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Tag: Persian classical music

Artist Profiles

Artist Profiles: Kaykhosro Pournazeri

Angel Romero February 26, 2017 No Comments IranKaykhosro PournazeriPersian classical musicShams Ensembletanbur

Kaykhosro Pournazeri, born in Kermanshah (Iran), studied music under master musicians Ostad Vaziri and Darvish Khan. He began his university studies in engineering, but soon…

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Artist Profiles: Kayhan Kalhor

Angel Romero February 26, 2017 1 Comment IranIranian musickamanchehKayhan KalhorKurdish musicPersian classical musicworld music

Kamancha (also known as kamancheh) virtuoso and composer Kayhan Kalhor was born in Tehran (Iran). He began his musical studies at the age of seven.…

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Artist Profiles: Hossein Alizadeh

Angel Romero February 11, 2017 2 Comments Hossein AlizadehIranIranian musicPersian classical musicsetar

Hossein Alizadeh, born in Tehran (Iran) in 1951, studied with various masters of traditional Persian music including Ali Akbar Khan Shahnazi, Nur Ali Borumand, Abdollah…

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Artist Profiles: Fariborz Azizi

Angel Romero December 19, 2016 No Comments Fariborz AziziIranIranian musicPersian classical musicsetartar

Fariborz Azizi was born in Tehran (Iran) in 1961. He has performed on tar and setar for more than 30 years. Before devoting himself to…

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Artist Profiles: Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh

Angel Romero December 19, 2016 No Comments Hamid Reza NourbakhshIranIranian musicPersian classical music

Vocalist Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh was born in 1964, studied under the supervision of Mohammad Reza Shajarian, a living legend in Iranian classical music. He has…

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Artist Profiles: Hamid Reza Taqavi

Angel Romero December 19, 2016 No Comments Hamid Reza TaqaviIranIranian musicPersian classical musicsantur

Hamid Reza Taqavi, born in 1976 in Iranian Azerbaijan, began playing santur at the age of 11 under the direction of Ibrahim Safari and continued…

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Artist Profiles: Alireza Ghorbani

Angel Romero December 18, 2016 No Comments IranIranian musicPersian classical music

Vocalist Alireza Ghorbani, born in 1972, began studying the Persian classical repertoire (radif) at the age of 12 with such masters as Mehdi Fallah, Hossein…

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Sahba Motallebi and T.J. Troy at Music Vault Academy in Laguna Hills

Angel Romero October 12, 2016 No Comments Persian classical musicSahba MotallebisetarT.J. Troytar

Iranian tar and setar maestra Sahba Motallebi and percusionist T.J. Troy are set to perform on Saturday, October 15 at The Music Vault Academy in…

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Artist Profiles: Sahba Motallebi

Angel Romero October 5, 2016 No Comments IranIranian musicPersian classical musicSahba Motallebisetartar

Sahba Motallebi is recognized internationally as a modern expert of the Iranian tar and setar, lute-type stringed instruments that are essential to one of the…

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Articles

Classical Persian Music

Angel Romero April 14, 2003 Persian classical music

Classical Persian music is an ancient art form and one of the earliest musical traditions known today. Because of the geographic location and sociopolitical role…

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