http://calabashmusic.com<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/65373/sahabat_akkiraz_orient_expressions.jpg'>Sahabat Akkiraz has spent her life excavating the vast Anatolian musical landscape for melodies and folkloric talesThu, 07 Aug 2008 16:21:11 -0500http://sahabatakkiraz.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/62627/mohammad_reza_shajarian.jpg'>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:21:11 -0500http://mohammadrezashajarian.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/83854/spring_in_niavaran.jpg'>During May & June 2004, Hermes Records organized several concerts in collaboration with Iranian artists as well as bands from abroad.Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:21:11 -0500http://springinniavaran.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/83738/peter_soleimanipour.jpg'>Born in Tehran in 1968, Peter Soleimanipour is an autodidact musician and composer who began very early playing woodwind instruments, Guitar and Bass - Guitar, percussions, as well as learning composition principles. In 1992, in collaboration with Mehrab Moghadasian and Ali Farvardin, he began to experience jazz music and performed numerous concerts. In the past 15 years, he gave lectures at the Tehran University of Arts (music faculty), collaborated in various concerts and film score productions, composed over 150 musical pieces and recorded a number of them.Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:21:11 -0500http://petersoleimanipour.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/83661/mohammad_reza_aligholi.jpg'>Mohammad Reza Aligholi is an established composer who has won numerous awards. He has written the scores of more than 140 movies including "So Close So Far", "Nargess" and "Ghadamgah" which brought him the award for best soundtrack from the Int'l Fajr Film Festival in Tehran.Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:21:11 -0500http://mohammadrezaaligholi.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/83456/kamran_rastegar.jpg'>Kamran Rastegar was born in Shiraz, Iran but has resided primarily in the US. Presently he teaches at the University of Edinburgh, where he continues his studies and work in music, which has largely focused on computer-based recordings involving both live and synthetic instruments for film soundtracks.Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:21:11 -0500http://kamranrastegar.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/84710/zaman_8.jpg'>Suryaghati takes us through side streets, bazaars, samba processions, Jamaican dub sound-systems, and electronic beat battles &ndash; an incredible groove journeyThu, 07 Aug 2008 16:21:11 -0500http://zaman8.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/64005/ashiklar.jpg'>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:21:11 -0500http://ashiklar.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/62525/masters_of_persian_music.jpg'>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:21:11 -0500http://mastersofpersianmusic.calabashmusic.com/<img src='http://files.calabashmusic.com/images/60240/arabesque.jpg'>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:21:11 -0500http://arabesque.calabashmusic.com/