With a
deeply rooted culture and civilization that spans over more than two
millenniums, Persians as a community both inside and outside their motherland
have greatly contributed to the Arts and intellectual emancipation of their
contemporaries. Paradoxically the turmoil's of history and exile have also
enriched an introspection on ourselves as a community and on our responsibility
as Artists, Writers or Intellectuals as well as citizens of our country of
adoption to play a part in a dialogue of civilizations so necessary in our
tormented World. It is to respond to the growing desire of not only recognition
but also encouragement of Persian Artists,
Writers and People of Culture Worldwide as well as that of their colleagues in
their new country of adoption that The World Academy of Arts, Literature, and
Media – WAALM® took an
unprecedented initiative to support, develop, and promote the dramatic and fine
arts, creative writing and poetry, as well as professional journalism and media
productions by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners,
and benefiting the public. The Persian Golden Lioness Awards®, sometimes
are referred to as Iranian Oscars because they recognizes
outstanding contributions to Persian-related arts, literature, and media in a
glitzy black-tie and evening gown ceremony has no other ambition than to
encourage and promote men and women who through their work subscribe to the
humanistic values and love of beauty so dearly cherished by our great Persian
poets through the ages.
Cooperate Partnership with One of the Major Hungarian Broadcasters
KTV
on
19th June 2006 the Founders of the Academy Prof. M. Dorbayani and
Mrs.
Marjan Abdi and the CEO of KTV Mr.
Zsolt Bukovinski © KTV and
WAALM
Upon Signing a Cooperate Partnership with One of the Major
Hungarian Broadcasters KTV
on 19th June 2006 the Founders of the Academy Prof. M. Dorbayani and Mrs. Marjan
Abdi and the CEO of KTV Mr. Zsolt
Bukovinski received the Press and expressed the importance of this cooperation
for promoting the Arts in Hungary one of Europe's Historical Cultural Centers. Hungary
and Persia have mutually interacted
culturally throughout their history. Paradoxically due to the turmoil's of
history and exile in the two respective countries their Intellectual Community
and Diaspora have often contributed to the World Arts Scene and set trends and
models for celebrating beauty, talent and excellence as few have ever achieved
before. This is all the more remarkable that these Great Men and Women achieved
success and an International fame outside their own motherland. Due to Exile or
immigration rarely was their work and contributions acknowledged or understood
by their own compatriots back home during their own lifetime. The World
Academy of Arts, Literature, and Media – WAALM®
ever
since its inception, and partly to repair this injustice but also more
importantly because of the rising interest ad renewal that its initiative has
created in the International community and particularly the Persian and
Hungarian Arts World, took
upon itself to recognize and reward such priceless
contributions.
Historical and Cultural Interactions between Hungary
and Persia are deeply rooted such as the Persian State Visit of Qajar King
Muzzaferedin Shah greeted by Austrian-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph on way to
assist the Marriage and later coronation of King Károly
IV and Queen
Zita the last Reigning Monarchs of Hungary ( December
1916)
Should it be reminded
Hungary has been home to such greats
as Composers Franz Liszt
(1818-1886) and Frederick Martin (Fritz)
Reine(1888-1963). The contributions of Hungarian expats to British and
Hollywood movie industry is immense and
impossible to mention them all in one article. To name a few: Hollywood Director Manó Kertész
better known as Michael Curtiz (1886-1962) ( who immortalized such greats as
Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca, and Errol Flynn and
Olivia De Havilland in Captain Blood or The Adventures of Robin
Hood), and Alexander and Zoltan Korda who virtually created and uplifted the
British Film Industry. Lukács Pál
better known in Hollywood as Paul Lukas who played in several noticeable
films in Budapest before immigrating to the US and become a noticed and familiar
face in many films of the 30's and 40's. The handsome Bernard Schwartz who is no
other than the the international Legendary Star Tony Curtis ( Some Like it
Hot, The Son of Ali Baba ) to have shared the screen with such Stars
as Cary Grant, Marylin Monroe, Jack Lemon and who was an immensely appreciated
Star in Persia which he visited and greeted several times by Persian Diva
Googoosh. Peter Lorre (László Löwenstein) whose enigmatic face has haunted all
movie buffs in such classic films as Casablanca or the Maltese
Falcon. The Silver Screen's most famous Tarzan Janos Weissmuller
known as Johnny Weissmuller born in Timisoara when it part of the
Austro Hungarian Empire. Zsa Zsa Gabor is not only a Star but an institution in
Hollywood for her beauty and noticed feature films. Actor/Bodybuilder Miklós
Hargitay became known as husband of actress Jane Mansfield under the name of
Mickey Hargitay and whose daughter Mariska (Ma-rish-ka) Magdolina
Hargitay is one of the promising Hollywood talents
today.
Yasmina Reza is born to a Persian
Father and a Hungarian violinist. Her father, who came to France at age three
(with his Iranian parents who were
diplomats residing in Russia) to escape the Russian revolution, was to
become a successful businessman. Reza's family often took idyllic vacations in
Switzerland. They also shared a passion for the arts. Reza took theatre studies
in school at Nanterre, and then began in theatre as an actress. She began to use
her time outside of rehearsing and performing to write for the stage. Her first
play, "Conversations after a Burial," won a Moliere Award (the highest French
theatre award). Her second, "Winter Crossing," won a second Moliere. Her third
was "Art," which became an international phenomenon. She is admired by such
Theater greats as French Fabrice Luchini and Laurent Terzieff, British Albert
Finney but also Hollywood stars like Sean Connery and Al Pacino who hope to
adapt Art to the screen.
Tribute to the Past and an Eye on the
Future
©photocomposition Darius KADIVAR
Many
composers of the late nineteeth and early twentieth centuries used the folk
music of their native countries as a source of inspiration for their
compositions. The DULCIMER in
13th century Persia and became known in Hungary in the 16th century. The
instrument is used to make dance music together with a violin and clarinet. The
small cymbalom without pedals was made by craftsmen for gypsy musicians. It was
replaced by the large cymbalom which had four legs and pedals( Both cymbaloms
are trapezoid shaped and their dimensions are 80 x 60 x 40 cm and 140 x 95 x 74
cm respectively.) The sound-box is made of pine, the wrest plank of maple wood.
The metal strings are played on with 35 cm long carved sticks. The curved tips
are bare or wrapped with cotton for a different sound. The pedal-cymbalom was
designed by Jozsef V. Schunda music instrument manufacturer of Budapest in the
1870-s.Our last year's Awardee Maestro
Muhammad Heidari is one of the great masters of this insturment studied
by such Hungarian greats as Béla
Bartok or Zoltán Kodály. In turn Persian Music Talents such as Reza Vali who is using Persian folk songs as a basis for
composing Western classical music has expressed that the works of Bartok and Kodály were at the
source of his own work and research.
Interestingly
Conductor Miklos Rozsa's (1907-1995) music scores are amongst the most
celebrated in theMotion Screen History in such Great Epics as Ben-Hur or Quo Vadis.
Interestingly Hungarian Rozsa shares a posthumous cultural heritage with Persian
Music Maestro André Aminollah Hossein (1906-1983) for the latter's
music compositions such as Symphonie des Sables, Sherazad and
Persian Miniatures will be illustrating the grandiose Spectacle Ben Hur:
Plus Grand que la Légende this Summer at the Stade de France in
Paris directed by his son actor/Director Robert Hossein. A special Tribute will
be given to the Great Aminollah Hossein during the 2nd Persian Golden
Lioness Awards® this October. The great music master's work have been a continued inspiration
to many great composers today such as Music Maestro Alexander ( Ali ) Rahbari
also awarded as best Conductor this year.
Tribute to the Past
and an Eye on the Future ©photocomposition Darius KADIVAR
The
The World
Academy of Arts, Literature, and Media – WAALM®
is
proud to have initiated such a dialogue amongst Persian and Hungarian Artists.
With such prestigious members as Sattar, Mrs. Homa Afshar, Mahasti, Akbar
Golpayegani,
Hooshmand
Aghili, Faramarz Aslani, Shakila, Masoud Assadolahi, Monireh Maleki, Niloofar
Beyzaie
and their
Hungarian collegues to name a few Professor Sandor Falvai, Geza Bodolay, Prof. Laszlo Szekely, Prof. Peter
Erdei.
In their mutual press conference the Hungarian and Persian
partners expressed their common vision and collaboration in the following terms
:
Mr
Zsolt Bukovinszky Director of KTV:
"Cooperation
of KTV and IFSI is for sure a big step toward development of our both
organizations. Out
of
this cooperation not
only KTV and IFSI will be promoted but also culturally and educationally our
viewers will get benefit and develop. It
is a pleasure to be part of educational development of our city in cooperation
with an international center like IFSI"
Dr. Marjan Abdi:
"It
is very delighting to be partner of an honorable media organization like KTV.
IFSI will have the pleasure of providing education to KTV's staff and soon in
cooperation with KTV international education will be provided to the public. It
is also nice to have KTV as our partner in our forthcoming cultural event"
Prof. M. Dorbayani:
"
Our co-operations with KTV will be in there areas:
1st Providing education to KTV organisation in exchange for PR
and Adverts 2nd Co-operation on Tele-education. Soon KTV and IFSI will
provide distance learning international education through TV and students will
get the opportunity to have education anywhere they and get a recognised
qualification. And 3rd We are organising an international
annual awards in name of Persian Golden Lioness Awards which is similar to
Oscars and KTV as our media sponsor partner will cover the ceremony. Our last
year Awarding ceremony was between the two countries of Hungary and Persia, but
in this year we will be hosting 6 nationalities including the Hungarian Artists
and Musicians such as the NOX band, Princess and Ms. Eva Marton the
Soprano"
The
Founders of the The World Academy of Arts, Literature, and Media –
WAALM®
have
officially announced the CREDO of their Cultural Organization as follows:
"We believe our first
responsibility is to serve human beings to develop, to
assist
the expansion of human
horizons, and to facilitate mankind to grow bigger and
richer through
educational and cultural endeavor.
Every world-class
Artist, Scholar, and Journalist must be considered as
an
individual. We must
respect their dignity and recognize their merit. We
must
highlight their
excellence and reward them for their attainments and
the
differences they make
in the world.
We must celebrate
their success and strive to encourage the younger
generations to follow
the path that once greater men and women before them
walked
through.
We must as well
emulate those Artistic organizations, Academic Centers,
Media
and Networks who
assist and share the same vision with compassion,
honor,
and
dignity.
Our Awardees and
Celebrities must be among those who are dedicated
professionals, use
their professions for the purpose of good, have principles
and
respect in human
values. They must have qualities to be a symbol in their field,
a
leading character to
look up to, and socially live a healthy life.
We must select our
laureates far from any discrimination. They must be
nominated, studied,
selected, and awarded fairly and professionally. Our
panel
of selecting committee
or moderators must be appointed from outstanding
people
with practical
experience as well as higher academic education, and
international
insights into every
related awarding category.
We must apply
leadership and provide competent management to run our
organization, and
their action must be just and ethical. We must maintain in
good
order the property we
are privileged to use and protect our resources. We
must
help our patrons and
sponsor businesses grow, and our suppliers and
affiliates
make a fair
profit.
While we have our
organizational policy and principles to maintain, we shall
not
engage in any
political activities. We shall remain an international
cultural
awarding body where
people from different culture around the world could
gather
in peace and through
establishment of dialog increase mutual understandings
and
tolerance.
Therefore, with
respect to the above our motto shall read:
'A tribute to the past
and an eye on the future' "
The 2nd Annual Persian Golden
Lioness Awards® will be held in Budapest in October of 2006. Hungary and its
beautiful, cultural and historical capital Budapest is not only the host city for the Awards but also one of the
Award winning nations being honored and participating in all categories of our
academy. WAALM ® will give full accommodation to the Awardees for
their three-day stay visit that will include a tour of the city's highlights and
will culminate by the Awards Ceremony. The latter will be covered by our
academy's Media Partner KTV® a major broadcasting Hungarian company that will
showcase the event to more than 300 000 Viewers.
© Photocomposition Darius KADIVAR
Author's
Notes:
(*) The World Academy of Arts,
Literature, and Media- WAALM® is an
extension and awarding body of the International Further Studies Institute-IFSI®
www.ifsi.hu
.
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About the Author: Darius KADIVAR is a Freelance
Journalist, Columnist of the OCPC Magazine. He operates as Paris based PR & Press
for WAALM® 2nd
annual Awards 2006.
