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.
Abhiman Kaushal
Adjunct Professor
Anna Morcom
Professor
I Nyoman Wenten
Adjunct Assoc. Professor
Marc Bolin
Lecturer
Mohsen Mohammadi
Director of Indo-Persian Music
Robert F. Reigle
Lecturer
Melissa Bilal
The Promise Chair in Armenian Music, Arts, and Culture; Director of Armenian Music Program
Diane White-Clayton
Lecturer
Helen Rees
Professor
Maureen Russell
Adjunct Professor
Amy Catlin- Jairazbhoy
Adjunct Professor
David Bragger
Continuing Lecturer
Nick DePinna
Adjunct Assistant Professor--Musicianship
Supeena Adler
World Music Instrument Curator and Conservator; Director, Music of Thailand Ensemble; Adjunct Associate Professor
Gamin Kang
Lecturer
Rahul Neuman
Continuing Lecturer
Behzad Nadimi
Lecturer
Steven Loza
Director of the UCLA Center for Latino Arts; Professor and Chair of Global Jazz Studies
Soheil Nadimi
Lecturer
Cheryl L. Keyes
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Joko Sutrisno
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Miles Shrewsbery
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Timothy D. Taylor
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Jesús Guzmán
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Roger Savage
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Armen Adamian
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Mark Kligman
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Tara Browner
Professor
Münir Beken
Associate Professor
Francis Kofi Akotuah
Lecturer
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