Dornob
A famous Kurdish song featuring Stefanie Schmitz on clarinet.
A folksong from Khorasan (in Shur) from the 1st year honarestan textbook for tar/setar! Features solos on ney, keyboard, and octapad.
A lovely rendition by dear Foroozandeh of a true classic from Lorestan.
A setting in Bayat-e Tork of a beautiful Rumi poem. Tombak by a young Kamron and Octapad by Hamid.
A song from Kermashan (Kurdistan, Iran) in avaz Afshari.
Dedicated to a beautiful soul gone way too soon. Based on Persian classical melodies.
Foroozandeh singing a famous folksong from Lorestan at the SDSU World Music concert, Feb. 2010
Based on a phrase from the Afshari radif of Mirza Abdollah.
Poem by Rumi. Read by Ahmad Shamlu. Sung by Moein Pishroian, bass by Behnam Nowzari, music by Farhad Bahrami.
a collaboration with my friend percussionist Ali Gerami
A simple folk-like melody in Mahur supported by a tone-row played in two speeds on top of which dances the santur.