In Iranian Classical Music, the art of improvisation holds a special place. But nowadays, unfortunately it is rarely performed on stage for certain reasons. This means that we miss the huge opportunity to share the artistic flowing moments of improvisation. The most important reason for that is that the internalization of the music in the artist's inner self does not happen. Giving priority to the financial matters of this art in recent years, and consequently taking account of a broader range of the audience are the further reasons.
Inspiration from the ruling atmosphere between the wide audience contributes to the selection of the mode and the poems. This occasion may be referred to as Monasebat-khani or Monasebat-navazi. The peak of improvisation on Iranian music can be found in the works of accomplished masters such as Jalil Shahnaz, Hasan Kasa'i, Taj Esfahani, Adib Khansari, Reza Varzande, Ahmad Ebadi, and so forth.
The kind of music based on improvisation can be performed not only in the instrumental as well as vocal form but also by the percussion instruments in Zarbi-khani as what the deceased Nہser Farhangfar did with Tombak.
The reason behind recording this album was actually our participation in the World Festival of Sufi in 2007. At that festival, the music performed was mostly Sufistic based on improvisation. Afterwards, we decided to improvise without any preparation inspired by the atmosphere of the festival though the presence of just one melodic instrument had made our presentation a bit easier. Afterwards, the positive feedback on our performance at the festival convinced us to make a recording of our performance at the studio a couple of days later. We do believe that such improvised performances are more impressive and profound when they are played live on the stage. But since the live recording of our performance was not fine, we did our best to recreate the same atmosphere at the studio while recording this album.
Undoubtedly there exist shortcomings with respect to the kind of performance which is improvisation. We hope you might ignore them.

Mohammad Mo'tamedi



Mohammad Mo'tamedi was born in 1978. In the teenage years, he began singing and playing Ney. Since 1987, he pursued his singing lessons in the style of Seyyed Hoseyn Taherzade under Hamid-Reza Nurbakhsh. And besides, due to his interest in Taj Esfahani, he learned singing in the style of him under maestros such as Ali-Asghar Shahzeydi and the deceased Dr Hoseyn Omumi. Furthermore, thanks to his cooperation with Sheyda Ensemble, he has learned a lot from maestro Mohammad-Reza Lotfi particularly about Radif.
Mo'tamedi has cooperated with several groups including Mehr Ensemble founded by him, Iran's National Orchestra conducted by Farhہd Fakhreddini, and Sheyda Ensemble under the supervision of maestro Mohammad-Reza Lotfi.
He has also participated in various international festivals including Shanghai in China, Sufi in Pakistan, and Muqam in Azarbaijan. In addition, he has performed concerts in Paris, Rome, Netherlands, etc.

Sina Jahanabadi was born in 1975 in Tehran. He was educated at the School of Music, and received his MA degree in playing Iranian instrument at the University of Arts. He has grabbed the chance of learning from Davud Ganje'i, Ardeshir Kamkar, Ali-Akbar Shekarchi, and the deceased Kamran Darughe.
He has collaborated with a number of groups including Ava and Shahnaz under maestro Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, and Mowlavi Ensemble under maestro Shahram Nazeri. Also, he has played in several recordings such as Ah Baran, Zibatarin, Hengame, Nasim-e Vasl, Setareha, and in some film and TV series music. In addition, he has played concerts in various foreign countries and taken part in a number of international festivals.

Hoseyn Rezaiynia was born in 1975 in Tehran. He began playing Daf in the Music Center in 1991. He pursued his lessons under maestro Bijan Kamkar, and there he completed the course on Daf. He is also familiar with Santur.
He has collaborated with various artists, groups and organizations including Shams Ensemble under Keykhosro Pur-Nazeri, Tehran Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Majid Entezami and the deceased Fereydun Naseri, Mowlavi Ensemble under maestro Shahram Nazeri, Ava Ensemble and Shahnaz Ensemble both under the supervision of maestro Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, etc. He has also played a number of concerts abroad as well as in Iran's radio and television.

Roza Yazdani was born in 1975 in Esfahan. In childhood, she became acquainted with Tombak and Santur, but she vigorously pursued Santur. She was educated in Music at Tehran University. She is a skillful percussionist, and has performed several concerts abroad. Since 1998 on, she collaborates with Tehran Orchestra under Ali-Reza Mashayekhi. She has also taken part in the Kurdish Music Festival in Kordestan, Iraq, with Shams Ensemble, in the Emirates Music Festival with Rowzhan Ensemble, and in the Sufi Music Festival in Pakistan.