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Masters of Persian Music... Three Generations

Presented by Montalvo Arts Center at Montalvo Arts Center

February 14, 2010

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Masters of Persian Music... Three Generations

Masters of Persian Music last performed to a sold-out crowd at Montalvo three years ago, and they return again for a special evening of music. Combine two of Iran's most important figures in Persian classical music with the next generation of masters, and you get a performance that transforms Montalvo’s Carriage House theater into a cultural Mecca. This concert brings together Hossein Alizadeh, the tar (plucked lute) maestro, an...

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This concert brings together Hossein Alizadeh, the tar (plucked lute) maestro, an inspiration to an entire generation of Iran's musical culture; Kayhan Kalhor, the kamancheh (spike-fiddle) virtuoso who has popularized Persian music in the West; vocalist Hamidreza Nourbakhsh. Accompanying them: Nima Alizadeh on robab, Rouzbeh Rahimi on santur, Alireza Hosseini on tombak, and Siamak Jahangiry on ney (reedflute).

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Montalvo Arts Center

15400 Montalvo Road
Saratoga, CA 95070

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Tickets:
$35-$45 $31-$40 for members

Times:
8pm-10:30pm

Phone: 408-961-5858

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