To all song lovers – don't miss this! It's a unique opportunity to meet a fabulous performer and to get to know a piece of the rich and indescribably beautiful Persian song treasure.

Mahsa Vahdat has a voice with an emotional timbre and an irresistible power that has taken her to concert halls all over the world, and to collaborations with a variety of musicians from several continents, from Knut Reiersrud to the Vertavo Quartet. But in her own homeland, Iran, she cannot sing in public – because she is a woman, and she now lives in exile in the United States. 

On Førdefestivalen However, she has been on stage several times. Mahsa is both a great performer and an experienced educator, so there is much to learn here, both in terms of singing technique and in wisdom and understanding around song performance and cultural traditions.