LIVE MUSIC & DJ SET
Friday, Nov 7 | La MaMa
7:30pm
Mehrnam Rastegari Quartet | Sabina Fattakh: Double Bill
LaMaMa Ellen Stewart Theatre
Featuring
Mehrnam Rastegari – kamancheh, vocal
Amit Peled – guitar
Sam Minaie – double bass
Cinque “Ignabu” Kemp – percussion
Sabina Fattakh – DJ
Join us on November 7 and experience a powerful convergence of global sounds featuring award winning master kamancheh player Mehrnam Rastegari and her virtuoso band, Chogan. Hosted by Artistic Freedom Initiative, this special closing concert for the ArtsLink Assembly 2025: Defending Each Other moves through Iranian classical, Middle Eastern folk, Klezmer, and New York jazz traditions, creating a dynamic sonic celebration of cultural survival and creative momentum.
After the intermission Sabina Fattakh, DJ, educator, and cultural organizer from Almaty, Kazakhstan will perform. Her special set will explore the intersections of breakbeat, local instruments, and collective memory, creating dance spaces rooted in resilience and connection.
Buy your ticket here:
https://ci.ovationtix.com/42/production/1255771?performanceId=11713096
AFI is proud to co-host “Defending Each Other,” a two-day assembly for advancing collaboration, shaping policy, and ensuring that resettled artists and their peers in the U.S. can build their professional lives and contribute meaningfully to the nation’s cultural diversity. Working closely with our partners at CEC Artslink, we’ve created a program that centers discussion, ideation, and co-learning for artistic freedom.
“Defending Each Other” is curated and produced by Artistic Freedom Initiative and CEC ArtsLink in partnership with Artists at Risk Connection and On the Move (Belgium/France), and hosted by La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. Support is provided by the Trust for Mutual Understanding. Livestream is produced and supported by HowlRound.com facilitated onsite by Transcend Streaming.
