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…
Artist Profiles: Kaykhosro Pournazeri
Tag: Persian classical music
Artist Profiles: Kayhan Kalhor
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.…
Artist Profiles: Hossein Alizadeh
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…
Artist Profiles: Fariborz Azizi
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…
Artist Profiles: Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh
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…
Artist Profiles: Hamid Reza Taqavi
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…
Artist Profiles: Alireza Ghorbani
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…
Sahba Motallebi and T.J. Troy at Music Vault Academy in Laguna Hills
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…
Artist Profiles: Sahba Motallebi
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…
Classical Persian 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…