The Afghani mountains, a hero, and excerpts from Persian poetry with the tabla and the Kathakali drum music make up the fabric of a world contemporary music composition for percussion instruments. This time, composer and percussionist Bruno Paquet, known for his works for the percussion instruments of India, is using the imagery of poems and items of news to impart a dramatic colour to his piece of music.

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To the tragic and deep sounds of the distant fighting, Massoud, the poet-warrior of the Afghani mountains, gathers a handful of resistants around a book to recite them a piece of poetry. The Panshir’s Lion, the reputed Mudjahidin with a sad expression in his eyes, has become much of an epic character who inspires stories and arouses a world of musical ideas. A long-awaited concert. Gathering together the best performers of modern tabla and the Kathakali Dance Theater percussion instruments, The Panshir’s Lion (‘Le Lion du Panjshir’) displays unique percussive features; it is an epics in today’s world, a dramatic work of World Contemporary Music for percussion, contemporary Tabla, and the Kathakali percussion instruments.

Bruno Paquet (Artistic Direction, Kathakali Percussion Instruments)
Shawn Mativetsky (Musical Direction, Tabla and percussion)
Catherine Meunier (Percussion)
John Conn (Percussion)
Jagjit Singh (Tabla)
Brian Sand (Trumpet)
Shirin Mehrbod (Persian Singing)