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Tag: Persian classical music

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Kiu Haghighi

Angel Romero August 24, 2018 No Comments IranKiu HaghighiPersian classical musicsantoor

Kiu Haghighi is a leading Persian classical santoor player. His instrument, the santoor (or santur), dates back to the eleventh century. This ancient instrument is…

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Artist Profiles: Dariush Talai

Angel Romero August 21, 2018 No Comments Dariush TalaiIranIranian musicPersian classical music

Tar and setar virtuoso Dariush Talai is recognized today as one of the finest performers of traditional Persian music. He was born in 1952 and…

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Ney Maestro Hossein Omoumi to Perform at A World in Trance festival in New York

World Music Central News Room April 26, 2018 No Comments Hossein OmoumiPersian classical musicSufi music

Persian ney (flute) virtuoso and vocalist Hossein Omoumi is set to perform a concert of Persian classical and Sufi music on Sunday, April 29, 2017…

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Artist Profiles: Hossein Omoumi

Angel Romero April 26, 2018 No Comments Hossein OmoumiIranIranian musicneyPersian classical musicSufi music

Hossein Omoumi was born in 1944 in Isfahan, Iran, and commenced his musical education singing with his father. At age 14, he studied the ney,…

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Artist Profiles: Siamak Jahangiry

Angel Romero April 27, 2017 No Comments IranIranian musicneyPersian classical musicSiamak Jahangiryworld music

Siamak Jahangiry was born in 1971 in chaloos, in northern Iran. He started playing the ney at the age of 12. Jahangiry studied with Abdolnaghi…

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Artist Profiles: Shams Ensemble

Angel Romero April 26, 2017 No Comments IranIranian musicPersian classical musicShams Ensemble

Iran’s renowned Shams Ensemble, influenced by Sufi, Kurdish and Persian classical music traditions, performs powerful rhythms and haunting melodic works incorporating the poetry of Mevlana…

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Artist Profiles: Salar Aghili

Angel Romero April 23, 2017 No Comments IranIranian musicPersian classical musicSalar Aghili

Salar Aghili is one of the leading Persian classical vocalists of his generation. He was born in Tehran in 1977, has studied under the guidance…

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Artist Profiles: Pezhham Akhavass

Angel Romero April 21, 2017 No Comments dafIranIranian musicPersian classical musicPezhham Akhavasstombakworld music

Tombak and daf master Pezhham Akhavass has a unique approach to rhythm has gained him recognition as one of the most distinguished Iranian percussionists of…

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Artist Profiles: Pedram Khavar Zamini

Angel Romero April 9, 2017 No Comments IranIranian musicPedram Khavar ZaminiPersian classical musictombak

Pedram Khavar Zamini, one of the world’s leading Iranian tombak players, has been living in France for few years now. Tombak is the main percussion…

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Artist Profiles: Keyvan Saket

Angel Romero February 26, 2017 No Comments IranIranian musicKeyvan SaketPersian classical musicsetartar

Keyvan Saket is an Iranian composer and tar and setar instrumentalist. Keyvan is a master of traditional Persian music who, after recording and touring extensively…

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