Ardeshir Farah () is an Iranian musician and guitarist.

Early life

He was born in

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. Farah is half of the guitar duo

Strunz & Farah Strunz & Farah is a guitar duo with an eclectic sound that has been described as a cross between world fusion and flamenco. History Jorge Strunz, born in Costa Rica, and Ardeshir Farah, hailing from Iran, met in the United States in 1979. Jor ...

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Career

Farah's work in Strunz & Farah earned him a

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Award in 1991. His works include

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and

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. Influence of Iranian music is evident in his works. He is a pioneer in combining Iranian music with Western music.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Mosaico'', Jan 01, 1982 Selva * ''Primal Magic'', Nov 01, 1990 Selva * ''Misterio'', Jan 01, 1991

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* ''Americas'', Jan 01, 1992 Selva * ''Heat of the Sun'', Jan 01, 1994 Selva * ''Strunz & Farah: Live'', Jan 01, 1997 Selva * ''Wild Muse'', Nov 01, 1998 Selva * ''Flamenco: a Windham Hill Guitar Collection'', Dec 30, 1998

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* ''The Best of Strunz & Farah (Collection)'', Nov 01, 2000 Selva * ''Stringweave'', Jan 01, 2001 Selva * ''Rio de Colores'', Nov 01, 2003 Selva * ''Zona Torrida'', Jan 01, 2004 Selva * ''Desert Guitars (Collection)'', Jan 01, 2005 Selva * ''Desert Guitars (feat. Bijan Mortazavi, L. Subramaniam, Hayadeh & Manoochehr Sadeghi)'', Jan 01, 2005 Selva * ''Jungle Guitars'', Mar 21, 2006 Selva * ''Fantaseo'', Oct 17, 2006 Selva * ''Journey Around the Sun'', Mar 15, 2011 Selva

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