of 99 ultramarine blue spheres aligned to
the stars above. The blue against the white snow revealed a reverse
sky on the ice. Documentation of the extraordinary experience will be
transformed into the experience of being there through a multimedia
installation of sight and sound.
Forbidden Echoes, Sussan Deyhim's ffirst audio visual installation is
in development. Sussan Hopes to present the project in the 2009
season. (More details soon)
Video Game
0. Sussan collaborated with composer Tyler Bates ( Halloween, 300,
Californication) on his score for The Rise of the Argonauts.
Venus Rising Records upcoming releases,
Sussan and Richard Horowitz are in production for a new duo album.
Their first, since their acclaimed Sony Classical release "Majoun".
VRR will also be releasing Sussan's solo vocal project "Vocodeliks"
among others this season.
Concerts
Venue: Half Note
Athens, Greece
Date: Dec 5-11
Sussan collaborates with Savina Yiannatou (ECM)
In their first collaboration, Sussan and Savina will explore new
improvisational possibilities with Middle Eastern and European melodic
traditions.
Sussan Deyhim is a composer, vocalist and performance artist who has been at the forefront of experimental music internationally for over two decades. Deyhim's music combines extended vocal techniques, digital processing, and the ancient mysticism of Middle Eastern music to create a deeply moving fusion of East and West.
Born in Tehran, Sussan Deyhim began her career dancing with Iran's Pars National Ballet company (performing weekly on Iranian national television), and then with Maurice Bjart's Ballet of the 20th Century. She moved to New York City in 1980, embarking on a multifaceted career encompassing music, theater, dance and media, and wide-ranging collaborations with leading artists from across the spectrum of contemporary art.
Deyhim has performed and recorded widely as a solo artist. Her one-woman show Vocodeliks, commissioned by the Whitney Museum of Art, led Billboard Magazine to describe Deyhim as "an overpowering presence...[whose] wordless incantations are amplified in harmonized layers and recycled into sampled loops, beckoning you into this virtual desert ritual" while the New York Times said that her "thrilling music...sounds in the ear long after you've left the show." Deyhim's solo recordings include Madman of God: Divine Love Songs of the Persian Sufi Masters, Shy Angels (with Bill Laswell) for the visionary label Crammed Discs and Turbulent. Other recordings include Majoun (for Sony Classical) and Desert Equations (released on Crammed Discs), both with the composer Richard Horowitz, a frequent collaborator. With composer and director Heiner Goebbels, Deyhim recorded Shadows (for ECM), based on writings of Edgar Allan Poe and Heiner Mueller, and composed and performed music for Deepak Chopra's A Gift of Love, with narration by Martin Sheen, Madonna, Goldie Hawn, and Debra Winger. She was also a featured soloist on Hal Wilner's tribute to Kurt Weill, Lost in the Stars.
Deyhim's numerous collaborations with the renowned visual artist/filmmaker Shirin Neshat have received critical acclaim, including the video Turbulent, which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennial. Their multimedia performance Logic of the Birds was based on Farid ud-Din Attar's mystical book of poetry written in the 12th Century; produced by the Lincoln Center Summer Festival, the Walker Art Center, the Kitchen, and Artangel, Logic toured internationally.
Deyhim's previous work in the theater includes directing, co-composing, choreographing and performing a series of collaborations with Horowitz including: AZAX/ATTRA: Desert Equations (a one-woman multimedia performance piece produced by La Mama in New York City which toured internationally including Ars Electronica in Austria, Morocco, Paris, Berlin and Hong Kong)(; The Ghost of Ibn Sabbah (presented by the Brooklyn Academy of Music/New Music America, Central Park's Summerstage, and NYC's Town Hall); and X-Isle/Isle-X, commissioned by the Hong Kong Cotemporary Dance Company (which subsequently toured in Japan and Indonesia). As a performer, Deyhim has appeared in many international theater productions, including works by Elizabeth Swados, Jean Claude Van Italie, and Lindsay Kemp.
Deyhim has appeared on numerous film soundtracks including The Last Temptation of Christ, directed by Martin Scorsese, with music by Peter Gabriel), Any Given Sunday, (directed by Oliver Stone; soundtrack by Richard Horowitz) Unfaithful (directed by Adrian Lyne, with music by Jan Kaczmarek), and Sleeper Cell, Golden Globe winning Showtime series with music by Paul Haslinger. Her recent collaborations include “The Stoning of Soraya M.” with music by John Debney and “The Rise of the Argonauts” with music by Tyler Bates.
Deyhim has collaborated with many of the most important figures in contemporary music, including Micky Hart, Branford Marsalis, Jerry Garcia, Jaron Lanier, Christian Marclay, Elliot Sharp, Arto Lindsay, Jan Mattox, Loren Rush and Winston Tong. She has also toured internationally with Bill Laswell, Bobby McFerrin, Ornette Coleman, Jah Wobble, Will Calhoun, Doug Wimbish, Adrian Sherwood, Keith Le Blanc and Skip McDonnald.
Deyhim has been a frequent participent at humanitarian events and benefits, including a performance at the gathering of the spiritual leaders of the world at the UN General Assembly in 2001; the first Gathering of Female Spiritual Leaders in Geneva at the United Nations, a 2004 performance for the Nobel peace prize winner Shirin Ebadi's award ceremony organized by Interfaith Center; the Royal Hope Gala, Royal Albert Hall, London, England with Placido Domingo, The Royal Ballet and many others, for medical aid to Iraqi children; and Witness, a benefit for human rights, sponsored by Peter Gabriel.
Deyhim's current and upcoming projects include,
“Venus Rising Records” her newly formed label with 5 new releases and 5 others by the spring of 2009.
She will continue her ongoing collaboration with visionary activist playwright Eve Ensler (The vagina Monologue) on Eve’s extraordinary new project (TBA).
She will compose Music and sound design for Vald Lazar’s film “Open Wound”, starring the award winning Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass (The Visitor). Supporters of this projects include directors Spike Jonze and Nicolai Fulgisg.
She will compose music and sound design for an exquisite installation by Lita Albuquerque, recipient of the esteemed National Science Foundation Artists and Writers Program Grant, alongside famed film director Werner Herzog with his project "Encounters at the End of the World."
Sussan’s own major installation project is in development, all details will be announced in the soon future.
Hello Sussan! Thanks for the last info letter and I will spread the word, even from here! I love your present own website, actually!! Greetings from Berlin! Please come again soon! xx
i was listening last night....your enchantment without emotional cues is so respectful; full of grace. musicality without showing off..you seem to redefine yourself as each note flows...
thank you for leading without drawing attention to it. for giving without an obvious return. for letting You be this music...
Hi,
Thank's for the add ;-))
Really very good tracks here !!!
If you need a sax (soprano/alto/tenor) for live playing or recording : don't hesitate to call me !!
All the best from south of France
Yves "HappY-T"
Thank You Sussan. I like your music so much, I hope I be able to see your concert some day , from what I saw on "you tube" it's a great and amazing event. Thanx J.
Hi, Sussan, was just talking with Winston about you today because I stumbled on the Sufis CD at Amoeba recently and have been enjoying it immensely at home....Fond thoughts from Mr. Tong as well, thanks for the great sounds!
Hi Sussan Deyhim ... from Scot... Gatewhey has just changed to Shaman Strings. http://www. myspace. com/ShamanStrings Please enjoy a starting Video, "Ground." (see in HD)
THANK YOU FOR BEING MY FIRNED SUSSAN WELCOME SUSAN MY FRIEND, IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU WITH US AT THE ROSE VILLAGE. SUSAN IS ONE OF THE TOP VOCALISTS OF PERSIAN-AMERICAN DIMENSION. SOMETIME GO AND LISTEN TO HER AND YOU WILL THINK A BUNCH OF ANGELS TALK AND SING IN YOUR EARS ALL AT ONCE! LOVE YOU MY FRIEND!
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