Ecuadorian pan flutist Juan Leonardo Santillia Rojas, known as Leo Rojas, is to travel to Iran in Norouz (the Iranian New Year) to have his first concert in the country.
Accompanied by his band and German tenor Silvio d'Anza as special guest, he will hold two performances at the Convention Hall of Milad Tower in Tehran. The concerts are slated for Feb. 26-27.
According to Tik8.com where tickets are available, the concert titled 'Son of the Sun', named after one of Rojas' hit songs, is organized by the Tehran-based Rangin Kaman Honar Javan Institute of Culture and Arts.
Rojas, 33, is best known for winning the 2011 season of the German casting show 'Das Supertalent'. Rojas moved to Spain in 2000 and then to Germany. Living in Berlin with his Polish wife, he often performed as a street musician until a passer-by informed him about the casting show, Allmusic.com wrote.
He became a contestant in the show's fifth season, succeeding to the semifinals with his rendition of 'El Condor Pasa' (best known in a 1970 version by Simon & Garfunkel, American folk rock duo) and then winning the show with a cover of 'Einsamer Hirte,' (the lonely shepherd) a hit song written and performed by Romanian pan flute musician Gheorghe Zamfir in 1977.
Rojas' version of 'Einsamer Hirte' was released as a single shortly after the show's finale and was followed by the release of his first full-length album 'Spirit of the Hawk'.
The album reached number two on the German album charts. It featured the two abovementioned songs as well as cover versions of compositions such as John Barry's theme from the 1990 American epic western movie 'Dances With Wolves' and German musician Martin Bottcher's 'Winnetou'.
