Manoochehr Sadeghi Musical artist

Manoochehr Sadeghi (Born April 13, 1938) is Persian American naturalized citizen, born in Tehran, Iran. He is considered a Grandmaster or Ostad of the santur a Persian hammered dulcimer. Recipient of the 2003 National Heritage Fellowship Award by the Library of Congress and in 2002 Durfee Foundation: Recipient of the Master Musician Award. He has been lecturing, teaching, recording and performing Persian classical music on the santur professionally for over 50 years.

Personal facts

Birth dateApril 13, 1938
Birth place
Iran , Tehran

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Musical artist

Career started1961
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Persian traditional music
World music
instrument
Santur
record label
University of California Los Angeles
Warner Bros.

Manoochehr Sadeghi on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.iranproject.org/radio/transcript6.html
  2. http://www.mazdapublisher.com/BookDetails.aspx?BookID=36
  3. http://www.news.illinois.edu/news/04/0316improvisation.html
  4. http://www.santur.com
  5. http://www.sealsandcrofts.com/lyricstie.html