Behzad Nadimi is an accomplished santūr performer and teacher of Iranian music. He was instrumental in collecting and publishing the radīf of Mirza-Abdollah for santūr (2016). He has performed throughout Iran and in California. He is a direct disciple of santūr master Pashang Kamkar; he began his studies of the santūr and the radīf (Iranian musical repertoire) when he was in high school. Nadimi has recorded a number of CDs on the santūr and directed various music ensembles.
Janice Mautner Markham
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Nick DePinna
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Rahul Neuman
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Tara Browner
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Mohsen Mohammadi
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Robert F. Reigle
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Timothy D. Taylor
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I Nyoman Wenten
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Anna Morcom
Mohindar Brar Sambhi Chair of Indian Music, Professor - Ethnomusicology
Melissa Bilal
The Promise Chair in Armenian Music, Arts, and Culture, Director of Armenian Music Program
Pejman Hadadi
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Abhiman Kaushal
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Roger Savage
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Guangming Li
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Francis Kofi Akotuah
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Gamin Kang
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Helen Rees
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Miles Shrewsbery
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Marc Bolin
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Steven Loza
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Maureen Russell
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Diane White-Clayton
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David Bragger
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Mark Kligman
Mickey Katz Chair of Jewish Music and Professor - Musicology, Ethnomusicology, and Humanities, Director of Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience
Armen Adamian
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Amy Catlin- Jairazbhoy
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