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Kourosh Zolani was raised in Sangesar a small village in Iran, where music was considered a cultural taboo <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iranian.com/main/music/kourosh-zolani|title=Iranian.com|date= |accessdate=2010-08-11}}</ref> Kourosh Zolani was raised in Sangesar a small village in Iran, where music was considered a cultural taboo <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iranian.com/main/music/kourosh-zolani|title=Iranian.com|date= |accessdate=2010-08-11}}</ref>
. Despite this, Zolani developed a passion for musical expression at an early age, and began learning the santur in secret at 14. It quickly became apparent that he was a prodigy. Zolani left home as a young adult to pursue his passion at the University of Art in Tehran. There, he studied classical composition, and had the privilege of training with the Iran’s preeminent santour player, Master ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mesto.org/guestArtists/index.shtml |title=MESTO Orchestra Website|publisher=MESTO Orchestra|date= |accessdate=2010-08-11}}</ref>. . Despite this, Zolani developed a passion for musical expression at an early age, and began learning the santur in secret at 14. It quickly became apparent that he was a prodigy.


Kourosh has developed a new tuning technique for the ancient Iranian instrument,Santour, which transformed it from its diatonic form to allow for more chromatic versatility, for play in more complex orchestrations <ref name="multiple1" /><ref name="multiple2" /><ref name="multiple3" />. Zolani spent the following years improving upon his invention, designing a family of chromatic santurs that further explored the instrument's timbre and range. Kourosh has developed a new tuning technique for the ancient Iranian instrument,Santour, which transformed it from its diatonic form to allow for more chromatic versatility, for play in more complex orchestrations <ref name="multiple1" /><ref name="multiple2" /><ref name="multiple3" />. Zolani spent the following years improving upon his invention, designing a family of chromatic santurs that further explored the instrument's timbre and range.

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Kourosh Zolani
Musical artist

Kourosh Zolani is an Iranian-American composer, soloist and inventor. Zolani is best known for designing and playing the world's only playable chromatic santour .

Biography

Kourosh Zolani was raised in Sangesar a small village in Iran, where music was considered a cultural taboo . Despite this, Zolani developed a passion for musical expression at an early age, and began learning the santur in secret at 14. It quickly became apparent that he was a prodigy.

Kourosh has developed a new tuning technique for the ancient Iranian instrument,Santour, which transformed it from its diatonic form to allow for more chromatic versatility, for play in more complex orchestrations . Zolani spent the following years improving upon his invention, designing a family of chromatic santurs that further explored the instrument's timbre and range.

Upon moving to the U.S., Zolani attended the UCLA School of Entertainment to study film scoring. After graduating, he began traveling the world to perform in high-profile concerts everywhere from Washington D.C. to the ancient Roman city of Jerash in Jordan, while composing original scores for motion pictures on the side. In addition to composing, Kourosh has participated as a Santour player in many well-known composers’ works, including in Atlantis , the 47th Grammy Awards nominee for the Best New Age Album by David Arkenstone.

In November 2009, Zolani released a collection of his original work, entitled Memoirs of Sangesar which received international acclaim . His work has been featured on the radio programs such as the Jon Lewis Show in Perth, Australia, and is now streaming on various Internet radio sessions, including: All About Jazz / AJJ Radio, BLIP.fm, Ivvox, iSound, Last.fm, Magnatune, Mog, Napster and Yahoo! Music . Kourosh Zolani has received a number of awards for his work. In 2004, his album, "Peaceful Planet" was awarded the Best Solo Instrumental Album of the Year in the Just Plain Folks International Contest, the world’s largest independent music awards . In the same year, he also received the Los Angeles Treasures Award from the California Traditional Music Society and the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department.

Discography

  • 2009 Memoirs of Sangesar
  • 2003 Peaceful Planet

References

  1. ^ Setayeshgar, Mehdi (October 2001), "Santour: a Chromatic Instrument; Creating Altered Notes In Santour with a New Method of Tuning", The Art of Music (in Farsi), 4 (31): 34–36{{citation}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. ^ "About Chromatic Santour". Iran Newspaper (in Farsi). 1 August 2001.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. ^ Mir Alinaghi, Alireza (8 June 2001). "Thinking out of the box: A cultural responsibility". Mehr (in Farsi).{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. "Iranian.com". Retrieved 2010-08-11.
  5. "Atlantis; Album Infomation". NARADA. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  6. "Nominee list for the 47th Annual Grammy Awards". LiveDaily. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  7. ^ Chaudhary, Raja Singh (12 July 2010), Internet Radio Marks the Online Debut of Iranian Musician Kourosh Zolani
  8. Jon Lewis (2010-07-16). "The Jon Lewis Radio Show". 6PR 882 Perth Radio. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help); Unknown parameter |city= ignored (|location= suggested) (help)
  9. "Just Plain Folks Music Awards 2004". Just Plain Folks. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
  10. "Just Plain Folks Music Organization". Just Plain Folks. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  11. "The California Traditional Music Society". California Traditional Music Society, L.A. Treasures Award Program. Retrieved 2010-08-11.

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