詠 Omar Khayyam

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"Existence" composed by Mehdi Aminian
HERMITAGE.OPENING concert

آغاز به کار مرکز هرمیتاج با قطعه ای از مهدی امینیان

- Duduk: Emmanuel Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
- Ney, Setar and vocals: Mehdi Aminian (Iran)
- Oud: Aramayis Nikoghosyan (Armenia)
- Bendir and framed drums: Ghassan Bouz (Lebanon)
- Voice: Denis James Ryan (Ireland)

The Poem of Omar Khayyam :

"What is the profit of our transient existence?
Where is the weft of the weave of our subsistence?
In the heavenly sphere's abyss, souls of many innocent burn
To ashes. But where is the smoke to prove this instance?"