Peyman Nasehpoor
Peyman Nasehpoor (born 1974), self-romanized Peyman Nasehpour[1] (in Persian پیمان ناصح پور), is an Iranian percussionist. His instrument of choice is the tonbak, the Iranian goblet drum.
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[edit] Biography
Born in 1974 in Tehran, Iran, Peyman Nasehpour comes from a long line of musicians: his father is the famous vocalist Nasrollah Nasehpoor ("Nasehpoor" is romanization used by the rest of his family), and his grandfather was garmon-player Agha Shakour.
He learned Persian drumming at the early age of nine and broadened his drumming knowledge by working on Azeri dayereh (ghaval), Kurdish daf and Indian tabla.
Nasehpour holds a PhD in Mathematics and is an avid student of philosophy. In 1997, he placed 12th in the Iranian State Student Scientific Olympiad in the mathematics category.
With his father and his brothers Pooyan and Parham, he formed the Nassehpoor Ensemble in 1996.
In June 2005, Nasehpour wrote an open letter to Iranian presidential candidate Mostafa Moeen, thanking him for remarks on the lack of official recognition of Iranian folk music, and urging greater support for the teaching of traditional Iranian music, especially at the university level.
In September 2007, he toured as a member of "world family of percussion pack" led by Peter Giger in Germany.
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[edit] References
- Donbak. "Peyman Nasehpour"
- Nasehpour, Peyman. "Biography" (at his website)
- Nasehpour, Peyman. "CV" (at his website)
- PhD Thesis of "Peyman Nasehpour"
- Rezaei, Shabnam (2004). "Interview with Musician Peyman Nasehpour", Persian Mirror
