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Press Release: 2003 National Heritage Fellowship
Press Release: Manoochehr Sadeghi
Manoochehr Sadeghi's Vision Available Now!
Esfahan
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VISION
CONCERT VIDEO
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Santur (Santour): A piano like instrument or hammered dulcimer that is played with 2 feather weight mallets.
Manoochehr Sadeghi is a leading Santur (Santour) virtuoso with forty five years of professional experience in teaching and performing both in Iran and The United States. As a youth, he studied the theory of Persian music under the Persian master, Abdul Hassan Saba. In 1956 he joined Saba's orchestra, the first orchestra assembled by The Iranian Fine Arts Institute. He continued his collaboration with Saba's Orchestra as a soloist for many years. He has performed on Tehran radio and television and has performed widely in The United States, Great Britain, Denmark, The Netherlands, India, Pakistan and Israel. Dr. Sadeghi taught at the Conservatory of Persian National Music in Tehran. Since 1964 he has been studying and teaching in the United States, completing an M.A. in music at Fullerton State College, Los Angeles, California and a PhD in Ethnomusicology at UCLA in Los Angeles, California where he has been performing and serving as a Lecturer in Persian Music as well.
Santur.com features a complete historical background & technical
science of Persian Music, with detailed educational information
about the Santur and all the Persian classical instruments. A
complete description and samples of the Radif are available with
free music downloads.
Our website will in the future have an online school for music
students from around the world who desire to learn how to play an
instrument, be able to educate themselves online.
Please tell your friends or anyone you know who is studying,
performing or producing music about this educational website.
Santur.com is new and expanding with free music from around
the world, not just Persian music, but music from every culture.
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