Medes and Persians: A Concert

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May 21, 2022
A concert with Maestro Ali Akbar Moradi, joined by Mehdi Bagheri and Kourosh Moradi.
Part I - 20 minutes
A tanbour and percussion duet by Maestro Ali Akbar Moradi and Kourosh Moradi.
Part II - 50 minutes
Ensemble performance of seven music pieces composed by Maestro Moradi, based on the Maqam Gharibi (one of the majlessi Maqams).
The seven songs and two instrumental solos that were performed during the full concert are listed here:
1. Dami Lile va Fan - Poem by Mehrabi
2. Halghei Del - Poem by Rumi
3. Tanbour solo by Kourosh Moradi
4. Didah Ghazali - Poem by Molavi Kurd
5. Shemshado Narghes - Poem by Molavi Kurd
6. Kamacheh solo by Mehdi Bagheri
7. Aan Bote Zibaye Maan - Poem by Rumi
8. Ghardoon Hay Gardoon (based on the Khanghah music of Ghaderi and Naghsh Bandi) - Poem by Vafaei
9. Sora Ghol - folk poem
Ali Akbar Moradi began playing the tanbour at the age of seven and learned not only the music but the Kurdish maqam repertoire. He has won awards, recorded several albums, and performed in Europe, the United States, and Canada with singers like Shahram Nazeri and at the Royal Festival Hall in London. In addition to teaching the tanbour in Tehran and his hometown of Kermanshah, Ali Akbar is a dedicated scholar of the tanbour and continues to develop the legacy of the instrument and the regional Kurdish music.
Mehdi Bagheri has become one of the most renowned practitioners of the Persian kamancheh of his generation. A composer and multi-instrumentalist born in Kermanshah, Kurdish provinces in Iran. Mehdi received his master’s degree from the Arak University in 2004, studying with luminaries of traditional Iranian music, while simultaneously pursuing a degree in dramatic theater. He has performed at festivals worldwide and continues to pursue his work in various fields such as music of the film, eclectic music and Iranian classical music inside Iran and abroad.
Kourosh Moradi studied tanbour with his father, Ali Akbar Moradi, studied daf with master Sufis of the Yarsan Order and tombak with Master Hamid Moghadam while growing up in Kurdistan. Kourosh has recorded and performed around the world continuing the family legacy of the tanbour with many esteemed masters of Kurdish/Iranian music. He continues to perform in conjunction with his father and carry on the family legacy of sharing the music with audiences around the world. He now lives and teaches in Southern California.
Part of the Stanford Festival of Iranian Arts.