Tehran, Iran Jun 11, 2022 (Issuewire.com) - Pouya Saraei is an Iranian composer, music arranger, conductor, lecturer, music critic, researcher, and santourinstrumentalist.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pouya_Saraei
He started playing santur from age of seven and some of his music masters were: Javad Bathaie, Faramarz Payvar, Hossein Alizadeh, Pashang Kamkar, and Dariush Talai, Mostafa Kamal Pourtorab, Hassan Riahi, Sharif Lotfi, Farid Omran, Majid Derakhshani, Mohammad-Reza Lotfi.
He played santour in the first track of the Modesalbum, composed by Karen Keyhani which was published by Navona Records. Also, he has played Santour in over 220 Albums and other musical projects with various composers and vocalists of Iran. Another Work was the “In the name of the red rose” project (Concerts and Albums) with the Dastan Ensemble, vocal by Salar Aghili.[better source needed]He started playing santur from age of seven and some of his music masters were: Javad Bathaie, Faramarz Payvar, Hossein Alizadeh, Pashang Kamkar, Dariush Talai, Mostafa Kamal Pourtorab, Hassan Riahi, Sharif Lotfi, Farid Omran, Majid Derakhshani, Mohammad-Reza Lotfi.[4]
He played santour in the first track of the Modesalbum, composed by Karen Keyhani which was published by Navona Records.
Also, he has played Santour in over 220 Albums and other musical projects with various composers and vocalists of Iran. Another Work was the “In the name of the red rose” project (Concerts and Albums) with the Dastan Ensemble, vocal by Salar Aghili.[11][better source needed] He had several concerts on Europe Tour as a santur player in Simorq musical project, conducted by Hooman Khalatbari, vocal by Homayoun Shajarian, and composed by Hamid Motebassem.
He played Santour on the album “Morgenstund” by Schiller (band), which reached the price of first place on the official German album charts.
Also, Saraei composed and arranged several works such as the “Gahi, Segahi” album (vocals by Mohammad Motamedi ) that is in the genre of Persian traditional music. His second album as a composer “In Sare Sodaei” was an Instrumental project with Pejman Hadadi.
As a Santour Soloist, he has performed several concerts on Iran tour and two music festivals in Switzerland and China, and France with Eshtiagh Orcehstra (vocaled by Alireza Ghorbani)
Pouya Saraei has conducted Komitas State Conservatory In Yerevan.
Works of Saraei and a number of young Iranian composers were showcased in an exhibition during the Vienna International Book Fair.
He holds his Ph.D. in art studies from Tehran University and now he is a Professor and Maestro at Tehran University of Art, University of Tehran, and Islamic Azad University and teaches several courses such as: santour, sight-reading, history of music, stage performance, orchestration, organology, analysis of music, philosophy of music and music theory at the levels of bachelors and master’s degree.
He is on the Scientific Editorial board in Mehregani Magazine and has written many articles and critic reviews, published and presented lectures at International and domestic conferences such as Iran’s Academy of Arts, Encyclopaedia Islamica, ISI, and journals.] He had several concerts on Europe Tour as a santur player in Simorq musical project, conducted by Hooman Khalatbari, vocaled by Homayoun Shajarian, and composed by Hamid Motebassem.
He played Santour on the album “Morgenstund” by Schiller (band), which reached the price of first place on the official German album charts.
Also, Saraei composed and arranged several works such as the “Gahi, Segahi” album (vocaled by Mohammad Motamedi ) that is in the genre of Persian traditional music. His second album as a composer “In Sare Sodaei” was an Instrumental project with Pejman Hadadi.
As a Santour Soloist, he has performed several concerts on Iran tour and at two music festivals in Switzerland and China, and France with Eshtiagh Orcehstra (vocaled by Alireza Ghorbani)
Pouya Saraei has conducted Komitas State Conservatory In Yerevan.
Works of Saraei and a number of young Iranian composers were showcased in an exhibition during the Vienna International Book Fair.
He holds his Ph.D. in art studies from Tehran University and now he is a Professor and Maestro at Tehran University of Art, University of Tehran, and Islamic Azad University and teaches several courses such as: santour, sight-reading, history of music, stage performance, orchestration, organology, analysis of music, philosophy of music and music theory at the levels of bachelors and master’s degree.
He is on the Scientific Editorial board in Mehregani Magazine and has written many articles and critic reviews, published and presented lectures at International and domestic conferences such as Iran’s Academy of Arts, Encyclopaedia Islamica, ISI, and journals.
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