Screening of Grass (1925) with Live Music

A screening of the 1925 silent documentary Grass, accompanied live by pianist Peyman Yazdanian and Adib Rostami on kamancheh and tonbak.

The National Centre for Early Music presents a screening of Grass (1925), the silent-era documentary by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack following the annual migration of Iran's nomadic Bakhtiari tribes. The film is accompanied live by Iranian pianist and composer Peyman Yazdanian, whose music blends Western and Persian influences, joined by Adib Rostami on kamancheh and tonbak. The performance starts at 7.30pm on Tuesday 24 November.