http://www.metafilter.com/tags/shahramnazeri Posts tagged with 'shahramnazeri' at MetaFilter. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:21:09 -0800 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:21:09 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/86646/Hafez%2DNazeri <em>Thousands of people who play setar in Iran are against me,” he said. “They say why add two more strings to the instrument? But I don’t get upset with them.</em> <br><br> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafez_Nazeri">Hafez Nazeri,</a> son of renown Persian singer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahram_Nazeri">Shahram Nazeri</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tHdRmP6rUs">is</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4HvXWbISqU&feature=related">an</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh1NevrUVRw&feature=related">Iranian</a> <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8842693674451310639&ei=oKj9SrbvG5TqqAPLuKTjCQ&hl=en#">setar</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwR2Ia-MN64">player</a> <a href="http://asiasociety.org/video/arts-culture/abc-news-profile-shahram-and-hafez-nazeri?page=4">and</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DxVjhnzH9M">composer</a>. Tomorrow night, <a href="http://www.persianartsfestival.org/news/?p=37">he will be the first Iranian composer to headline a concert</a> at Carnegie Hall. The concert will <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/09/a-new-kind-of-classical-music.html">feature</a> a <a href="http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2009/11/06/segments/143907">new instrument</a><a href="http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/view/page.basic/article/content.article/hafez_nazeri_rumi_project/en_US"> invented by Nazeri:</a> <a href="http://www.theworld.org/2009/11/12/hafez-nazeri/">the Hafez</a>.</break> The Hafez, named for both its inventor and for the <a href="http://www.iranonline.com/literature/index-hafez.html">celebrated</a> <a href="http://www.hafizonlove.com/">Persian</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafez">poet</a>, is a modified <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setar">setar</a> with added bass strings, making the instrument more suitable for a broader range of music. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.86646 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:21:09 -0800 carnegiehall hafez hafeznazeri iran iranianmusic leonardlopate music persia persianmusic pri rumi setar shahramnazeri wync youtube Lutoslawski