Mohammad Eghbal: NEW PATHS
Mohammad Eghbal and his group AHURA are treading new paths in oder to be able to convey this sound message without ever forgetting the origins.
Mohammad plays various instruments and has had a good look at many of them in the course of his life, above all at the VIOLIN. But the most important means of expression is his VOICE, with which he performs and improvises mystical texts (Rumi, Baba Taher, Omar Khayyam...), accompanied by the almond-shaped oriental OUD or the three-stringed CETAR.
Mohammad also masters the Persian NEY (reed pipe), a wind instrument extremely difficult to play, because sounds are produced in the mouth by exact control of exhalation, which requires a very special breathing technique. It takes at least 10 years of intensive practice to roughly master this instrument. Mohammad makes his neys himself to be able to achieve the best sound quality. The ney can be found in the classic as well as the popular oriental music, but above all in the esoteric tradition and it speaks directly to the human soul with its multiple soft and husky sounds.
All Mohammad’s pieces are his own compositions, interpreted in a new way during each concert, but leaving the musicians enough freedom for improvisation. Thus the pieces develop into a unique performance each time. Mohammad/AHURA plays in varying line-ups on the stage: as a solo artist, together with his wife, accompanying him on the celtic harp and/or with percussion (DOMBAK) and VOCALS. He tries to communicate with instruments and musicians from other culture areas and has been cooperating with a group of 5 to 6 musicians for several years, integrating e.g. the West African KORA, the SENTIR bass from Morocco, SAXOPHONE and CLARINET into his music.