GOLD RUMI: Haleh Liza Gafori w/ Shahzad Ismaily & Daniel Fresco + Miriam Elhajli

In GOLD RUMI, named after the book of the same title, vocalist, composer, and poet Haleh Liza Gafori weaves her acclaimed translations of Rumi’s poetry with original text and musical compositions sung in Persian and English. A transcendent and uplifting musical and poetic conversation in which the words of the beloved sage dialogue with our times. After three sold out shows in NYC, she looks forward to sharing the work at Le Poisson Rouge. She'll be joined by GRAMMY-nominated multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Daniel Fresco. "Ecstatic and piercing...[Haleh Liza Gafori] has lifted a veil, bringing Rumi closer into the quick of our present. Each piece is a divine invitation. Free your mind. Drown in love." – V (formerly Eve Ensler) “GOLD is everything Rumi was himself—sacred, profane, laugh out loud funny, deeply earnest, demotic, and yes, Persian. There’s a rich fluency here not just in idiom but in gesture, in spirit.” - Kaveh Akbar, poetry editor at The Nation "Gafori's work is insistent, lyrical, filled with music and textured, as it extols and marvels at our natural world and our place therein...in the midst of terror, fear, and indifference, she extends towards us beauty and hope." - author Nathan McClain "Shahzad Ismaily is one of music’s most coveted collaborators.” - The New York Times