Manoochehr Sadeghi
November 4, 2002
iranian.com
Manoochehr Sadeghi is a leading Santur (Santour) virtuoso with
forty five years of professional experience in teaching and performing
both in Iran and The United States. As a youth, he studied the
theory of Persian music under the Persian master, Abdul Hassan
Saba.
In 1956 he joined Saba's orchestra, the first orchestra assembled
by The Iranian Fine Arts Institute. He continued his collaboration
with Saba's Orchestra as a soloist for many years. He has performed
on Tehran radio and television and has performed widely in The
United States, Great Britain, Denmark, The Netherlands, India,
Pakistan and Israel.
Dr. Sadeghi taught at the Conservatory of Persian National Music
in Tehran. Since 1964 he has been studying and teaching in the
United States, completing an M.A. in music at Fullerton State College,
Los Angeles, California and a PhD in Ethnomusicology at UCLA in
Los Angeles, California where he has been performing and serving
as a Lecturer in Persian Music as well. -- santur.com
Watch Sadeghi perform (RealVideo) Esfahan
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