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SUMMARY:Standing with the People of Iran: Echoes of Stolen Lives
DESCRIPTION:Standing with the People of Iran:\nEchoes of Stolen Lives \nOn December 28\, 2025\, millions of Iranians took to the streets\, calling for dignity\, freedom\, and an end to decades of repression. In response\, the Islamic Republic of Iran unleashed one of the deadliest crackdowns in its history. Tens of thousands were killed\, many shot at close range\, including children\, women\, and young people\, and thousands more were blinded\, injured\, or arrested\, all under a nationwide internet blackout to this day that plunged the country into digital darkness\, crippling communication\, erasing evidence\, and preventing people from seeking help. \nFamilies grieve. Communities endure. And yet\, their courage echoes. \nTo honor those lives stolen and to stand in solidarity with the people of Iran\, MAPP brings together eight artists from Iranian\, Kurdish\, Armenian\, and Arab backgrounds. Through music\, reflection\, and shared witness\, we mourn\, remember\, and lift the voices that authoritarian regimes try to erase. \nJoin us for an evening of remembrance\, resistance\, and hope.  \nRead the full statement on the ongoing struggle and the call for global accountability [here]. \nFEBRUARY 7TH MAPP PROGRAM\nRed Poppy Art House\n2698 Folsom @23rd\nCurator: Dina Zarif \nMAPP (Mission Art Performance Project)\nSaturday\, February 7\, 2026\nDoors open at 6:45 pm\n7 p.m. to 10 p.m. event \nStanding with the People of Iran\nEchoes of Stolen Lives \n7:00 – 7:10 PM: Video Projection (Witness Iran)\n7:20 – 7:45 PM: Yearning for Homeland (Lebanese-Armenian vocals & duduk)\n8:00 – 8:25 PM: Love Tunes from Iran (Harp\, clarinet & vocals)\n8:40 – 8:55 PM: Between Two Rivers (Contemporary Kurdish folk)\n9:10 – 10:00 PM: Echoes of Zagros (Love\, resilience & freedom)\nVideo Projection “Witness Iran” during the night.  \nExhibition: Andrea Guskin – Fracture Zones\, exploring rupture & resilience\nPoster graphic design by Romina Zabihian \nTHIS IS A FREE EVENT\nRSVP HERE \n \n  \n  \nMAPP (Mission Arts & Performance Project)\nLaunched in 2003\, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly\, multidisciplinary\, intercultural event that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year\, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces\, such as private garages\, gardens\, living rooms\, studios\, street corners\, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kaleidoscope of individuals and communities.  \nRED POPPY MAPP TEAM: \nArtistic Director | Managing Director: Dina Zarif \nContent manager: Jennie Legary\nSound crew: Andrew Scott\nHost: Verda Bursal  \n\nABOUT THE PERFORMING ARTISTS\n\n\nYearning for Homeland \nLebanese-Armenian vocals & duduk\nKhatchadour will present Armenian songs of loss\, grief and of yearning for the beloved and for homeland. He will share with the community several pieces narrating stories through both singing and performing on the Armenian woodwind\, Duduk. \nFeaturing: \nKhatchadour Khatchadourian – Vocal & Duduk \nKhatchadour is a Lebanese-Armenian vocalist and duduk player based out of the Bay Area. His vocal repertoire is grounded in the Armenian and Levantine Arabic vocal traditions. Growing up within the Armenian diaspora on the Lebanese Mediterranean coast\, and later having spent many years in Aleppo\, Syria\, Khatchadour’s voice pays homage to the vocal landscapes spanning the regions of the South Caucasus\, Levant\, and Anatolia. Khatchadour’s passion for the duduk\, an Armenian double reed woodwind\, began in 2007\, and has since taken him on musical journeys across Armenia and Southern France. He studies under master duduk player\, Levon Minassian. Additionally\, for the past few years\, Khatchadour has been immersed in the study of Persian vocal Radif\, and sings in Farsi\, under the instruction of master vocalist Mahsa Vahdat.  \nKhatchadour is currently completing his 6th album\, Shounch: Breath\, which is partially funded and made possible through the Musical Grant Program\, administered by InterMusic SF\, and supported by the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation and the Hewlett Foundation.\n\nLove Tunes from Iran  \n Iranian Classical & Folk Music – A Soundscape of Tragedy & Triumph\nThis project is a collaboration between Dina Zarif\, Iranian immigrant singer\, and Amelia Romano\, San Francisco–based harpist\, blending classical and folk music into a seamless sonic journey. Their performances fuse Iranian classical and folk traditions with South American–inspired rhythms\, creating a soundscape of tragedy and triumph that explores themes of immigration\, homeland\, and cultural memory. Since 2016\, they have headlined stages at the San Francisco International Arts Festival (Fort Mason)\, Montalvo Arts Center\, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival\, Palace of Fine Arts\, Brava Theater\, and the Asian Art Museum. \nFeaturing:\nDina Zarif – Vocal\nAmelia Romano – Harp\nAsaf Ophir – woodwinds \nDina Zarif is a San Francisco–based multidisciplinary performing artist\, designer\, curator\, and arts activist\, born and raised in Iran. As a vocalist\, she fuses Western classical technique with Middle Eastern and Persian traditions\, creating a distinctive sound rooted in her cultural heritage. \nAs an actress\, Zarif has trained and worked under renowned Iranian theater master Bahram Beyzaie at Stanford University’s Iranian Studies Program. Her stage credits include Ardaviraf’s Report\, Tarabnameh (musical)\, Crossroads\, The Language of Wild Berries (Golden Thread Productions\, 2022)\, and Exodus to Eden (Oakland Theater Project\, 2023). Most recently\, she appeared in Dash Akol According to Marjan\, which premiered in two parts at Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Roda Theatre (2024–2025)\, and in Leili and Majnun musical (2024–2025). \nZarif starred in the title role of the feature film MITRA (2021)\, which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. \nAs a shadow performer and costume designer\, Zarif toured internationally with the cinematic shadow play Feathers of Fire: A Persian Epic\, winner of the 2019 UNIMA Award for Excellence in Live Performance and Design. The production toured extensively with over 100 performances worldwide\, including major institutions such as Brooklyn Academy of Music\, the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the Musée du quai Branly (Paris)\, and leading international festivals across Europe\, Asia\, and the United States. \nZarif has served as a panelist for the San Francisco Arts Commission Community Investments Committee and is currently the Artistic and Managing Director of Red Poppy Art House\, a multidisciplinary artist incubator in San Francisco. She holds an MA in Landscape Architecture from the University of Tehran\, College of Fine Arts. \nAmelia Romano (harp\, voice) is a lever harpist\, programming classical re-imaginations alongside original works. She received her master’s in classical lever harp performance at San Francisco State University under the tutelage of Karen Gottlieb\, retired second harpist of the San Francisco Symphony. Her latest album\, “Levers Engaged: Classical Works Re-imaged for Harp ” and sheet music collection “Classical Re-imaginations\,” present the instrument as a valid voice in classical music. A composer\, arranger and trailblazer in the lever harp world\, she is equally at home writing Latin America inspired works for solo harp as she is adapting classical pieces for chamber collaborations. \nAsaf Ophir (woodwinds\, voice\, guitar) began his professional career in musical theaters in Israel\, while studying at the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music\, and later at the Jerusalem Academy. Arriving in the United States in 2014\, he began to perform in musicals around the Bay Area such as the award winning Love Sick in 2017\, and The People in the Picture in 2018. Finding a home away from home\, he can most often be seen in world music projects on Jewish\, Arabic\, and Balkan stages. \nAsaf has performed on such distinguished stages as Habima\, HaCameri\, and Jerusalem Theaters in Israel\, as well as the Paramount Theater\, the Palace of Fine Arts\, the Great American Concert Hall\, Freight and Salvage\, Brava Theater\, and others in the San Francisco Bay Area. Throughout his career he has shared the stage with artists such as Miri Mesika\, Avi Kushnir\, Galit Giat\, Rana Farhan\, Ustad Mahwash\, and Barbara Streisand.  \n \nBetween Two Rivers\nContemporary Kurdish folk \nFeaturing:\nElana Sasson – Vocal  \nElana is a vocalist\, composer\, and bandleader creating music at the intersection of Kurdish and Persian traditions\, contemporary jazz\, and Mediterranean folkloric influences. She explores themes of identity and duality: weaving emotive modal melodies\, intricate harmonic textures\, and diverse instrumentation to dialogue between tradition and modernity. \nShaped by years of training with master musicians from Iran and Kurdistan and studies at the Berklee College of Music in Valencia\, Elana’s clear voice reflects a fusion of rich tradition and personal expression. Her music has been celebrated with nods from global press such as Songlines Magazine\, who described her voice as “an arrestingly beautiful focus” and gave a 4 star review to the album ‘Golestan’. Her new album\, ’In Between’ released with PKMusik in April 2025 and received shining reviews from press\, including a 4 star review from Songlines. \nShe has graced global stages at prestigious venues such as Fundación Juan March (Madrid\, Spain)\, Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofia (Valencia\, Spain)\, Stone Nest (London\, UK)\, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco\, California)\, and Fabrica Research Centre (Treviso\, Italy). Elana has been featured in festivals across Europe such as UPV Jazz Festival in Valencia\, Spain\, Isole Che Parlano in Sardigna\, Italy\, and AtoJazz Festival in Sofia\, Bulgaria. \nElana’s voice can be heard on Growing Songs\, a 2024 album produced by esteemed Iranian vocalist Mahsa Vahdat\, and her music was featured in the 2023 Venice Biennale-premiered film Tatami. She has collaborated with renowned musicians such as Matthieu Saglio\, Mahsa Vahdat\, Perico Sambeat\, and Hadar Noiberg. \nElana holds a Master of Music in Contemporary Performance and Production from Berklee College of Music in Valencia and a BA in Design Media Arts from UCLA. She was a resident at Fabrica Research Centre in 2019 and is a member of the Iranian Female Composers Association (IFCA). \n \nEchoes of Zagros\nLove\, resilience & freedom\nIn Solidarity with the People of Iran \nEchoes of Zagros brings together Kurdish musical traditions in solidarity with the people of Iran. Rooted in the sounds of the Zagros Mountains\, the program weaves ancestral rhythms and melodies into a shared human story of resilience\, love\, and freedom.  \nFeaturing: \nNariman Assadi – Daf \nAsaf Ophir – Clarinet\nEvîn Şah – Vocal \nRaman osman – Baglama \nEvîn Şah is a Kurdish singer and performer who brings together the traditional roots of Kurdish music with a contemporary interpretation. She was born in Muş\, Turkey\, and was introduced to Kurdish folk music at an early age\, particularly the dengbêji tradition. Throughout her artistic journey\, she has aimed to preserve this heritage through both live performance and recorded work\, while carrying it to diverse audiences and geographies. \nEvîn Şah completed her music education at the Istanbul University State Conservatory\, where she received training in folk music and modal (maqam-based) traditions. Combining her academic background with extensive stage experience\, she has developed a distinctive vocal style of her own. Her repertoire features primarily Kurmanji\, alongside other Kurdish dialects\, as well as songs in Turkish and Armenian. Blending traditional melodies with modern arrangements forms the core of her musical identity. \nShe has performed widely in Turkey and abroad\, taking part in concerts\, cultural events\, festivals\, and special projects. In her work\, music is not only an aesthetic expression but also a means of memory\, identity\, and cultural transmission. \nSince 2019\, Evîn Şah has focused on studio production. She released the 9-minute potpourri single “Hine”\, followed in 2021 by “Şahino\,” a tribute to her cultural roots. The music video for Şahino was filmed in the United States. Both of her music videos were directed by her husband\, Oktay Şahin. \nIn 2019\, Evîn Şah relocated with her family from Turkey to California\, USA\, where she continues her musical work today. With her strong stage presence and emotionally powerful interpretations\, she stands out as an artist who resonates with both the Kurdish community and international audiences. \nNariman Assadi was born in Hamedan\, Iran on January 1\, 1992. Raised in Tehran\, he always felt drawn to percussion instruments. At the age of thirteen\, he began studying Tombak under Master Amir Mogharab Samadi. In 2007\, he was invited to Pars Academy\, the premier music academy for children. Following Pars Academy\, Nariman was selected to be a member of the Persian Percussion Ensemble\, which included a hundred percussionists. From 2008 to 2013\, Nariman performed at Vahdat Hall as a soloist and with the Persian Percussion Ensemble. After mastering Tombak\, he then began teaching himself how to play the Daf and later was trained under the great Master Bijan Kamkar. With a strong understanding of the Daf and Tombak\, Nariman wanted to further his skills as a percussionist by learning the melodic instrument\, Barbat (Oud) under Master Mohammad Firouzi. In 2015\, Nariman immigrated to the United States. He immediately began his professional music career by performing and attending festivals throughout the Northern California area. Along with being a member of various ensembles\, Nariman also teaches Daf and Tombak. \nRaman Osman is a Kurdish composer and master tembûr (saz) musician from Al-Hasaka\, Syria. In his early age\, he was exposed to a variety of music and cultural sources like Kurdish\, Persian\, Arabic\, Turkish\, Armenian\, Assyrian\, and more. Osman has performed at a variety of venues\, including the Damascus Opera House\, several universities in Syria\, and throughout the Bay Area. \n\nVisual Art Exhibition: Fracture Zones\n \nInspired by the geographical language and imagery of topographic maps\, particularly the large scars forming “fracture zones” deep beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean\, she uses these fissures as a metaphor for the layers of emotional experience related to ancestry\, immigration\, and lost family narratives. \nAndrea Guskin is a San Francisco Bay Area based multidisciplinary artist who was raised amongst the woods and college campuses of Wisconsin and Ohio.  \nShe works across multiple disciplines including photography\, sculpture\, and painting. She often uses everyday domestic materials and tools for mending–such as thread\, foil\, spices– to explore ancestry\, domesticity and strategies for repair and transformation in our daily lives. \n\nMAPP GENERAL PROGRAM\nJoin us in MAPP at all other spaces throughout the Mission District. \n\n\n  \n\n\n\nPREVIEW THE PERFORMANCE\n\nKhatchadour Khatchadourian \nDina Zarif & Amelia Romano \nElana Sasson \nEvîn Şah – Vocal  \n\n\nIN PERSON EVENT DETAILS\nTime: Saturday\, February 7th\, 2026\, 7pm- 10pm (IN-PERSON) \nAdmission: Free! \n\n \n  \nDONATE
URL:https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/february-7th-mapp-2026/
LOCATION:Red Poppy Art House\, 2698 Folsom St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
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