''Endless Vision'' is a collaborative album by

Hossein Alizâdeh Hossein Alizadeh ( fa, حسین علیزاده) is an Iranian musician, composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar, shurangiz and setar instrumentalist and improviser. He has performed with such musicians as Shahram Nazeri, Moham ...

and Djivan Gasparyan. It was released on 3 February 2005, through

Hermes Records Hermes Records is an independent record label founded in Tehran, Iran, in 1999 by Ramin Sadighi. Under the slogan ''music for music'', Hermes has published and produced mainly contemporary Persian music. Hermes Records has published different ...

in Iran and released on 14 February 2006 by World Village records in the United States.it was recorded at the

Niavaran Palace The Niavaran Palace Complex ( fa, مجموعه کاخ نیاوران – ''Majmue ye Niāvarān'') is a historical palace complex situated in Shemiran (northern Tehran), Iran. It consists of several palace buildings and monuments dating back ...

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is th ...

in 2003. Alizâdeh plays on this album, the six-stringed shurangiz and Gasparyan plays the

Duduk The duduk ( ; hy, դուդուկ ) or tsiranapogh ( hy, ծիրանափող, meaning “apricot-made wind instrument”), is an ancient Armenian double reed woodwind instrument made of apricot wood. It is indigenous to Armenia. Variations of ...

. The album was nominated for a

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pre ...

for Best Traditional World Music Album at the

49th Grammy Awards The 49th Annual Grammy Awards was a ceremony honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2005 and ending September 30, 2006 in the United States. The awards were handed out on Sunday, February 11, 2007 at the Staples Ce ...

Track list

Personnel

– Shurangiz * Djivan Gasparyan –

Vocal The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound producti ...

on "Mama" ;Hamavayan Ensemble *

Afsaneh Rasaei Afsaneh Rasaei ( fa, افسانه رثایی) is a premier Persian vocalist who began training with Mahmoud Karimi in 1974. After the Islamic Revolution, women were not allowed to perform in public, so all the activities for women vocalists were ...

– Vocal *Hoorshid Biabani – Vocal *Ali Boustan – Shurangiz *Mohammad-Reza Ebrahimi –

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*Ali Samadpour –

Dammam Dammam ( ar, الدمّام ') is the fifth-most populous city in Saudi Arabia after Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca, and Medina. It is the capital of the Eastern Province. With a total population of 1,252,523 as of 2020. The judicial and administrative ...

, Vocal, Udu *Behzad Mirzaee – Daf, Tombak,

Naqareh The ''naqareh'', ''naqqāra'', ''nagara'' or ''nagada'' is a Middle Eastern drum with a rounded back and a hide head, usually played in pairs. It is thus a membranophone of the kettle drum variety. The term ''naqqāra'' (), also ''naqqarat'', ...

;Additional Musicians *Vazgen Markaryan – Duduk *Armen Ghazaryan – Duduk

Accolades

Grammy Awards

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References

{{Authority control 2006 albums Hossein Alizâdeh albums Collaborative albums