Professional Musician

• Master of the santur, a Persian hammered dulcimer.
• Member, Orchestra No. 1 of the State Fine Arts Department, Tehran, Iran
• Performed on Iranian television and radio for the Ministry of Arts and Culture.
• Command Performances for visiting foreign dignitaries and heads of state.
• Concertized widely in the United States, Great Britain, Denmark, The Netherlands, India, Pakistan, and Israel.
• In United States, regularly gives concerts, participates in festivals and performs on television and radio.
• Solo and collaborative recordings.

Teacher

• Private lessons, Iran 1953 – 1964, United States 1964 – present.
• Faculty, Conservatory of Persian National Music, Tehran, 1958 – 1964.
• UCLA’s Department of Ethnomusicology, 1967 – 1997. Taught Persian classical music theory, history and performance.
• Regularly gives university-level lecture-recitals.
   

Selected Recordings

Sounds of the Santur (UCLA IE Series, 1974) recording and notes

Soundtrack for John Whitney film Arabesque (1975)

Seals & Crofts recording Takin’ It Easy (Warner Brothers, 1978)

L. Subramaniam/Stephane Grappelli recording Conversations (Milestone, 1984)

Strunz & Farah recording Frontera (Guitar Nine Records, 1984)

Solo recording Visions (2002 release)

Selected Publications

Improvisation in Non-Rhythmic Solo Instrumental Contemporary Persian Art Music (Master’s thesis, UCLA, 1971)

Record reviews, Journal of the Society for Ethnomusicology (Vol. XVII, #2, May 1973)

Quoted in Bruno Nettl’s The Radif of Persian Music (Elephant & Cats, 1992)

“Saba,” article in special issue of Daftar-e Honar honoring Abol Hassan Saba (Eatontown, NJ, 1999)

Translation of musical annotations for Dariush Tala’i’s Traditional Persian Art Music:

The Radif of Mirza Abdollah (Mazda Publishers, 2000)

Interview and soundtrack for The Struggle for Iran radio documentary, hosted by Walter Cronkite (KQED/Stanley Foundation, 2001)

“Shajarian,” article in special issue of Daftar-e Honar honoring Iranian master vocalist Shajarian (Eatontown, NJ, 2003)

Articles about Manoochehr Sadeghi
 

Many articles in Persian magazines such as Iran Post, Tehran, Javanan, and Iran News (1958 –1964)

“Persian Music Class in America,” Roshanfekr “Enlightened” Magazine, one of the leading publications in Iran (Siamak Pourzand, ed., No. 899, Feb. 1970)

Concert Review, Santa Barbara News (1983)

“Manoochehr Sadeghi,” Performing Arts, California Theatre and Music Magazine (UCLA Center for the Arts, Oct. 1984)

Concert Review, The Indianapolis Star/The Indianapolis News (1998)

“Flute Links Arabic, Persia, Hindu Traditions,” Los Angeles Times article on World Festival of Sacred Music (1999)

“Manoochehr Sadeghi,” The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Persian Music, Vol. III (New Horizon Publications, Los Angeles, 2002)
 

Awards and Honors
 

1973 - Fulbright-Hays Fellowship for research on doctoral dissertation

1993 - Annual “Oneness of Humanity” Arts and Entertainment Award from international magazine El Ruisenor.

2000 - Durfee Foundation Master Musician Fellowship

2003 - National Endowment For The Arts - Recipient of the Nation's Highest Honor in the Folk and Traditional Arts - The National Heritage Fellowship

Major Performances
 

Command performances for Queen Elizabeth II, Vice President Nixon, King Hussain of Jordan, King Fasil of Iraq, Ronald Reagan, 1953 - 1964.

“India – Persia,” Manoochehr Sadeghi (santur), Ali Akbar Khan (sarod), Labera Theatre, Santa Barbara, 1983.

“Classical Music of the East – India, Persia, Arabia,” Manoochehr Sadeghi (santur) with four-piece ensemble, presented by the Jazz and World Music Society,Trinity Episcopal Church, Santa Barbara, CA, 1983.

“Music of Iran,” Manoochehr Sadeghi, Music Director, Hayedeh, vocalist, UCLA, Society for Ethnomusicology, 1984.

“East West Fusion,” Manoochehr Sadeghi (santur), L. Subramaniam (violin) and ensemble, UCLA Royce Hall, 1986.

“Music and Dance on the Grass,” annual international folk festival, UCLA, 1967 – 1997. Honoring the 600th anniversary of the birth of Hafez, the great Persian poet, solo santur by Manoochehr Sadeghi, Roudaki Cultural Foundation, North Vancouver, B.C., 1988.

Baha’i World Congress, Manoochehr Sadeghi (santur) soloist with symphony orchestra and choir, Jacob Javits Center, New York, 1992.

“An Evening of Persian Music” with special guest santur virtuoso Manoochehr Sadeghi, Lotte Lehmann Hall, UC Santa Barbara, 1993.

“Sacred Landmarks,” concert for the L. A. Festival, All Saints Church, Pasadena, CA, 1993.

“A Persian Festival,” Persian music ensemble directed by Manoochehr Sadeghi, UCLA Fowler Museum, 1995.

The Baha’i Choir for World Peace, Manoochehr Sadeghi (santur), sponsored by the University of Maryland, L.A. Baha’i Center, 1996.

“Traditional Persian Music,” Earth Music Center of Indiana, IUPUI Lecture Hall Auditorium, Indianapolis, IN, 1998.

“Mystic Voices: Music of Devotion in Islam and Hinduism,” concert for the World Festival of Sacred Music, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, 1999.