Constantinople
Constantinople is a musical ensemble that chose the journey—geographical certainly, but also historical, cultural and inner—as its cornerstone. It draws inspiration from all sources and aims for distant horizons.

Constantinople on tour
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Songs of HopeOn tour womex-en
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Bach & KhayyamOn tour womex-en
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Traverséeschamber music hafez kora mandinka-music On tour persian-music renaissance manuscripts setar womex-en
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Odyssey of Krystof Haranteastern-europe-music On tour womex-en
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From Seville to IsfahanOn tour womex-en
May 2025
08may20 h 00 minTraverséesWhereLos Angeles, USA
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This meeting and dialogue between the kora and the setar seemed to come from the depths of the earth, as though these instruments, along with the viola da gamba and
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This meeting and dialogue between the kora and the setar seemed to come from the depths of the earth, as though these instruments, along with the viola da gamba and percussion, had always existed side by side.
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On stage
- Kiya Tabassian, setar & voice
- Ablaye Cissoko, kora & voice
- Patrick Graham, percussion
Time
8 May 2025 20 h 00 min(GMT-07:00)
Location
Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz
Where
Los Angeles, USA
Organizer
09may19 h 30 minTraverséesWherePalo Alto, USA
Event Details
This meeting and dialogue between the kora and the setar seemed to come from the depths of the earth, as though these instruments, along with the viola da gamba and
Event Details
This meeting and dialogue between the kora and the setar seemed to come from the depths of the earth, as though these instruments, along with the viola da gamba and percussion, had always existed side by side.
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On stage
- Kiya Tabassian, setar & voice
- Ablaye Cissoko, kora & voice
- Patrick Graham, percussion
Time
9 May 2025 19 h 30 min(GMT-07:00)
Where
Palo Alto, USA
10may19 h 30 minTraverséesWhereBerkeley, USA
Event Details
This meeting and dialogue between the kora and the setar seemed to come from the depths of the earth, as though these instruments, along with the viola da gamba and
Event Details
This meeting and dialogue between the kora and the setar seemed to come from the depths of the earth, as though these instruments, along with the viola da gamba and percussion, had always existed side by side.
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On stage
- Kiya Tabassian, setar & voice
- Ablaye Cissoko, kora & voice
- Patrick Graham, percussion
Time
10 May 2025 19 h 30 min(GMT-07:00)
Where
Berkeley, USA
11may16 h 00 minTraverséesWhereSan Francisco, USA
Event Details
This meeting and dialogue between the kora and the setar seemed to come from the depths of the earth, as though these instruments, along with the viola da gamba and
Event Details
This meeting and dialogue between the kora and the setar seemed to come from the depths of the earth, as though these instruments, along with the viola da gamba and percussion, had always existed side by side.
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On stage
- Kiya Tabassian, setar & voice
- Ablaye Cissoko, kora & voice
- Patrick Graham, percussion
Time
11 May 2025 16 h 00 min(GMT-07:00)
Where
San Francisco, USA
16may20 h 00 minSongs of HopeWhereBerlin, Germany
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This concert is a cry of hope and freedom inspired by one of the world’s most fascinating
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This concert is a cry of hope and freedom inspired by one of the world’s most fascinating civilizations, Iran.
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On stage
- Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh
- Kiya Tabassian, setar
- Hadi Hosseini, voice
- Niloufar Mohseni, percussion
Time
16 May 2025 20 h 00 min(GMT+02:00)
Where
Berlin, Germany
18may19 h 30 minSongs of HopeWhereDen Haag, Netherlands
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This concert is a cry of hope and freedom inspired by one of the world’s most fascinating
Event Details
This concert is a cry of hope and freedom inspired by one of the world’s most fascinating civilizations, Iran.
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On stage
- Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh
- Kiya Tabassian, setar
- Hadi Hosseini, voice
- Niloufar Mohseni, percussion
Time
18 May 2025 19 h 30 min(GMT+02:00)
Where
Den Haag, Netherlands
23may20 h 00 minSongs of HopeWhereStockholm, Sweden
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This concert is a cry of hope and freedom inspired by one of the world’s most fascinating
Event Details
This concert is a cry of hope and freedom inspired by one of the world’s most fascinating civilizations, Iran.
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On stage
- Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh
- Kiya Tabassian, setar
- Hadi Hosseini, voice
- Niloufar Mohseni, percussion
Time
23 May 2025 20 h 00 min(GMT+02:00)
Where
Stockholm, Sweden
June 2025
01jun20 h 00 minSongs of HopeWhereGent, Belgium
Event Details
This concert is a cry of hope and freedom inspired by one of the world’s most fascinating
Event Details
This concert is a cry of hope and freedom inspired by one of the world’s most fascinating civilizations, Iran.
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On stage
- Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh
- Kiya Tabassian, setar
- Hadi Hosseini, voice
- Niloufar Mohseni, percussion
Time
1 June 2025 20 h 00 min(GMT+02:00)
Where
Gent, Belgium
Organizer
02jun21 h 00 minSongs of HopeWhereMilano, Italy
Event Details
This concert is a cry of hope and freedom inspired by one of the world’s most fascinating
Event Details
This concert is a cry of hope and freedom inspired by one of the world’s most fascinating civilizations, Iran.
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On stage
- Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh
- Kiya Tabassian, setar
- Hadi Hosseini, voice
- Niloufar Mohseni, percussion
Time
2 June 2025 21 h 00 min(GMT+02:00)
Where
Milano, Italy
05jun20 h 00 minSongs of Hope - SOLD OUT!WhereBudapest, Hungary
Event Details
This concert is a cry of hope and freedom inspired by one of the world’s most fascinating
Event Details
This concert is a cry of hope and freedom inspired by one of the world’s most fascinating civilizations, Iran.
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On stage
- Kayhan Kalhor, kamancheh
- Kiya Tabassian, setar
- Hadi Hosseini, voice
- Hamin Honari, percussion
Time
5 June 2025 20 h 00 min(GMT+02:00)
Where
Budapest, Hungary
Organizer
08jun19 h 30 minHarant's OdysseyWhereStockholm, Sweden
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A musical journey into the world of Czech composer Kryštof Harant (1564-1621) and his travel book that details his odyssey from Prague to Jerusalem by way of Venice, Cyprus, Sinai
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A musical journey into the world of Czech composer Kryštof Harant (1564-1621) and his travel book that details his odyssey from Prague to Jerusalem by way of Venice, Cyprus, Sinai and Cairo. The internationally renowned vocal ensemble Cappella Mariana and Constantinople join forces to revisit Harant’s music and the music he would have heard on his extraordinary 17th-century expedition.
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On stage
Cappella Mariana (Czech Republic)
Vojtěch Semerád – direction, tenor
Hana Blažíková – soprano
Barbora Kabátková – soprano
Tomáš Lajtkep – tenor
Ondrej Holub – tenor
Jaromír Nosek – bass
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Constantinople
Kiya Tabassian – direction, setar et voice
Didem Başar – kanun
Patrick Graham – percussion
Neva Özgen – kemençe
Time
8 June 2025 19 h 30 min(GMT+02:00)
Where
Stockholm, Sweden
Organizer
13jun17 h 00 minBach & KhayyamWhereBoston, USA
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Even if more than 600 years separates the life of John-Sebastien Bach (1685 -1715) and Omar Khayam (1048 -1131), these two genius were made to meet each other. Their
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Even if more than 600 years separates the life of John-Sebastien Bach (1685 -1715) and Omar Khayam (1048 -1131), these two genius were made to meet each other. Their visions of the world, as a perfect match of mathematics mastery and a super high level of spirituality, bring these two men in a delightful dialogue and traces a clear path to the sublime. In this program Constantinople brings these two artists into a dialogue, where the sacred and spirituality transcend borders. For this new creation Constantinople proposes arrangements of some of the most beautiful spiritual songs and arias of JS Bach in dialogue with poems of Omar Khayyam sung in Persian and responding to Bach’s songs.
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On stage
- Kiya Tabassian, setar, voice & direction
- Hana Blažíková, soprano
- Michel Angers, theorbo
- Didem Başar, kanun
- Johanna Rose, viola da gamba
- Patrick Graham, percussions
- Tanya LaPerrière, baroque violin
- Neva Özgen, kemençe
Time
13 June 2025 17 h 00 min(GMT-04:00)
Where
Boston, USA
26jun22 h 00 minFrom Seville to Isfahan - SOLD OUT!WhereGranada, Spain
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With the great master of the Spanish Renaissance, a truly golden age of polyphony came to light. They knew how to incorporate in a mainly French and Flemish context the
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With the great master of the Spanish Renaissance, a truly golden age of polyphony came to light. They knew how to incorporate in a mainly French and Flemish context the tracks left by the Moores and Muslim cultures, so present in medieval Spain.
With Fahmi Alqhai, one of the greatest virtuoso of viola da gamba, and his Accademia del Piacere, an important ensemble of the Spanish early music, Constantinople started a musical journey between Iberian cultures and those from Perse and Central Asia, rediscovering music with sumptuous colours and a rare aesthetical richness.
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On stage
- Kiya Tabassian: voice, setar & direction.
- Didem Basar: kanun.
- Patrick Graham: percussions.
- Hamin Honari: tombak.
With Accademia del piacere:
- Johanna Rose: viola da gamba.
- Rami Alqhai: viola da gamba.
- Fahmi Alqhai: viola da gamba.
Time
26 June 2025 22 h 00 min(GMT+02:00)
Where
Granada, Spain
Organizer
28jun22 h 00 minTraverséesWhereGafanha da Nazaré, Portugal
Event Details
This meeting and dialogue between the kora and the setar seemed to come from the depths of the earth, as though these instruments, along with the viola da gamba and
Event Details
This meeting and dialogue between the kora and the setar seemed to come from the depths of the earth, as though these instruments, along with the viola da gamba and percussion, had always existed side by side.
Buy your tickets
On stage
- Kiya Tabassian, setar & voice
- Ablaye Cissoko, kora & voice
- Patrick Graham, percussion
Time
28 June 2025 22 h 00 min(GMT+01:00)
Where
Gafanha da Nazaré, Portugal
Kiya Tabassian
A virtuoso of the setar and an acclaimed composer, Kiya has developed more than 50 creations all over the world.
The exceptional musicians who regularly collaborate with the artistic director on his creations.
Prestigious artists from diverse world traditions who join Constantinople to develop new works.