Persian mode Shur: Lloyd Miller oud, Azar Hashemi - santur

[AyounSaltana]

c'est magnifique c'est magique

[Maria6485]

azar hashemi used to be my santour instructor in 1370s

[worldartsdocmiller]

Yes after the revolution music had to be banned because almost all of it was worthless. It took a while for authentic traditional music to be recognized. The problem started in 1906 when the lowest bazari criminals took control of music from the Sufi masters. Later the Golha programs tried to emphasize traditional music but it was too late because most artists had become syrupy pop stars. Dr. Safvat's Center for Preservation and some musicians in Baku kept the authentic radif alive. Dr. L Miller

[quelasol]

Yes, the santur player is now in Iran. She was one of the four master musicians honored this spring (March 2010) by Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hosseini in the 25th Fajr International Music Festival.

[worldartsdocmiller]

Read about he unbelievable adventures of Dr. Lloyd Miller traveling and performing through the Middle East and beyond by going to the jazzscope website and clicking on Sufi, Saint & Swinger.

[worldartsdocmiller]

I have heard that the santur player is in Iran. She mat be playing or teaching somewhere or maybe raising a family.

L.Miller

[worldartsdocmiller]

Actually, if it weren't for the revolution in Iran, all traditional music would have been trodden under the ugly jack boot off Westernization and modernization and soon not one note of true traditional music would have survived. Thankfully, those horrible pop slop non-musician and non-singer traitors are no longer welcome in Iran and only pure and correct traditional artists are promoted. Dr. Lloyd Miller

[gahgeer]

@worldartsdocmiller But what happened to the santur player and where's she now?

[alimerzairan]

@worldartsdocmiller Dr. Miller I agree with you. But we must not forget the 11 years when music was publicly banned in Iran. Unfortunately, with every revolution comes a decade or two of chaos since it is a radical change. Fortunately, our music survived the ban and now Iranian musicians can perform in concerts in Iran. But we lost many great programs, like the Golha program. But in Iran, many people are still listening to that horrible pop music. I as a classical musician is witness to that.

[slimv29]

nice, those days were clearly better than now

[iranovich2]

Doroud, ram Iran.

[EsnaashariF]

i need to learn how to play both of those instruments

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