Manoochehr Sadeghi
| Manoochehr Sadeghi منوچهر صادقی |
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Manoochehr representing the correct hand and body posture when performing the santur
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| Background information | |
| Born |
April 13, 1938 Tehran, Iran |
| Genres | Persian classical music, world music |
| Occupation(s) | Santur virtuoso, teacher, lecturer, composer, producer, pedagogue |
| Instruments | Santur |
| Years active | 1961–present |
| Labels | UCLA, WB |
| Associated acts | Vision Live Series, Sohl Ensemble |
| Website | www |
| Notable instruments | |
| Santur | |
Manoochehr Sadeghi (born April 13, 1938) is Persian American naturalized citizen, born in Tehran, Iran. He is considered a Grandmaster or Ostad of the santur a Persian hammered dulcimer. Recipient of the 2003 National Heritage Fellowship Award by the Library of Congress and in 2002 Durfee Foundation: Recipient of the Master Musician Award. He has been lecturing, teaching, recording and performing Persian classical music on the santur professionally for over 50 years.
Sadeghi began studying the santur at the age of 7 with a music teacher coincidentally named Manoochehr Sadeghian. By the age of 14 he became the prized pupil of a legendary figure in Persian classical music, the late Ostad Abol Hassan Saba; who was a master and creator of the Radif of Saba, considered today's manual to mastering Persian classical music. At the age of 19 he performed in Saba's first orchestra of the State Fine Arts Department of Iran. After performing on Iran's television and radio, he went on to stage live concerts around the world for various head's of state. In 1964, Sadeghi emigrated to the United States to pursue his education and career. First at the California State University, Fullerton, and then at UCLA, where he began teaching and performing while earning his degrees. In 1973 he was awarded the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program.
Sadeghi is recording his latest album, "Solh Ensemble", with world-renowned musician and composer John Barnes; Barnes co-produced Michael Jackson's 1987 Bad album.Sadeghi has a variety of students whom he teaches at home and on the internet. Sadeghi is compiling his lessons into an online music school to preserve his knowledge, technique and personal style through contemporary Persian classical improvisation. He is preparing for a series of concerts after the release of his next album. He taught private lessons in Iran from 1953 to 1964 and then in the United States from 1966 to the present. Sadeghi was a teacher at the Conservatory of Persian National Music in Iran from 1958–1964 on the faculty at UCLA’s Department of Ethnomusicology from 1967 to 1997. He also taught Persian classical music theory, history and performance, and gave annual concerts on campus and abroad.
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