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LIVE REPORT: Parissa & Meshk Ensemble
Part of the Barbican's Transcender series, in performances by Parissa and the Meshk Ensemble, Sam Mackay finds both a testament and challenge to the idea of musical universalism and a rebuttal to cultural and social authoritarianism. (Photograph: Bilâl Değirmenci)
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LIVE REPORT: Parissa & Meshk Ensemble
Part of the Barbican's Transcender series, in performances by Parissa and the Meshk Ensemble, Sam Mackay finds both a testament and challenge to the idea of musical universalism and a rebuttal to cultural and social authoritarianism. (Photograph: Bilâl Değirmenci)
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