R. Simms

This study is an ethnography of the pedagogical method of Kamel Alipourtarazi (referred to throughout this study by his professional name Alipour), a performer, composer and teacher of Persian classical music and an initiated Qadiriya Sufi. Centering on instruction I received fr…

Avaz--the unmetered, improvised, modal, solo exposition of a classical poem--is the most important and distinctive facet of Persian classical music. Concert and recording artist Mohammed Reza Shajarian is arguably the most important figure in the contemporary field of public ava…