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Shahram Nazeri is one of Iran's leading vocalists, renowned for his spiritual Sufi singing of Rumi, the Persian mystic whose 800th anniversary was celebrated in this Passion of Rumi concert.

Rumi is the great humanising figure of Islam, who sees God in the human heart rather than religious dogma. He's the Shakespeare of the Islamic world and, in America, the best selling poet during the 1990s - although he died in the 13th century.

Nazeri, a striking figure with tight curly hair and horseshoe moustache, lives the music he sings. There's passion in every note and his ensemble punctuate the performance with profound instrumental solos.

It is music that eschews flamboyance for spiritual intensity. In an intimate duo of setar lute with frame-drum percussion in the second half, Nazeri took us right to the bardic heart of the music. Absolutely scintillating. But as Rumi is the most universal of Muslim saints, more could have been done to help those who didn't understand Farsi. Surtitles perhaps?

Sharam Nazeri
Barbican Hall
Barbican Hall
Silk Street
EC2