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Negar Bouban
Negar Bouban (Persian: نگار بوبان, also transliterated as Negâr Boubân or Negar Buban) (born Tehran, Iran, 1973) is an Iranian oud and barbat player and student of Mansour Nariman, best known for playing Iranian folk music and improvisational works. Negar Bouban was a Fellow at Music OMI international residency 2012 in New York City and has also worked as a music teacher, music historian, and author. She is an assistant professor in the music department of the Islamic Azad University, Shiraz branch. Life Bouban was born in Kurdistan and grew up in Tehran. At age eight, she played the santur The santur ( ; ) is a hammered dulcimer of Iranian origin.--- Rashid, Subhi Anwar (1989). ''Al-ʼĀlāt al-musīqīyya al-muṣāhiba lil-Maqām al-ʻIrāqī''. Baghdad: Matbaʻat al-ʻUmmāl al-Markazīyya. History The santur was invented ..., but later took up the oud. She spent her high school years at Farzanegan High School in Tehran and graduated from the Unive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Language
Persian ( ), also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Farsi (, Fārsī ), is a Western Iranian languages, Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian languages, Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible standard language, standard varieties, respectively Iranian Persian (officially known as ''Persian''), Dari, Dari Persian (officially known as ''Dari'' since 1964), and Tajik language, Tajiki Persian (officially known as ''Tajik'' since 1999).Siddikzoda, S. "Tajik Language: Farsi or not Farsi?" in ''Media Insight Central Asia #27'', August 2002. It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate society, Persianate history in the cultural sphere o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansour Nariman
Eskandar Ebrahimi-Zanjani (Persian: اسکندر ابراهیمی زنجانی), better known by his stage name Mansour Nariman (, 1935 in Mashhad − 14 July 2015 in Tehran) was an Iranian '' oud'' player, researcher and writer. Life and music He was born with the real name of Iskandar Ebrahimi Zanjani in Mashhad. His father, who himself played the setar, tar and ney, took him under his training from his childhood and introduced him to the dastgah of Iranian music and taught him how to play the setar. Nariman started working with Radio Mashhad as a soloist at the age of fourteen, and after mastering the oud playing style, he started performing music with this instrument in some programs. After working with Radio Mashhad for some time, he moved to Shiraz and continued his activity and cooperation in the field of music and performance with Radio Shiraz for four years. After he was introduced by master Abdul Wahab Shahidi as the official soloist of the radio, he continued his w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Births
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Iranian Oud Players
Iranian () may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Iran ** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran ** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia ** Iranian cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Other uses * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan-ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian languages, a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages * Iranian.com, also known as ''The Iranian'' and ''The Iranian Times'' See also * Persian (other) * Iranians (other) * Languages of Iran * Ethnicities in Iran * Demographics of Iran * Indo-Iranian languages * Irani (other) * List of Iranians This is an alphabetic list of notable people from Iran or its historical predecessors. In the news * Ali Khamenei, supreme leader of Iran * Ebrahim Raisi, former president of Iran, former Chief Justice of Iran. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehran Farzanegan School
Farzanegan Schools () are girls-only schools located in the cities of Iran, administered under the National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents. The schools, which include middle school and high school. NODET "NODET" stands for National Organization for Development of Extraordinary Talents (SAMPAD in Persian). It used to be a separate organization funded by the government. In 2009, it was combined with the Ministry of Education and therefore weakened substantially. It is a chain of schools which are located in the center of most provinces in two levels: high school and guidance school. Sampad has had some notable alumni including people like Maryam Mirzakhani, Reza Amirkhani, Elshan Moradi, and Roozbeh Pournader. Farzanegan Schools in Tehran Tehran enjoys a number of Farzaneghan Schools for girls. NODET Farzaneghan Schools for girls in Tehran See also * Gifted education * Tehran's Allame Helli 3 High School Allameh Helli No.3 High School is an education center e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbat (lute)
The ''barbat'' () or ''barbud'' is a lute of Greater Iran, Greater Iranian or Persian origin, and widespread across Central Asia, especially since the Sassanid Empire. Barbat is characterized as carved from a single piece of wood, including the Neck (music), neck and a wooden Sound board (music), sound board. Possibly a skin-topped instrument for part of its history, it is ancestral to the wood-topped oud and biwa and the skin-topped Yemen, Yemeni qanbus. Although the original barbat disappeared, modern Iranian Luthier, luthiers have invented a new instrument, inspired by the Barbat. The modern re-created instrument (Iranian peoples, Iranian Barbat) resembles the oud, although differences include a smaller body, longer Neck (music), neck, a slightly raised fingerboard, and a sound that is distinct from that of the oud. History The ''barbat'' probably originated in Central Asia. The earliest image of the ''barbat'' dates back to the 1st century BC from ancient northern Bactria. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the northeast, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, and the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. With a Ethnicities in Iran, multi-ethnic population of over 92 million in an area of , Iran ranks 17th globally in both List of countries and dependencies by area, geographic size and List of countries and dependencies by population, population. It is the List of Asian countries by area, sixth-largest country entirely in Asia and one of the world's List of mountains in Iran, most mountainous countries. Officially an Islamic republic, Iran is divided into Regions of Iran, five regions with Provinces of Iran, 31 provinces. Tehran is the nation's Capital city, capital, List of cities in Iran by province, largest city and financial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hengameh Akhavan
Hengameh (in Persian هنگامه) is a Persian given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ... for females. It may refer to: Persons * Hengameh Golestan (born 1952), Iranian photographer * Hengameh Mofid (born 1956), Iranian film/theater actress, director, and dramatist * Hengameh Shahidi (born 1976), Iranian journalist, political activist, and political prisoner Other uses * ''Hengameh'' (film), 1968 film by Iranian Armenian film director Samuel Khachikian {{Disambiguation, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hossein Behroozinia
Hossein Behroozinia (Persian language, Persian: حسین بهروزینیا; born 1962 in Tehran) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian barbat (lute), barbat and oud player. Behroozinia was a student at the Tehran Conservatory of Music, where he studied oud, Tar (string instrument), tar, setar, tonbak, and daf. He studied oud under the supervision of Mansour Nariman, and he learned the radif under the supervision of Mohammad Reza Lotfi. He was eventually appointed to be the music director of Ensemble Khaleghi, as well as the director of music education at the Center of the Preservation Persian music. In 2003, the Ministry of Culture of Iran decorated him with the "First Order of Arts", its highest honor. Behroozinia's 2006 album, ''From Stone to Diamond'', placed second in the Middle Eastern Album category at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards (JPF). Discography * ''Barbat'' (1987) * ''Kohestan: Selected Fokloric Melodies of Iran'' * ''Yadestan'' * ''Vajd'' / ''Midnight Sun'' * ''Az ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehran
Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9.8 million in the city as of 2025, and 16.8 million in the metropolitan area, Tehran is the List of largest cities of Iran, most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, the Largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East, second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East after Cairo, and the 24th most populous metropolitan area in the world. Greater Tehran includes several municipalities, including, Karaj, Eslamshahr, Shahriar, Tehran province, Shahriar, Qods, Iran, Qods, Malard, Golestan, Tehran, Golestan, Pakdasht, Qarchak, Nasimshahr, Parand, Pardis, Andisheh and Fardis. In the classical antiquity, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Rhages (now Ray, Iran, Ray), a prominent Medes, Median city almost entirely des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leyla Hakin Elahi
Leila (, , ) is a feminine given name primarily found in the Middle East, including all Arab countries, as well as Iran, Turkey, and Israel. In the Latin alphabet, the name is commonly spelled in multiple ways, including Leila, Layla, Laylah, Laila, Leyla, and Leylah. Leila comes from the word ''layl'' (), which means "night", or "dark". The name is often given to girls born during the night, signifying "daughter of the night". The story of '' Qays and Layla'' or ''Layla and Majnun'' is based on the romantic poems of Qais Ibn Al-Mulawwah () in 7th century Arabia, who was nicknamed Majnoon Layla (), Arabic for "madly in love with Layla", referring to his cousin Layla Al-Amiriah (). His poems are considered the paragon of unrequited chaste love. They later became a popular romance in medieval Iran, and use of the name spread accordingly. The name gained popularity further afield in the Persianate world such as Iran and Pakistan also amongst Turkic peoples and in the Balkans an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Reza Darvishi
Mohammad-Reza Darvishi (; born 17 October 1955 in Shiraz) is an Iranian musician, researcher, and author of '' Encyclopedia of the Musical Instruments of Iran'', a Klaus P. Wachsmann Prize-winner book about Iranian musical instruments. Works Music Film music A selection of M. R. Darvishi's film scores * 2012 Parinaz * 2009 Mizak (meaning: My mother) * 2009 The White Meadows (Persian: Keshtzārhā-ye sepid) * 2009 When we are all Asleep (Persian: Vaqti hame xābim) * 2008 The green fire (Persian: Ātash-e sabz) * 2008 Lady of the Roses (documentary) * 2006 Crossing the Dust * 2006 Slowly... (Persian: Be ahestegi...) * 2006 The Talking Carpet (Persian: Qali-e soxangu) (documentary short) * 2004 Stray Dogs * 2003 Joy of Madness (documentary) * 2003 Two Angels * 2003 Osama * 2003 At Five in the Afternoon * 2002 11'09"01 September 11(segment "Iran") * 2002 The Afghan Alphabeth (Persian: Alefba-ye Afqān) (documentary) * 2001 Kandahar (Persian: Safar-e Qandehār) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
