Pierre-Yves Martel and Ziya Tabassian will be in concert with ensemble Constantinople on May 15, 2008 at Palais Montcalm in Québec city, and on May 16 at the Salle Pierre-Mercure of the Centre Pierre-Péladeau in Montréal. This flamenco style concert, El grito, el silencio, also stars Misirli Ahmet (Istanbul), Rosario La Tremendita (Seville), José-Luis Rodriguez (Seville) and, obviously, Kiya Tabassian.

In a recent press release we could read that “The MAI presents Éclats nocturnes, a multidisciplinary event, as part of the Accès Asie Festival. This collectively created piece uses Khosro Berahmandi’s enigmatic and meditative paintings as point of departure: performer and choreographer Geneviève La, musicians Shuni Tsou, Ziya Tabassian, Nicolas Caloia, and filmmaker Shahin Parhami will perform this unique kaleidoscopic work dedicated to the feminine.” The event takes place from May 1-3, 2008 at MAI.

A concert bringing together Bomata (Guillaume Bourque, Jean Félix Mailloux, Ziya Tabassian), Cordâme, and Stan et le Weld Orchestra will take place at Balcon Café-Théâtre, in the Old Montréal, on Saturday March 22, 2008.

Good news from the Cordâme’s musicians: the group is still touring in several maisons de la culture as part of the Fondation du Maire de Montréal pour la jeunesse’s “La relève en tournée” programme. The group has also created a new show in collaboration with Mania (Kiya Tabassian and Ziya Tabassian). Upcoming concerts for…

• Cordâme: February 28, 2008 at Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay
• «Cordâme Mania»: February 29 at Auditorium Le Prévost

Be at the last concert of the “Musika, le trio Damian Nisenson + 2” tour (with Jean Félix Mailloux, Damián Nisenson and Pierre Tanguay + Denis Plante and Ziya Tabassian)! This concert is also an occasion to record a new audio-video DVD: be part of it! See you on December 8, 2007 at the Maison de la culture Pointe-aux-Trembles in Montréal.

This Thursday November 15, 2007, Ziya Tabassian (percussion) and Pierre-Yves Martel (viola da gamba) will give a concert as part of the Fonderie Darling’s Solo, Duos, Trios concert series.