Live TV Interview with VOA Persian Service

Voice of America Persian Service
Interview on Bridging Persian and Western Classical Music
http://www.tarakamangar.com/

With a diverse repertoire ranging from Johann Sebastian Bach to Behzad Ranjbaran, pianist Tara Artemis Kamangar has performed in Cadogan Hall, the David Josefowitz Recital Hall, Wathen Hall and Whitehall Palace in London, Harvards Paine Concert Hall, the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, and the Wattis Room in San Franciscos Davies Symphony Hall, among others. She recently performed Rachmaninoff s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with the Oakland Symphony, and gave the United States premiere of Aminollah Hosseins Piano Concerto No. 2. Her concerts have been broadcast over Voice of America television and radio and the BBC Persian
Service, and sponsored by such organizations as Asia House, the Harvard Club of the United Kingdom, the Iran Heritage Foundation, Magic of Persia, and the San Francisco Symphony League.

A native of California, Kamangar began private studies in piano and violin at age three. While still in high school, she placed first in several piano competitions, received the Paderewski Medal from the National Piano Guild, and performed Rachmaninoff s Second Piano Concerto with two symphony orchestras. Kamangar received her bachelors degree at Harvard University, where she continued her piano studies with Victor Rosenbaum.
She recently completed postgraduate studies in piano performance at Londons Royal Academy of Music, where she was a recipient of the Kathleen Bayfield scholarship. She resides in London.

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[SonOfCyrusTheGreat]

A gorgeous and talented Persian lady. I'm truly proud of you.

I wish you all the best janam.

[towhidyr]

I just wish she spoke in Persian.

[veryGreenIrani]

talented and beautiful, proud to be Iranian again!

God bless her.

[MrAugustus88]

The girl is beautiuful. white and European, she has absolutely nothing to do with the black hairy short illiterate Beduin-Saracens.

[hunkshunter]

is she muslim???

[Persainlady]

Her parents are Iranian and she listens to Iranian music so why can't she attempt to learn Farsi ? But her work is great and she is a sweet girl and Harvard graduate....wow.......

[Persainlady]

Her parents are Iranian and she listens to Iranian music so why can't she attempt to learn Farsi ? But her work is great and she is a sweet girl and Harvard graduate....wow.......

[Persainlady]

Her parents are Iranian and she listens to Iranian music so why can't she attempt to learn Farsi ? But her work is great.....

[Persainlady]

Her parents are Iranian and she listens to Iranian music so why can't she attempt to learn Farsi ? But her work is great.....

[BeeNob]

@smmirvakili - i'd second that certainly! Maroufi and quite a number of others are maestros in their own right, but Mahjoubi is something else indeed.

[smmirvakili]

...., Morteza Mahjoubi was the first person in the history of music that introduced quarter tones to piano by changing the tuning. As you know, Javad Maroufi and others also wrote some pieces for persian-tuned piano which I believe none of them are as good as Mahjoobi's work. With the great talent that you have, I would like to encourage you to try the true Persian music which has quarter tones with piano.