Galeet Dardashti on the Revival of Piyyutim (Zaman Collective)
Interview · Zaman Collective
Galeet Dardashti on Performance, Anthropology, and the Revival of Piyyutim
Galeet Dardashti is a singer, composer, and scholar of Middle Eastern Jewish music who leads the band Divahn and teaches at the Jewish Theological Seminary. Her grandfather, Younes Dardashti, was a celebrated singer of Persian classical music in Iran. She talks about her family's musical legacy and the growing revival of piyyutim, the sacred poetry sung in Middle Eastern Jewish communities.
Zaman Collective, Summer 2020. Opens in a new tab.
