Diaspora Arts Connection proudly presents Elana Sasson, who will perform with Imam Hamdani on guitar, Aaron Kierbel on percussion, Niloufar Shiri on Kamanche, and Safa Shokrai on bass.

Elana Sasson is an Iranian/Kurdish American vocalist and musician born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has trained in classical and regional music of Iran with master musicians Mahsa Vahdat and Marjan Vahdat, and holds a M.M in Contemporary Performance and Production at Berklee College of Music.

Her music breathes new life to the sacred traditions of music from Iran and Kurdistan through contemporary arrangements and her own original compositions that oscillate between east and west, traditional and contemporary, inspired by jazz and Latin rhythms.

She has performed in the United States, Europe and in Middle East, and is currently based in Spain. Elana appeared at Diaspora Arts Connection's "Let Her Sing" festival in 2021.

Tickets are $35 general admission. Children under 12 are free. Advance tickets are available here, or if the show is not sold out, you may purchase your tickets at the door before the show.

Doors open one half hour before show time. We accept cash or Venmo only at the door.

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