Now that the Cultural Olympiad – the multiculture-embracing, arts-supporting iniative of VANOC – has officially launched, there will be events all over town until the Olympics are over “created by a bold spectrum of local, national and international artists.”
This weekend, in association with Coastal Jazz and Blues, Kiran Ahluwalia is performing. From the promotional information: “Ahluwalia may be one of the only composers of contemporary ghazals in Canada and perhaps the Western Hemisphere. Because there is such a vast repertoire of this music today, there are very few ghazal composers – even in India.”
A ghazal is a poetic form made up of rhyming couplets and a refrain. Each line must share the same meter. The ghazal can be seen as the original pop song, dealing exclusively with love and loss, and all the ecstasy and pain of loss inherent.
Where:
Christ Church Cathedral
690 Burrard Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
