"Classical Persian music systems" Guest: Dr. Hossein Omoumi

Persian music systems
"Classical Persian music systems"
Guest: Dr. Hossein Omoumi

Omoumi is a noted scholar and teacher of Persian music, having served on the National Conservatory and Tehran University in Tehran, Center for Oriental Music Studies of Sorbonne University in Paris, UCLA in Los Angeles and the Ethnomusicology department of the University of Washington in Seattle. He is now Maseeh Professor in Persian Performing Arts of music at the University of California, Irvine, UCI. He is also an architect, having received his Doctorate from the University of Florence, Italy.

His research on the making of the Ney and percussion opened new possibilities and introduced significant innovations to the Ney, Tombak and Daf.

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This event is free and open to the public


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date:
Nov 15 2008 - 6:00pm
location:
James H. Clark Center, 318 CAMPUS DR
sponsors:
Hamid & Christina Moghadam Program in Iranian Studies
Persian Student Associaton, Stanford

contact:
psherpa@stanford.edu



Reviewed/approved by Talieh Shahrokhi.