Siamak Aghaei

Siamak Aghaei ( listen to ^{? / I} ; * 1974 in Ahwaz ) is an Iranian santoor player and composer.

Aghaei began his training as a santur player at the age of eight with Parviz Meshkatian and Masoud Shenasa . He later studied the classical Persian repertoire ( Radif ) with Mohammad Reza Lotfi and Majid Kiani . He graduated from the University of Tehran with a degree in music and has lived in Tehran as a composer and santoor teacher.

In addition to his work as a classical santur player, Aghaei created an audiovisual archive of the music and instruments from North Chorasan and arranged a series of radio lessons about the different schools of santoor play and their techniques. In 2000 he founded the Ensemble Santur Nazavan ( santur players ), with which he performs contemporary Iranian santur music (DVD Beyond Our Path , 2007).

Aghaei u. a. to Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project, Ed Spanjaard's Atlas Ensemble , Ross Daly's Labyrinth Modal Ensemble, and Naseer Shamma's Oriental Ensemble .

Discography

• Ze Ba'de Ma (Beyond Our Path) - Santoor Navazan Ensemble
• Naghshé Masturi - Solo Santoor
• Santur Journeys - Duets for santur and world music instruments such as Spanish fretless guitar, Afghan sarud and Japanese shakuhachi
• Yad Bad , live concert with Salar Aghili (vocals) and Pedram Khavar Zamini (tombak)

Web links

• Homepage of Siamak Aghaei ( Memento from March 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

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• Silk Road Project - Siamak Aghaei ( Memento from July 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
• Labyrinth Music - Siamak Aghaei ( Memento from February 17, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )