{"id":153689,"date":"2023-05-12T13:41:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T17:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=153689"},"modified":"2023-05-15T13:56:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T17:56:53","slug":"electronic-meets-folk-at-the-small-world-music-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/electronic-meets-folk-at-the-small-world-music-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Electronic meets folk at the Small World Music Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"

Electronic and folk mix tomorrow night at the Small World Music Centre as Iranian Canadian\/American composer and sound artist Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi<\/a> debuts with Toronto based Finnish accordionist Matti Pulkki<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The idea for the show started when Koochakzadeh-Yazdi told Mahmood Schricker, founder of Link Music Lab a Toronto based art collective, that they really wanted to work with an accordionist. Schricker later found Pulkki who agreed to do a collaboration.<\/p>\n

Despite being on opposite sides of the continent, this duo partnered up; tey have been collaborating and preparing their blend of folk and electronic music completely online for the last few months. Koochakzadeh-Yazdi and Pulkki will be meeting for the first time in person the week of the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn music it\u2019s really hard to work remotely and collaborate,\u201d says Pulkki. \u201cOf course, there is a lot of technology to assist in collaboration over distance but the most efficient way to work is in person.\u201d<\/p>\n

While distance has always been a constant for the two, they both grew up with a love of music.<\/p>\n

Koochakzahed-Yazdi started playing classical piano when they were six years old while living in Tehran. When they moved to Vancouver, they transitioned in composing music. Koochkazahed-Yazdi says that being in the music industry is the only thing they ever saw themselves in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have this adage that when I start something I want to go to the end. I think when I was a kid I was still like that,\u201d says Koochakzadeh-Yazdi. \u201cI started music and I wanted to be a musician and I couldn't see myself doing anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Much like Koochakzadeh-Yazdi, Pulkki started music at six years old and never stopped. Instead of a piano, Pulkki opted for the traditional Finnish folk instrument: the accordion. He has performed for years and made his solo debut in 2018 at the Helsinki Music Centre. Despite having played for years, he only has a suspicion as to why he picked the accordion.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Finland, the accordion is very prominent and is offered everywhere\u2026everyone in Finland has an uncle who can play the accordion,\u201d says Pulkki. \u201cI was so young when I started, I have a small suspicion that I picked it so I could annoy [my] whole family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Koochakzadeh-Yazdi and Pulkki perform on May 13 at the Small World Music Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Listen below to hear Koochakzadeh-Yazdi and Pulkki talk about their musical history:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Electronic and folk mix tomorrow night at the Small World Music Centre as Iranian Canadian\/American composer and sound artist Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi debuts with Toronto based Finnish accordionist Matti Pulkki. The idea for the show started when Koochakzadeh-Yazdi told Mahmood Schricker, founder of Link Music Lab a Toronto based art collective, that they really wanted to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":153703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,219],"tags":[26041,4684,26040,26042],"radio":[1380],"origine":[267,269,273],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153689"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153897,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153689\/revisions\/153897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153689"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=153689"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=153689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}