Listen to a live in-studio performance by Amir Amiri playing santur on CKUT fm in Montreal. This recording took place as part of the Montreal sessions (http://music.ckut.ca/projects/the-montreal-sessions/) on CKUT, broadcasting every Tuesday from 3-5pm.
Amir Amiri, born in Tehran, Iran, where he studied the santur, a 72-string hammer dulcimer that lies at the heart of Persian classical music. Amiri has worked with Bob Becker, Edgar Meyer and David Takeno as well as jazz aritsts Hugh Fraser, Darcy Phillip Gray, Mike Murley and John Stetch. Amiri has worked extensively as a percussionist, composer, musical director and consultant for numerous Canadian dance and theatre companies. Recently Amiri released Arghavan a solo album. http://www.amiramiri.com/
(winter landscape photo by Thien V http://quelquesmoments.tumblr.com/)
