Kourosh Zolani - "Memoirs of Sangesar" for Santour

[fariba196]

نامت همیشه زنده باد تو که نام سنگسر و فرهنگ سنگسری را بار دیگردر زمینه هنر زنده نمودی .ا

[kirkcommander]

This music will stay alive forever !!

[moeej]

كورش جان هميشه به يادتم

خيلـــــــــــى باحالى به خدا

[romisa19]

Salam:) vaghean mamnoon...kheili ba ehsas va ghashang minavazid, aghaye zolani shoma kojaye USA hastin?? man alan 3 sale ke tasmim gereftam santouro yad begiram vali inja moteasefaneh kasi nist! ye modatyam fekr kardam ke az iran begam befrestan va khodam yad begiram, chon piano ham mizanam! vali motmaen nistam ke bedoone dashtane ostad beshe ya na.

[mooniday]

amazinggggg

[Denixer211]

mahshaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaareeee­eee

[YEKITOUDONIA]

bravo !!! excellent !!!

[NasserHamedi]

Hmmm 3:12 freeze it ... Only 3 strings on each ... special made santour?

[Ashkunx]

@NasserHamedi There are 4 if you freeze it at 3:17.

[NasserHamedi]

@Ashkunx That one I know but if you freeze at 3:12 there is 3 string on each .. Those you tune with on the other side but these hold the string .. They are only 3

[NasserHamedi]

I just noticed that he has several "kharak" with only 3 strings on instead of 4 hahah

[margiearam]

Wow Heart warming, listen to it over 100 times. Kourosh Jan you are an amazing musician. I am so greatful for Ahva and Tara to have an excellent, Brilliant gifted Ostad like you.

Thank you

[PersianGulfforever]

EXCELLENT

[NasserHamedi]

As ginatr1 wrote. BRILLIANT!

[ginatr1]

Brilliant!! Uplifts my mood every time! 

[felextc]

Heartwarming virtuosity on the santour. The world needs to hear more of your beautiful music.

[adrianmnk]

This is absolutely fantastic. He should tour with Hans Zimmer… I would definitely go to the show.

[JoanAndrews1]

Super…He. Is. Amazing.

[FluteTramp]

why are these hammered dulcimers so unheard of in the west?.it's like taking away a lot of the what i would see as the unnecessary complications of a piano. also i think this video is way over dramatic. i love the sound though. i want one so i can play around with different temperaments and tones.

[goodcyrus]

this is up there with john tesh and yani. i would rank it right between those two all time masters of music.

[christophertinmusic]

I love it. Absolutely love it. This needs more than 10,000 views.

[JoanAndrews1]

I love this music... simply the best.

[xanglat]

Great !

I appreciate a lot

Très bel instrument dont je ne connais pas le nom !

Vous le maîtrisez parfaitement et votre composition est digne des plus grands orchestres !

SUBLIME et TRANSCENDANT

Thank you very much for sending to me your creation

Beautiful

[Fortunis]

very nice.thats a very cool insturment.i think ill pick this album up :)

[sina12000]

kourosh , could u please tell me what is the tuning of you 11 kharak Santur , I mean is it a soprano one ? if yes what is the tuning of third string ( which usually is sol in common santur )

Thanks again and merci pour votre joli musique

[sina12000]

Great job , Thanks Kourosh so much

[arash]

Fantastic!

[kkm2030ca]

Excellent as always, very proud of you.

Your student, Kourosh

[IdolEyes84]

This is cool. It would be great to dance to. :)

[mymusicdiscovery]

Santoor! Great stuff Kourosh. I studied with Bruce in 2006, the year he left us.

[mashardy]

Simply Amazing!

[chakmeh]

I named you

نابغه سنگی

سپاس

[chakmeh]

Speechless

[shbaharehsh]

beautiful

[TheArmoGuy]

hooray for the director!

[marythesharkface]

i agree!!

[jamieP8838]

Beautiful work Koruosh! I love the way you bring an ancient instrument into a contemporary context. The video looks great. I wish you much success.

[userazz]

Wonderful video. Mr. Zolani not only plays the music but he also incorporates his pholosophy and gives the music a deep human touch. Bravo

[shaminidias]

thanks for composing such beauty!

[museluver31]

YOURE THE NEXT STEVEN SPIELBERG!!!

hehehhe

;)

[djahanbaksh]

A true work of Art. Superb music directly coming from heart. Please continue to create these great pieces !

[toob4thom]

Great job Kourosh! It's wonderful to hear you again!

[musicinmind3]

Great video. I took a class with Bruce too.

[JoanAndrews1]

Yes, his students always remember him. Late Bruce Reich was such a great teacher. He trained many great composers such as Thomas and David Newman. I remember Kourosh played Santour in his memorial concert planned by his students at UCLA.

[bzbaba]

Wonderful job, Kourosh! I exactly know where Sangesar is and have friends and relatives from there. Being born in Semnan we would spend most summers in Sangsar and Shahmirzad.

I loved this piece. Way to go, hamvatan!

[renabeeeena]

amazing. congratulations on a wonderful performance!

[farzantube]

Does he have more pieces? I couldn't find any.

[JoanAndrews1]

I have his two albums, Memoirs of Sangesar and Peaceful Planet. I bought them from Cdbaby online store. My friends downloaded them from iTunes

[qbanguy7]

very nice video Kourosh!

[ostadamir1]

Dear Kourosh: It is a great performance, great production and a great composition, in one word "Fabulous". I Wish you more and everlasting success and I am proud and very lucky to have the honor of being your student.

[dmaggi727]

Looks like all the hard work paid off!

[mjantube]

Fantastic by all means! I wish I was close to where you live so that I could get lessons from you. I can't get enough of the sound of your santoor. Brilliant!

Peace!

[Pazaz1977]

AMAZING!! Beautiful composition and video. What a great piece. Ancient Persian instrument blends seamlessly with western music. A truly unique sound.

[Aseman99]

Great job.

[hrayross]

greatttttttt Iran proud of you Kourosh

[edpeepers]

Fantastic!

[freewheel5]

Fabulous! Wow!

[tashimundo]

Transcendent music! Bravo Karoush, bravo.

[kirkjazz]

A composition for the Ages....! Congratulations Maestro Kourosh.

The video is stellar and the composition has the sound of humanity itself. A Grammy to you sir!

[filmguitarist]

I really enjoy the ebb and flow of this piece. It's a great juxtaposition of eastern and western composition chops, wonderful orchestration and masterful sequencing. Can't wait to hear more!

[aqualung727]

incredible job, ramin. I love it.

[iHappyGoLucky]

Awesome!!! :D

[iHappyGoLucky]

@iHappyGoLucky : It reminds me of the book "The Alchemist"

[AlianDolle]

I love this music!!! I can listen to it a million times and still not get sick of it! Kourosh is the best!

[AlanGross2]

It is full of passion and emotion. I can feel it with every particle of my body, with my soul. Kourosh you are just super awesome!

[SusanPower1]

OMG! I love it! Does anyone know what the instrument is? The sound is SO unique.

[musicvibrations]

@SusanPower1 The instrument is an Iranian Santour (also spelled Santoor). There are many musical pieces with this instrument on Youtube. For example, search for "Tamana Parviz Meshkatian santoor" on Youtube, I think you will like it.

[JoanAndrews1]

Wow! Awesome! You are an amazing musician.

[maneepaz1]

beautiful video!