Manoochehr Sadeghi , santur

Beginnings: At 7, studied under the master Abol Hassan Saba

Instrument: the santur is a 72 string, Persian hammered dulcimer

Performances with: Orchestra No. 1 of the State Fine Arts Department, Tehran, Iran; concerts in United States, Great Britain, Denmark, The Netherlands, India, Pakistan, and Israel

Recordings: Sounds of the Santur, Visions, soundtrack for John Whitney film Arabesque, Seals & Crofts Takin’ It Easy, L. Subramaniam/Stephane Grappelli Conversations, Strunz and Farah Frontera

Broadcasts: on Iranian television and radio. When leaving his home country for the United States in 1964, Iranian television produced a farewell special dedicated to him.

Awards: 2003 National Heritage Fellow of the National Endowment for the Arts, Fulbright-Hays Fellowship, 1993 Oneness of Humanity Arts and Entertainment Award from international magazine El Ruisenor, Durfee Foundation Master Musician Fellowship

Faculty positions: UCLA’s Department of Ethnomusicology; Conservatory of Persian National Music, Tehran