Mohammad Reza Mortazavi – Concert Tour 2020
18. Jan Teatro Municipal – Rivoli, Porto, PORTUGAL
31. Jan Cultural Centre Ter Vesten, Beveren, BELGIUM
11. Feb Cemal Reşit Rey, Concert Hall, Istanbul, TURKEY
15. Feb Altes Hallenbad, Friedberg, GERMANY
29. Feb YEK (Mortazavi & Friedman) Supamolly, Berlin, GERMANY
18. Mar Mexico City, MEXICO (cancelled)
20. Mar Canicas, Oaxaca, MEXICO (cancelled)
01. Apr Premiere “MUGEN” Dance Theatre by Yui Kawaguchi, Dance: Joy Alpuerto Ritter, Music (live): Mohammad Reza Mortazavi, Sophiensaele, Berlin, GERMANY (postponed tba.)
02. Apr “MUGEN”, Sophiensaele, Berlin, GERMANY (postponed tba.)
03. Apr “MUGEN”, Sophiensaele, Berlin, GERMANY (postponed tba.)
09. Apr UT Connewitz, Leipzig, GERMANY (cancelled)
24. Jul Dombosfeszt, Mali Iđoš, SERBIA (cancelled)
25. Jul Outernational, ROMANIA (cancelled)
01. Sep Burning Man 2020 – World Premiere ‘alles’ (Mortazavi & Acci Baba), USA
05. Sep Burning Man 2020 – World Premiere ‘alles’ (Mortazavi & Acci Baba), USA
04. Sep KC Janeza Trdine, Novo Mesto, SLOVENIA
05. Sep Pinelina Dnevna Soba, Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
06. Sep Tolmin, SLOVENIA
17. Sep YEK (Mortazavi & Friedman) Studenterhuset, Alborg, DENMARK
18. Sep YEK (Mortazavi & Friedman) Tape, Aathus, DENMARK
19. Sep YEK (Mortazavi & Friedman) Alice, Copenhagen, DENMARK
01. Okt Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, GERMANY
08. Okt The World To Come, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Vollgutlager, Berlin, GERMANY
09. Okt The World To Come, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Vollgutlager, Berlin, GERMANY
21. Okt Early Show: Bimhuis, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
21. Okt Late Show: Bimhuis, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
05. Nov YEK (Mortazavi & Friedman) Kanal, Brussels, BELGIUM
25. Nov YEK (Mortazavi & Friedman), Leuven, NETHERLANDS
26. Nov YEK (Mortazavi & Friedman), Leuven, NETHERLANDS
further dates to be announced soon…
Mohammad Reza Mortazavi – Solo Concert Tour 2019
10. Jan ImaginCafe, Barcelona, SPAIN
11. Feb 16. Ritmin Günü Konseriyle “Çocuğa Saygı”, Istanbul, TURKEY
15. Feb V-A-C Foundation, DK ZATTERE, Venice, ITALY
23. Mar Oval Space, with YEK (Mohammad Reza Mortazavi & Burnt Friedman), London, UK
29. Mar Rewire Festival, Den Haag, NETHERLANDS
30. Mar Rewire Festival, with YEK (Mohammad Reza Mortazavi & Burnt Friedman), Den Haag, NETHERLANDS
04. Apr Counterflows Festival, Glasgow, SCOTLAND
06.Apr Minimal Music Festival, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
11. Apr Pierre Boulez Saal, Berlin, GERMANY
27. Apr INTONAL Festival, with YEK (Mohammad Reza Mortazavi & Burnt Friedman), Malmö, SWEDEN
08. Jun SOU Festival, Tbilisi, GEORGIA
14. Jun Against Method, Performance with Mark Fell @ HangarBicocca, Milano, ITALY
16. Jun Pudel Club/ open air, with YEK (Mohammad Reza Mortazavi & Burnt Friedman), Hamburg, GERMANY
19. Jul Wonderfeel Festival, s-Graveland, NETHERLANDS
18. Aug Sydney Opera House, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
21. Aug DARWIN Festival, Darwin, AUSTRALIA
23-25. Aug Supersense Festival of the Ecstatic, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
07. Sep Rotherham Show, Rotherham, UK
13. Sep Planet Ears – rethink international music, with YEK (Mohammad Reza Mortazavi & Burnt Friedman), Alte Feuerwache, Mannheim, GERMANY
26. Sep CRAK Festival, Paris, FRANCE
28. Sep Under The Desert Stars, Marrakech, MOROCCO
25. Oct “Majestic Drums” Hong Kong Drum Festival, Hong Kong Cultural Center Concert Hall, HONG KONG
25. Oct “Song of Abandon” Composition by Mohammad Reza Mortazavi for Tonbak and Orchestra – Debut Performance with Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, Hong Kong Cultural Center Concert Hall, HONG KONG
27. Dec Fonó, Budapest, HUNGARY
TRANSFORMATION – Live Acoustic Event 2020
29. Aug Yoga Sky – Berlin, GERMANY (SOLD OUT)
26. Sep Yoga Sky – Berlin, GERMANY
03. Okt Yoga Sky – Berlin, GERMANY
Media Coverage
„Mortazavi live is incomparable!”
(ZDF-Aspekte)
„Rhythm and spirituality – Mortazavi combines both and delivers incredible energy through his music“
(NDR Kulturjournal)
„Watching the unbelievably virtuos soloist, one could get the impression he does not have two but at least six hands.“
(ARTE)
„You could also say, this is a revolution.“
(ZDF-Aspekte)
„Like sound from a different world.“
(NDR Kultur)
„The best hand-drummer worldwide …“
(ORF)
„Fastest hands on earth“
(ZDF-Aspekte)
„Flying fingers“
(3 Sat)
„Drummer of freedom“
(DER SPIEGEL)
genesis
film by Acci Baba, music by Mohammad Reza Mortazavi (2017)
An experimental film to examine metaphysical conception of the beginning. The work embodies the philosophic and the scientific perceptions of materialization, expressed as various forms of origin. Additional to the conceptions, the scene is blended by artist’s indefinable memory represented as a white bright room and tunnel leading to a source of light. The screenplay crossovers between the reality and memory, generating a imagination unrestricted by plot and time.
more details available from here.