- Peyman Nasehpoor
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Peyman comes from a long line of musicians: his father is the famous vocalist
Nasrollah Nasehpoor , and his grandfather wasgarmon -playerAgha Shakour .He learned Persian drumming at the early age of nine and broadened his drumming knowledge by working on Azeri
dayereh (ghaval), Kurdishdaf and Indiantabla .Peyman holds a
Master of Science inMathematics and is an avid student ofphilosophy . In 1997, he placed 12th in the Iranian State Student Scientific Olympiad in the mathematics category.With his father and brothers Pooyan and Parham, Peyman formed the "Nassehpoor Ensemble" in 1996.
In June 2005, Peyman wrote an open letter to Iranian presidential candidate
Mostafa Moeen , thanking him for remarks on the lack of official recognition of Iranian folk music, and urging greater support for the teaching of traditionalIranian music , especially at the university level.In September 2007, he toured as a member of "world family of percussion pack" led by
Peter Giger inGermany .External links
* [http://tonbak.wordpress.com Official Homepage]
* [http://rhythmweb.com/peyman/ Rhythymweb entry]
* [http://www.persianmirror.com/Article_det.cfm?id=1621&getArticleCategory=41&getArticleSubCategory=1 Interview of PersianMirror.com with Peyman Nasehpour]
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