In 1926, Hollywood captured its dream of the bold and passionate "Oriental" in the movie "Son of the Sheik"
with the legendary Rudolph Valentino in the leading role and thus nourished modern orientalism of Anglo-American character.
Sarband complement, question, comment and cast irony on the Western image of the Orient
with the sound of traditional Middle Eastern music,
confronting Hollywood's imaginary Orient with the reality of oriental music.
Sarband's music confronts the “Son of the Sheik, this ingenious product of western exotist fantasy, to its actual object.
Mustafa Dogan Dikmen: Voice / Celaleddin Biçer: Ney / Ugur Isik: Ajakli Keman / Ahmet Kadri Rizeli: Kemençe / Bahadir Sener: Kanun /
Vladimir Ivanoff: Percussion, musical director
„Only the musicians of Sarband managed to inspire this period picture with the true orient.“
Susanne Leuteritz, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 7.6.2002
„ … right under Valentino's bedroom glance they not only illustrated the silent movie, but also presented a real masterwork of music …“
Uwe Mitsching, Bayerische Staatszeitung, 3.2.2006
