An internationally renowned percussionist, Pejman Hadadi is a proficient player of tombak and daf, the two drums of Iranian classical and folk musics. For the past thirty years, he has been teaching traditional styles of tombak playing and the theory of Persian rhythmic cycles to students in the US, Europe, and Iran. He received the prestigious Durfee Foundation Master Musician Award twice for dissemination and propagation of Persian music in the US. Since 1999, Pejman has composed a large body of music for dance, which he has performed extensively in international festivals with renowned Iranian master musicians, dancers and choreographers.
Guangming Li
Lecturer
Abhiman Kaushal
Adjunct Professor
Gamin Kang
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Behzad Nadimi
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Nick DePinna
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David Bragger
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Helen Rees
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Marc Bolin
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Anna Morcom
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Diane White-Clayton
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Steven Loza
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Rahul Neuman
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Francis Kofi Akotuah
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Janice Mautner Markham
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Tara Browner
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Robert F. Reigle
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Mohsen Mohammadi
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Hermann Hudde
Lecturer
Melissa Bilal
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Maureen Russell
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Timothy D. Taylor
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Roger Savage
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Cheryl L. Keyes
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Miles Shrewsbery
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Münir Beken
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Joko Sutrisno
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I Nyoman Wenten
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Amy Catlin- Jairazbhoy
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Armen Adamian
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Supeena Adler
Adjunct Associate Professor - Ethnomusicology, World Music Instrument Curator and Conservator, Director, Music of Thailand Ensemble;
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