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Come, come, whoever you are‚ and let your soul dance.
Enter not the place of despair, there is hope
Enter not the place of darkness, there are suns


The group Lovers of Rumi was created with the aim to create a new form in which poetry and music are woven into a tapestry uniting different cultures through the beauty and wisdom of Rumi's words. His message of love and union is vitally important in our times.

2010 Concert Series

13th May
 Songs from the Invisible
1st October
 The Song of the Reed
21st October
 The Leaves are Falling
11th November
 The Hidden Light

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The Silk Road Trio was formed in September 2007 on the occasion of a concert in celebration of the 800th anniversary of Jalal-ud-Din Rumi, the Persian sage and mystic. The Silk Road Trio plays a largely improvised music that builds up in ecstatic crescendos and intricate rhythmic patterns. The trio plays mostly in the UK and the South of France , where they regularly perform. For more details please visit www.thesilkroadtrio.com

The group Lovers of Rumi was created with the aim to create a new form in which poetry and music are woven into a tapestry uniting different cultures through the beauty and wisdom of Rumi's words. His message of love and union is vitally important in our times. The Lovers of Rumi will perform The Song of the Reed-flute

Poems - Rumi, Tagore, Neruda, Gibran and Rilke.
Music - Bach Gurdjieff and improvisations
Readers: Azima Melita Kolin, Ann Marie Terry, Anne Louise Wirgman, Edward Peake, Mariam Mussavi (Farsi)
Azima Melita Kolin was born in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.

She began her studies at the Musical Academy in Sofia, graduated at the Academia ‘Santa Cecilia’ in Rome, and received a prize for virtuosity with distinction at Geneva Conservatory. After winning prizes at the international competitions in Leipzig, Barcelona and Taormina, she has given many recitals in Europe. She directed and ran a Chamber Music Festival for ten years in Dunvegan, Isle of Skye.

In 1997, inspired by the 13th century Persian mystical poet Jelaludin Rumi, Azima began a series of concert/readings combining Rumi's poems with classical music by Bach, Beethoven, Scriabin and Brahms. In a joint effort with readers of various nationalities, she has given over a hundred concerts in England, Scotland, Germany and Spain. In November 2001, in collaboration with Persian artists, she performed in Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.

In collaboration with Maryam Mafi, in the last five years Azima has published three books of Rumi’s poetry: Whispers of the Beloved, Hidden Music and Gardens of the Beloved (published by Harper Collins/Thorsons).
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