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Guest ensemble Constantinople and Françoise Atlan perform Ay!! Amor … Songs of Love and Songs of Women "Their mission seems to be to make us dream. They take us on a voyage to another world." — L'Actualité Toronto, January 14, 2008 —The Toronto Consort is thrilled to welcome Montréal-based ensemble Constantinople for concerts on February 8 and 9 at 8:00 pm at Trinity St Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor Street West. Entitled Ay!! Amor … Songs of Love and Songs of Women, the program is a mosaic of love songs from Persia (modern-day Iran), Armenia, Turkey, Spain and France. Tickets are available through the Box Office at (416) 964-6337. For more information visit www.torontoconsort.org. Renowned Franco-Moroccan singer Françoise Atlan, whose own Judeo-Berber roots impart a deep affinity for Mediterranean singing traditions, performs with the Persian members of Constantinople — Kiya Tabassian, master setar player; Ziya Tabassian, percussion; and Saeed Kamjoo, kamâncheh (a bowed string instrument). Ay!! Amor … Songs of Love and Songs of Women is the result of a rich ongoing collaboration between Constantinople and Françoise Atlan. Most of the pieces are drawn from Persian, Judeo-Spanish, Iberian and French Trouvères traditions, and others are new creations composed by Constantinople and Ms. Atlan. Ay!! Amor … combines aspects of diverse cultures and musical modes to create a new concert experience that defies easy categorization. Born in France to a Sephardic Jewish family in 1964 and endowed with a natural vocal talent, Françoise Atlan started to study piano with her mother at the age of six. Her Judeo-Berber roots led Atlan to develop a passion for traditional music, particularly from the Mediterranean Basin. Her work as a singer includes both Arab-Andalusian and Judeo-Arab repertoire. Atlan has performed throughout North America, Japan, Europe, Israel, Africa and the U.K. and is featured on a critically-acclaimed recording with Constantinople called Terres turquoise. Founded in 1998 by Teheran-born Kiya Tabassian, Constantinople is known has earned an international reputation for its unique juxtaposition of medieval music and the living traditions of the Middle East. Called “one of the world's finer early music ensembles'' (The Weekend Planet, ABC), Constantinople has toured Canada, Belgium, Portugal, Italy, Holland, France, Cyprus, Lebanon, Greece and most recently, Mexico. The ensemble has recorded nine CDs for the ATMA label and has performed and with guest artists from around the world, including singer Anne Azema (France), Daniel Taylor (Canada), Ghada Shbeir (Lebanon) and ensemble En Chordais (Greece).
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