Azima Melita Kolin

artist

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

Dear Friends

Due to unexpected circumstances
the concert originally scheduled for 17th June
has been moved to 25th June.
We do apologies for the inconvenience.

The Lovers of Rumi

“The Song of the Reed”

Poems by Rumi, Pablo Neruda, Kabir, Khalil Gibran and Rilke
Music – Bach and improvisations tabla and piano

Friday 25th June 2010, 7.30pm
The University Women's Club
2 Audley Square, London W1K 1DB

Tickets £10 at the door

I would like to announce our concerts for the 2010 season well in advance so you can save the dates.

We are presenting four concerts, two in the spring and two in the autumn. The concerts will be on different themes and with different musical formations.

2010 Concert Series

13th May	Songs from the Invisible
25th June	The Song of the Reed
21st October	The Leaves are Falling
11th November	The Hidden Light

Listen to recent performances!
Information for the autumn concerts coming soon!

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.

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.

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).