Music

Here is my Music CV. 

If you are interested in learning Santoor, looking at this online resource. (In Farsi, but English can be arranged). 

Compositions

During 2018-2019 a few inspirations came my way and I wrote them down and performed some with our group. Here are the notes/lyrics/recordings

Slipshod  لاابالی - Poem by Saadi - Recording with Saba Ensemble at 4eb Radio and performed in several concerts

Revitalising Tunes نغمه های جانفزا  - Poem by Mowlana - Recording with Saba Ensemble at 4eb Radio and performed in several concerts

Eastern Message  پیام مشرق  - Poem by Iqbal - Never recorded or performed.

Ensembles 

In October 2017, I founded and directed the Saba Ensemble dedicated to playing classical and folklore Persian Music. We performed for over two years in Brisbane and surrounding area including in the Woodford Folk Festival. We paused collaboration in 2019, when I moved to Gold Coast. We restarted again 2025. 

2020-2023 Ostoorah Ensemble, dedicated to playing Arabic Music. 

2015-2019 - Safar Ensemble (Arabic and Turkish Music) - Dedicated to playing Persian, Turkish, and Arabic music. 

2008-2011 - I founded the UBC Persian Music Ensemble. The ensemble continued for about ten years after my departure from Vancouver. 

2004-2008 - University of Chicago Middle Eastern Music Ensemble. A highlight was playing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and also with Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble. 

Above: With Ostoorah Ensemble at the  Bleach Festival in Gold Coast in November 2020.

Above: Saba Ensemble 2018. 

Below: Safar Ensemble 2016 

Videos

Here is a couple lock-down project during the Covid Crisis: 

Here is audio of one of our songs with the CSO, a powerful song by the Palestinian composer Issa Boulos. 

While at the University of British Columbia, I founded and directed the UBC Persian Music Ensemble. We had many successful concerts. 

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Instruments

My main instrument is Santoor, an ancient instrument played in Iran, the Arab World and Turkey, Greece, China, .... I started playing the Santoor when I was nine years old with Masoud Gharibzadeh. 

I started playing classical Guitar under Stephen Boswell a few years ago. 

Riq is a percussion instrument of the Arab world. I started learning Riq under the Guidance of Issa Boulos.