Dariush Talai plays both the

Tar Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation. Tar can be produced from coal, wood, petroleum, or peat. "a dark brown or black b ...

and

Setar A setar (, ) (lit: "Three String (music), Strings") is a stringed instrument, a type of lute used in Persian traditional music, played solo or accompanying voice. It is a member of the tanbur family of long-necked lutes with a range of more than ...

. Born in 1953 in Iran, he studied Persian music with masters of the

Radif In Persian poetry, Persian, Turkic, and Urdu poetry, Urdu ghazals, the ''radīf'' (from Arabic ; ; ; ; ; ) is the word which must end each line of the first couplet and the second line of all the following couplets. It is preceded by a ''qafiya'' ...

. His teachers include

player

Ali Akbar Shahnazi Ali-Akbar Shahnazi (‎; 12 May 1897 – 17 March 1985) was an Iranian peoples, Iranian musician and a master player of the Tar (string instrument), tar instrument. Biography Ali Akbar Shahnazi was born in Tehran, Qajar Iran, on 12 May 1897 ...

, Nur Ali Borumand with whom he studied radio and old compositions, as well as Youssef Forutan and Abdollah Davami, with whom he studied Setar and

vocal techniques Vocal pedagogy is the study of the art and science of voice instruction. It is used in the teaching of singing and assists in defining what singing is, how singing works, and how singing technique is accomplished. Vocal pedagogy covers a broad r ...

and repertories. Master Talai taught at the

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...

, University of Sorbonne-Paris,

University of Washington-Seattle The University of Washington (UW and informally U-Dub or U Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States. Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast of the Unite ...

and was awarded several major prizes for his contribution to Persian Art Music. His collaboration with artists such as

Maurice Béjart Maurice Béjart (; 1 January 1927 – 22 November 2007) was a French dancer, choreographer and Theatre director, opera director who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. He developed a popular expressionistic form of modern ballet, tac ...

, Carolyn Carlson,

Michel Portal Michel Portal (born 27 November 1935) is a French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. He plays both jazz and classical music and is considered to be "one of the architects of modern European jazz". Early life Portal was born in Bayonne on 27 ...

Recordings

*1978 Anthologie de la musique traditionnelle - Setar and Tar (Record: Ref. Paris OCORA 558540). *1980 Tradition classique de l'Iran (Record: Ref. Harmonia Mundi No. 1031), France. Side A: Improvisation in Shur - SideB: Improvisation in Mahour (D. Talai, Tar / D.Chemirani, Zarb). *1982 Trobada de music a de mediterrani Vol. 1, Face 1 (Record: Ref. Diffusion mediterrania-lsagunt 17-13a 46009 Valencia). *1983 Musique traditionnelle, Radio France (Two cassettes, Ref. OCORA 4558617/8). Cassette n°1: SideA Improvisation in Mahour (D.Talai, Tar / D.Chemirani, Zarb). FaceB Improvisation in Shur (D.Talai, Setar / D.Chemirani, Zarb). Cassette n°2: SideA Improvisation in Tchahargagh (D.Talai, Tar / D.Chemirani, Zarb). SideB Improvisation (D.Chemirani, Zarb), Tchaharmezrab Darvish khan (D.Talai, Setar / D.Chemirani, Zarb). *1987 Dariush Talai: Tar and Setar (Cassette). SideA Improvisation in Nava, and (SideB) Modulation in Shur (D.Talai, Tar / D.Chemirani, Zarb). SideB Improvisation in Mahour (D.Talai, Setar / M.Gavihelm, Zarb). *1988 Le Târ et le Sétâr de Dariush Talai (Video Tape, CEMO-INALCO). *1991 Iran: Les Maîtres de la Musique Traditionnelle, France ;Vol.3 and Bands on Vol.1, Setar and Tar (CD, Ref.Paris OCORA C560024). Vol.1 Band 1 Improvisation in Avaz-e Bayat-e Esfahan (D.Talai, Tar). Band 2 Improvisation in Tchahargah (D.Talai, Setar). Vol3 Bands 1 to 4 Avaz-e Afshari - Bands 5 to end Dastgah-e Mahour (Shahram Nazeri, Vocal / D.Talai, Setar / B.Kamkar, Zarb and Daf). *1992 Performance of Radif of Mirza Abdollah on the Setar and the book "A New Approach to the Theory of Persian Art Music" (in Iran). *1992 Performance on Setar (in Iran). In Shur, Bayet-e Esfahan and Segah (D.Talai, Setar). *1993 Concerti Digar (in Iran). In Afshari and Mahour (D.Talai, Setar / Sh.Nazeri, Singer). *1993 Iran: Les Grands Interprètes - Tradition Classique de l'Iran II, Le Târ (CD, Ref. Harmonia Mundi No. 1901031), France. The CD edition of the Record Ref. Harmonia Mundi No. 1031, listed above: Improvisation in Shur - Improvisation in Mahour (D. Talai, Tar / D.Chemirani, Zarb). *1993 Performance of Radif of Mirza Ahdollah on the Setar in France (5 CDs) Al Sur. Vol 1 Dastgah-e Shur, Avaz-e Bayat-e Kord Vol 2 Avaz-e Dashti, Avaz-e Bayat-e Esfahan, Dastgah-e Homayoun Vol 3 Dastgah-e Nava, Dastgah-e Segah, Avaz-e Afshari Vol 4 Dastgah-e Mahour, Avaz-e Bayat-e Tork Vol 5 Dastgah-e Tchahargah, Dastgah-e Rast-Panjgah *1997 Performance on Tar (in Iran) : Sayeh Roshan. In Nava (D.Talai, Tar). *1998 Performance on Setar (in Iran) : Tchahargah. In Tchahargah (D.Talai, Setar). *1998 Dariush Talai en concert - Concert of Utrecht August 30, 1996 (CD), Al Sur. 1-Sâyé roshan (in Dashti) 2-Hekâyat1 (in Abou ata) 3-Yorghé (in Abou ata) 4-Naghmé (in Abou ata) 5-Hekâyat2 (in Neyshabourak and Nava) 6-Jamal (in Khojaste) 7-Khâb (in Forud bé Nava) 8-Aqiq (in Nava) 9-Elam (in Nava) 10-Sahari (in Nava) 11-Lâbé (in Nava) 12-Koubé (in Nahoft and Neyshabourak) 13-Anjâm (in Forud bé Nava) 14-Shâdegâni. *2004 Vocal Calligraphy - The art of classical Persian song Dariush Talai, Tar - Ali Reza Ghorbani, Vocal - Djamchid Chemirani, Zarb Abou'Ata : 1-Pishdaramad 2-Daramad 3-Hejaz 4-Tasnif. Nasimeh Sahar 5-Bayate Kord 6-Tasnif. Bahare delkash. Homayun : 1-Pishdaramad 2-Daramad 3-Chakavak 4-Bidad 5-Oj 6-Razavi 7-Tasnif. Jelve ye gol. *2005 Great Mediterranean masters, Dariush Talai, Tar and Setar, 1-Dastgâh Mâhur 2-Dastgâh Navâ 3-Âvaz Esfehân 4-Dastgâh Shur 5-Dastgâh Segâh

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Talai, Dariush 1953 births Living people Iranian composers Iranian setar players Iranian tar players Musicians from Tehran Iranian classical musicians Academic staff of the University of Paris Academic staff of the University of Tehran University of Washington faculty Iran's Book of the Year Awards recipients