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 

Since February 2020, I have been a part of the Ostoorah Ensemble, dedicated to playing Arabic Music. We performed in the Bleach Festival in Gold Coast in November 2020.

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.

Above: Saba Ensemble (Persian Music) 

Below: Safar Ensemble (Arabic and Turkish Music) - This was an ensemble I was a part of from 2015-2019 playing Persian, Turkish, and Arabic music. 

Videos

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

While a graduate student, I was a member of the University of Chicago Middle Eastern Music Ensemble.  

I had the privilege of playing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and also with Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble. 

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.