Masato Tani

Masato Tani is a Japanese Professor with an expertise in Persian Traditional Music. Dr. Tani is fluent in the Persian language and is a professional Santur player. He lived in Iran for four years and earned a Bachelors of Art in Music at Tehran's Art University in 1998.

Dr. Tani is currently a full-time Lecturer in Kobe Gakuin University in Japan.¹ He has written a book titled "Music of Iran: Vocal Culture and Improvisation" published in Japan⁵ and has recently been translated and will be published in English soon.

Book info

"Music of Iran: Vocal Culture and Improvisation." Tōkyō: Seidosha, 2007. 254, 14 p. ISBN 9784791763542 ^{4 7}

See also

• Tanabe Hisao Prize

References

1. http://d.hatena.ne.jp/tani-masato/
2. http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/msj4/publish/v48/tani-e.pdf
3. http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/msj4/publish/v51/tani-e.pdf
4. http://www.iaml.info/files/2009/Recent_Publications_in_Music_2009.pdf
5. http://www.arsvi.com/w/km20e.htm
6. http://www.iranican.com/blog/?p=1240
7. http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E9%9F%B3%E6%A5%BD%E2%80%95%E5%A3%B0%E3%81%AE%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96%E3%81%A8%E5%8D%B3%E8%88%88-%E8%B0%B7-%E6%AD%A3%E4%BA%BA/dp/4791763548/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/249-1920468-6173169?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1186738146&sr=8-1