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Sussan Deyhim

Whispers From The Underworld

Sunday, November 17 - 7PM

The UCLA Nimoy Theater
1262 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024

"A considered study of the incomplete ways we understand what is foreign to us" — New York Times

Melding ancient influences with a futuristic sound, Whispers From The Underworld is a new solo concert from acclaimed composer, vocalist, sonic conceptualist and performance artist Sussan Deyhim. 

Incorporating the ancient mysticism of Middle Eastern music with the wizardry of modern technology, vocalist/composer/sonic conceptualist and performance artist, Sussan Deyhim creates a haunting and lushly layered vocal performance in her cutting edge one woman show Whispers from the Underworld. This 75 min performance is as much rooted in ancient musical rituals, as it is in her futuristic sonic vision. Much of the music is derived from her various excursions in film music, visual arts and opera.

For this special event Sussan Deyhim will present the world premiere of Whispers from the Underworld,a rare live performance of her compositions for multiple collaborations with prominent international artists. Including excerpts from music component of her most recent collaboration with the visionary director Godfrey Reggio with music by Philip Glass and Deyhim on their upcoming film Once Within A Time, produced by Steven Soderbergh.

The evening will also feature excerpts from her compositions for Iranian visual artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat. Including a rare performance of their Golden Lion winning video installation Turbulent and Logic of the Birds produced by Roselee Goldberg.

Other components of the performance include score for her media stage production The House is Black Media Project initiated at CAP UCLA and premiered and presented at Royce Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Wallis. She will also perform excerpts from her collaboration with opera composer Torsten Rasch, a commission from the Dresden’s Semperopera and Villa Massimo. (German Academy in Rome)

Deyhim’s vocally virtuoso and passionate original soundscape and compositions has moved audiences internationally. Her work has been heard on major motions pictures, in prominent art installations in museums, traditional vocal music festivals and progressive electronic music events internationally. Leaving the audiences at awe with her seamless 4 octave vocal range, performing a wide range of musical influences rooted in ritualistic ancient traditions of the Middle East, European classical musical influences and NYC’s experimental music signature.

"I have known Sussan Deyhim’s work for many years.  As a vocalist and composer, she is a person of outstanding ability and accomplishment. I was pleased to collaborate with Sussan on Godfrey Reggio’s recent film, Once Within a Time.”

Philip Glass

"In Godfrey's universe there’s no such thing as a second choice, and so he conjures the perfect collaborators by employing his unique sense of alchemy. ONCE WITHIN A TIME wouldn’t work without Sussan Deyhim because it needed her gift—and the lived experience that informs it—to create something both irresistible and epic.”

Steven Soderbergh 

"Sussan operates through intuitive intelligence - you will be surprised what you may see in Sussan’s voice. I’ve worked with her in my film “Once Within a Time”, Phillip Glass doing the score. And I will say without exaggeration, without saying a word she says all words. I call this sympathetic magic.”

Godfrey Reggio

About Sussan Deyhim

Sussan Deyhim is a composer, vocalist, performance artist and producer. She is internationally known for creating a unique sonic and vocal language imbued with a sense of ritual and the unknown. Her music remains true to the spirit of the ancient heritage while pointing to the future with a very personal and poetic dramatic sensibility.

Sussan’s wide-ranging collaborations with leading artists from across the spectrum of contemporary art have included: Philip Glass, U2, Peter Gabriel, Rufus Wainwright, Shirin Neshat, Bobby McFerrin and Richard Horowitz, among others.

Her works has been presented by: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Lincoln Center, The Broad Museum and Stage, Royce Hall, The Wallis Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Albert Hall, The Artangel and Performa among others.

Her vocals and compositions can be heard on motions pictures: Argo (Directed by Ben Affleck), Last Temptation of Christ (Directed by Martin Scorsese), Any Given (Directed by Oliver Stone) The Kite Runner (Directed by Mark Forster) 8 original videos installations by visual artist and Director Shirin Neshat.

Deyhim has recently stared and co-written multiple compositions in collaboration with Philip Glass for the cult visionary director Godfrey Reggio’s new film “Once Within A Time”.

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