Ali Akbar Moradi

Ali Akbar Moradi,(Kurdish علی أکبیر مۆرادی), born 1957 is a well known Kurdish Iranian musician and composer. He was born in Kermanshah in western Iran. He started music at a very early age, and learned the Kurdish "maqam" repertoire and tanbur (Kurdish lute) under the supervision of Kurdish masters such as Mirza Sayyed Ali Kafashyan, Kaki Allah Morad Hamidi and Sayyed Vali Hosseyni. He gave his first recital in 1971 in Kermanshah. In 1981, he began collaborating with singer Shahram Nazeri, and performed throughout Europe and North America. He is an expert on the tanbur instrument, which is considered sacred in Kurdish sufi music. He has performed music in New York, San Francisco and London. On September 30, 2006, he gives a special program as part of "Voices of Kurdistan" in San Francisco World Music Festival.

Works

# "Fire of Passion, Kurdish Tanbur Music of Iran", 1999.
# "Kurdaneh", 2001.
# "Whisper", 2001.
# "Kurdish Music from Iran", 2002.
# "In The Mirror Of The Sky", with Kayhan Kalhor, 2004 [http://www.dealtime.com/xPF-In_The_Mirror_Of_The_Sky_by_Kayhan_Kalhor_Ali_Akbar_Moradi_713746803025] .

Music festivals

#San Francisco World Music Festival, 2006.
#Rhythm Sticks Festival, London, 2004
#Broadway Theater, New York, 2004.
#UC Irvine, California, 2004,
#Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 2000.

External links

* [http://www.seveneighths.com/ali_akbar_moradi.htm Ali Akbar Moradi]
* [http://www.worldvillagemusic.com/anglais/artistesfiche.php?artist_id=38 Ali Akbar Moradi] , World Village Music.
* [http://www.parstimes.com/musicians/ali_akbar_moradi/ Ali Akbar Moradi] , LA Concert Feb. 2008 - Parstimes.com
* [http://www.7rooz.com/archives/2004/11/sacred_kurdish.html Ali Akbar Moradi in concert, NYC]
* [http://www.sfworldmusicfestival.org/festival/artists.html Ali Akbar Moradi] , San Francisco World Music Festival, 2006.