Love Songs for the Soul
An annual valentine’s concert series featuring love songs and poetry arranged for voice, strings and woodwinds.
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Saturday, February 8, Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, 7:30p - Tickets
Thursday, February 13, House Concert, San Rafael, 7:30p, RSVP: ophir.asaf@gmail.com
Friday, February 14, Back Room, Berkeley, 8p - Tickets
Looking for something fun to do for Valentine's Day? Love Songs for the Soul has got you in mind! Following their success from last year, they've been collecting popular love songs, poems, and stories, and arranging them for harp, voice, woodwinds, and guitar. From Norah Jones to Bob Marley and everything in between, there is room for everybody. If you are looking for a lovely night out, or if you just like to enjoy some love songs through a different lens, please join us.
Amelia Romano (harp, voice) is a concertizing lever harpist, programming classical re-imaginations alongside original works. She received her master’s in classical lever harp performance at San Francisco State University under the tutelage of Karen Gottlieb, retired second harpist of the San Francisco Symphony. Her latest album, “Levers Engaged: Classical Works Re-imaged for Harp '' and sheet music collection “Classical Re-imaginations," present the instrument as a valid voice in classical music. A composer, arranger and trailblazer in the lever harp world, she is equally at home writing Latin America inspired works for solo harp as she is adapting classical pieces for chamber collaborations.
Asaf Ophir began his professional career in musical theaters in Israel, on some of Israel's most distinguished stages. Having moved to the United States in 2014, Ophir can most often be seen in world music projects on Jewish, Arabic, and Balkan stages. Throughout his career he has shared the stage with artists such as Miri Mesika, Avi Kushnir, Galit Giat, David De’or, Rana Farhan, and Barbara Streisand. The San Francisco Chronicle writes: ""Asaf Ophir gives the clarinet the timbre of a trumpet, then a violin, then a raspy scream… the instrument’s wail almost becomes too plaintive and beautiful to bear.”
