International Women's Day: Farzane Zamen + Guests
Entry Requirements: Over 18s only
Farzane will start the night with a short film showing how Iranian women lost their freedom 41 years ago after the Islamic revolution in Iran and how they never gave up on fighting for their rights, she will perform afterwards and there are going to be different acts and in between. Every performing womxn* is more than welcome to join and sing a song or read poetry or even tell their story.
Farzane Zamen is an Iranian singer-songwriter and music producer based in Glasgow-Scotland. She has written and recorded in varied styles that include the Farsi songs of her homeland as well as progressive electronic music, shown off in her EP "Z Bent". In 2017 she was awarded a prestigious Artist Protection Fund fellowship for artist residency hosted by Centre for Contemporary Arts of Glasgow. Before moving to Glasgow Farzane worked as an underground musician in Iran without having the opportunity to perform in public because of the Islamic laws applied in the country. After the revolution in 1979 women’s solo voice was banned and many of artists and singers had to leave the country. Nowadays female singers in Iran have to continue their artistic practice as underground musicians by streaming their music through online music services as Farzane did as well when she was in Iran with more than one million plays.
After moving to Glasgow Farzane has been very active in Glasgow’s music scene and found herself more as a performing artist. She has taken part in important music festivals and events in Scotland and Europe; Including Safe Havens Malmo-Sweden 2018, Celtic Connection Glasgow 2019, Edinburgh Iranian Festival 2019, Solas Festival, etc.
*trans and non-binary inclusive.