
Dornob


Asmar feat. Stef Asmar feat. Stef
A famous Kurdish song featuring Stefanie Schmitz on clarinet.

DORNOB:Standards 11 Vayemo DORNOB:Standards 11 Vayemo
A folksong from Khorasan (in Shur) from the 1st year honarestan textbook for tar/setar! Features solos on ney, keyboard, and octapad.

ShirAli Mardun (live SDSU) ShirAli Mardun (live SDSU)
A lovely rendition by dear Foroozandeh of a true classic from Lorestan.

Lahzeh (Moment) Lahzeh (Moment)
A setting in Bayat-e Tork of a beautiful Rumi poem. Tombak by a young Kamron and Octapad by Hamid.

Thats the Way It Is Thats the Way It Is
A song from Kermashan (Kurdistan, Iran) in avaz Afshari.

Nina Nina
Dedicated to a beautiful soul gone way too soon. Based on Persian classical melodies.

Shirin Shirin
Foroozandeh singing a famous folksong from Lorestan at the SDSU World Music concert, Feb. 2010

Two Lovers (reprise) Two Lovers (reprise)

Dasht-e Leili Dasht-e Leili
Based on a phrase from the Afshari radif of Mirza Abdollah.

Leili Valley Leili Valley

Eshgh (Love) Eshgh (Love)
Poem by Rumi. Read by Ahmad Shamlu. Sung by Moein Pishroian, bass by Behnam Nowzari, music by Farhad Bahrami.

Eshgh ("Love") 2018 Tehran Eshgh ("Love") 2018 Tehran
a collaboration with my friend percussionist Ali Gerami





Oppression 2023 Oppression 2023


DORNOB:Standards 01 Two Lovers DORNOB:Standards 01 Two Lovers
A simple folk-like melody in Mahur supported by a tone-row played in two speeds on top of which dances the santur.