WARSAW SESSIONS (2025) Cameron Shahbazi and Sophia Muñoz

WARSAW SESSIONS (2025)

The "Warsaw Sessions" is an innovative digital concert and accompanying interview by countertenor Cameron Shahbazi and pianist Sophia Muñoz filmed in the historical Sale Redutowe of the Polish National Opera House. The program reinterprets the familiar and unfamiliar, showcasing the strength in cross-cultural collaborations and community, inviting audiences worldwide to experience the duo’s personal soundtrack in an intimate, unfiltered manner. 

for more information visit www.cameronshahbazi.com/warsawsessions 

0:00  Nani, nani: Canción de Cuna 

from Cuatro Canciones Sefardies, no.3 

by Joaquin Rodrigo 

  

3:35 Dar Emtedad-e Shab  (Throughout the Night)  

from Parviz Sayyad's 1978 motion picture "Along the Night"

music by Mojtaba Mirzadeh arranged by Sophia Muñoz

originally performed by and typically attributed to Googoosh

 

5:55 Bavar Kon (Believe It) 

arranged by Hooman Khalatbari (transcribed and rearranged by Sophia Muñoz) 

originally performed and typically attributed to Googoosh

 

9:35 Shanehayat (Your Shoulders) 

arranged by Sophia Muñoz

originally performed by Hayedeh 

  

16:43 About Cameron and Sophia 

18:50 Music for a While  | Henri Purcell

arranged by Cameron Shahbazi & Sophia Muñoz 

inspired by an original introduction & arrangement by Golfam Khayam

 

23:03 First Time Ever I Saw Your Face | Ewan MacColl

arranged by James Blake, inspired by Robert Flack’s 1969 interpretation

27:10 Black is the Colour of my True Love’s Hair | Traditional

arranged by Cameron Shahbazi and Sophia Muñoz

inspired by Nina Simone’s 1959 version

 

31:00 What a Wonderful World 

original music by Bob Thiele (George Douglas) and George David Weiss

typically attributed to Louis Armstrong, rearranged by Jon Batiste

 

36:50 Parting Message