Persian Garden with Roozbeh Nafisi September 30, 2007

Shirzad Sharif in conjunction with the Persian Center are proud to
present: "Persian Garden"

A serene, meditative & healing environment of music with Persian melodies,
musicians & ambiance featuring some of the best local and non-local
Persian musicians in a cozy, lush & intimate setting. -hosted by Shirzad
Sharif

A Bi-Weekly, Sunday afternoon program with Persian music, hosted by
Shirzad Sharif featuring live performances & demonstrations, lectures &
workshops focused entirely on Persian classical & folk music featuring
amazing guest musicians from the bay area and beyond...

This will be a great way start your week as well as meet the musicians &
hear great Persian music & their story in an intimate non-concert
setting!!!

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Sunday Afternoons with Persian Music! hosted by Shirzad Sharif

Sunday, September 30th, 2007 - Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
General Admission $10, Students $5

Persian Garden is located
at the Persian Center in Berkeley:

2029 Durant Ave # 1
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 848-0264

Persian Chai (Tea) and pastries are also available for your enjoyment,
please bring your favorite pillow or cushion, some pillows are available
on a first come/first serve basis. Come early to enjoy the ambiance of the
Persian Center, with its beautiful outdoor fountain and laid back
environment as well as to not disturb the live performances.

http://www.shirzadsharif.com/persiangarden/index.html

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NEW PERSPECTIVES: a santur recital and talk by Roozbeh Nafisi

The program will further introduce a new approach to the art of santur
performance focusing on new extended performance techniques. The
performance will be delivered, after a pre-performance talk, in two parts
with a short break in between.

- Part One: Improvisations About Tradition
- Part Two: Improvisations Beyond Tradition

About the musician:

Next to striking the strings of santur with his mallet-tips, Roozbeh likes
to involve some extended performance techniques to get a more colorful
variety of sounds from his instrument.

Roozbeh Nafisi (b. Dec. 22, 1979 - Tehran, Iran) began studying the
performance of santur in Iran (1988) under Mahmoud Safdari and later
Ardavan Kamkar. As a teenager he wrote his earlier compositions for this
instrument.

After studying music theory and composition (with Prof. Leo Eylar) at
California State University, Sacramento he continued his study of music
composition at the Hochschule für Musik Trossingen (with Prof. Norbert
Fröhlich) under a fellowship from Germany until 2006. His other teachers
include Prof. Andrew Imbrie on composition and Miss Elizabeth Barton on
performance techniques.

At the moment Roozbeh spends his time in California performing, composing,
and teaching. He has just completed a series of concerts in collaboration
with the Indian santur maestro Tarun Bhattacharya and the tabla virtuoso
Arup Chatterjee. Roozbeh has recently been nominated for a 2008 Japanese
Government Research Scholarship towards composition study in Japan.

Date and Time: Sunday, September 30, 2007 6:00 PM
E - Mail: shirzad@shirzadsharif.com
Website: http://www.shirzadsharif.com
Other Contact Info: http://www.persiancenter.org

Official Website: http://www.shirzadsharif.com