11 Facts About Manoochehr Sadeghi

Manoochehr Sadeghi was born on April 13,1938 and is a Persian-American naturalized citizen, born in Tehran, Iran.

Manoochehr Sadeghi is considered an ustad of the santur, a Persian hammered dulcimer.

Manoochehr Sadeghi has been lecturing, teaching, recording and performing Persian classical music on the santur professionally for over 50 years.

In 2002, Sadeghi received the Durfee Foundation Master Musician Award and he is a recipient of a 2003 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts, which is the United States' highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.

In 1964, Manoochehr Sadeghi emigrated to the United States to pursue his education and career.

Manoochehr Sadeghi has a variety of students whom he teaches at home and on the internet.

Manoochehr Sadeghi is compiling his lessons into an online music school to preserve his knowledge, technique and personal style through contemporary Persian classical improvisation.

Manoochehr Sadeghi is preparing for a series of concerts after the release of his next album.

Manoochehr Sadeghi taught private lessons in Iran from 1953 to 1964 and then in the United States from 1966 to the present.

Manoochehr Sadeghi was a teacher at the Conservatory of Persian National Music in Iran from 1958 until 1964 on the faculty at UCLA's Department of Ethnomusicology from 1967 to 1997.

Manoochehr Sadeghi taught Persian classical music theory, history and performance, and gave annual concerts on campus and abroad.