MUSIC – Golnar 

“Nothing is more beautiful than sharing the joy and the gift of life with people who are open to receiving it, and FRAMED is simply THE place for that. The FRAMED team is not only super professional but also very passionate about music and the arts. I felt very welcome and supported there, so I feel I have a new family in Berlin. The positive energy of the place, together with its wonderful audience, has made my concert a very special experience. Supporting creative work, in this case music, is very crucial for a healthy society and for empowering the community. FRAMED team has that mindset and is working diligently and passionately to create a platform for creative storytelling.” – Golnar

“Golnar is a millennium voice. The only voice that ever moved me to tears when I saw her live. Every single note she sings contains incredible magic.” – Mira Lu Kovacs

Golnar Shahyar is an Iranian-born vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter. She has toured internationally with her different bands and was involved in various dance, theatre, and music festival productions as an artist, curator, and educator throughout her 10 years of activities.

Inspired by the diversity of narration in the language of music, her signature is her ability to connect different musical worlds and cultures in such an organic way that makes the complexity of her compositions and singing almost effortless. Her voice is powerful yet very subtle and covers a whole range of emotions. In her solo act, Golnar creates an atmosphere where authenticity, vulnerability, and empathy are celebrated as strength. “I don’t play to please,” she says, “I play to be honest“. The core of her work is communication, personal expression, and storytelling.

“The hypnotic polyphonic weave of Golnar Shahyar’s voice, her guitar or piano, takes place so naturally as a floating story about the diversity of life, crossing her fondling fingers over your mind and heart.” – Danas Newspaper

ART EXHIBITION – Boyan 

Born in 1975 in Bulgaria, emigrated to Israel in 1997, and lives and works in Bulgaria and Israel. Working predominantly in painting, Boyan focuses on real and fantastic characters, while his painterly work virtuously skips between various genres and styles. Boyan graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem in 2003. He has had solo shows at Andrea Meislin Gallery in New York, Gallery 39, and Sommer Contemporary Art Gallery in Tel Aviv, as well as at the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art.

“I started to make those paintings after moving to a large studio at an old cinema, which was converted to carpentry. Everything was covered in thick dust. I put the raw canvas on the floor to use as a carpet. Soon, I started to notice different shapes that appeared on the canvas made by footprints, cigarette ash, and dripped paint. Some of the shapes were very clear, so I tried to paint them using wood paint. The wood paint is like watercolor, it’s hard to control or erase. Once you make a mark, it’s there to stay. I try to find images hidden in the canvas by following shapes or making marks, trying to create a painting based on an accident.”