An Entry to Iranian Music: Session 07
Geography of Instruments in Iran
Saturday, 31.10.2020, 18:00-21:00
Online performance via Zoom
Museum of Impossible Forms
schedule:
18:00 session starts
18:10-18:40 Lecture on Tar and Setar Milad Mohammadi
18:40-19:10 Lecture on Nei By Sheida Ghazi
19:10-19:40 Lecture on Santour by Aki Vesanto
short break
19:50-20:20 Lecture on Kamancheh by Mehrdad Masoudifarid
20:20-20:50 Lecture on Oud by Negar Bouban
We have short Q&A for 5 minutes after each lecture and in the end of the session.
In this session of An Entry to Iranian Music, we are happy to invite practicing musicians and sound artists – Negar Bouban (oud), Mehrdad Massoudifarid (Kamancheh), Milad Mohammadi (Tar and Setar), Aki Vesanto (Santour), Sheida Ghazi (Nei) – who through practice and performance will allow us deeper insights into the traditions and contemporary usage of music instruments from Iran.
details and bios below.
This session is open to the public.
Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88080377741
𝐍𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐧
𝐍𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐧, Iranian musician, Oud player, composer and musicologist, was born in 1973, Tehran. She got her Master’s of Architecture from the faculty of fine arts -University of Tehran, after designing for Tehran’s music conservatory, then got a PhD in Art Studies with an interdisciplinary study of Rhythm in Persian Music and language. She learned Persian Dastgah-Music and playing the Oud with Mansour Nariman, and worked with him on his books for Oud learners. Negar has been active on the music scene, recording and performing Persian music with Ensembles since 1993, the most prominent of which have been: Showqname project -performing compositions attributed to the six-century-old Abdolqader Maraqi, with MohammadReza Darvishi- , tours and recordings with Hossein Alizadeh’s Hamavayan Ensemble; and the international World-Jazz project: Eurasians-Unity.
http://www.negarbouban.com/
𝐌𝐞𝐡𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐢 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐝
𝐌𝐞𝐡𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐢 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐝 was born in Tehran, Iran on 25th of November 1987. He attended the violin classes of Maestro Davoud Ganjei at the age of 6 which was the first time he became acquainted with the world of music. After learning the principles and methods of playing the violin, he showed extreme passion for Kamancheh at the age of 15 and started to learn it from Maestro Ganjei and later on from Maestro Ardeshir Kamkar. Having improved his ability to play more challenging music pieces as well as basics of playing Kamancheh in kurdish folklore style, Mehrdad has been cooperating with great number of musicians and music ensembles during his carrier.
𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐝𝐚𝐢
𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐝𝐚𝐢 is an Iranian musician, multi-instrumentalist, and Tar and Setar player based in Iran. He was selected as the best Tar player in the 8th youth music festival in Iran and was awarded the best Setar player and the best fusion album in 2018. In his career, Milad has cooperated with prestigious Iranian singers Homayoun Shajarian, Alireza Ghorbani, and Mohamdreza Motamedi.
𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐚 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐳𝐢
𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐚 𝐆𝐡𝐚𝐳𝐢 (b.1986), Iranian musician and Nei player. Sheida started learning music from her father. She attended the music school and later obtained BA and MA in Music. Sheida attentively learned from all influential masters of Nei and studied different schools of Nei playing. Maestro Kasai, Ali Kianinezhad, A.Afsharnia, Siamak Jahangiri, and Pasha Hanjani are some of her Nei teachers.
Aki Vesanto
Aki Vesanto (b.1991) has studied Iranian dastgah music and Santour playing since 2017 and is taught and educated by Farshad Sanati. He is interested in studying the Radif and structure of dastgah and understanding the poetry and Iranian culture and society. Currently working on translations of the structure of the Dastgah system written by Farshad Sanati. Aki also Studying in University of Jyväskylä for bachelor’s & Master’s degree of Russian language and culture.
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