Reza Kalantari

 Education: Music B.A.

 Date of Birth: 16 Farvardin 1355 (April 4^th 1976)

 Activities:

.Participating in Music Festival of University Students of Iran and gaining some top places.

.Being a member of Iranian Modern Music Orchestra, conducted by Alireza Mashayekhi, as a Tar soloist from 1375 to 1378 (1996 – 1999)

.Participating and performing music in the World Music Festival in Pakistan

.Establishing and managing an internet website for Iranian Music (www.persianartmusic.com)

.Arranging and composing folk music of Bakhtiari

.Performing music with Sepideh Music Group in different cities of Iran

.Making a group from Tar and Setar students and performing music from 1383 to 1386 (2004 – 2008)

.Completed recording of Tar and Setar teaching film which will be published soon

 Composing music for Movie and theatre:

 Musical play of “Bar Khane Haft Khan”, written and directed by Akram Ghasempour, gaining the first place in Fajr Theatre Festival and the award for the best music and play in City Theatre, Aviny auditorium, Ferdosi auditorium of Tehran university and Sanglaj auditorium

“Clara”, written by Arthur Miller, directed by Zareei

“Dokhtaraye Nane Darya”, written by Ahmad Shamlou , directed by Farahnaz Asghari Sarabi

“Mohagh”, written by Akbar Radi, directed by Lili Salehi Kouhestani, Anahita Ghanizade, Farshad Ramezani

“Ejdahak”, written by Bahram Beyzaei, directed by Shadi Jalilian

“Parde Khani”, written by Bahram Beyzaei, directed by Shadi Jalilian (this play wasn’t performed)

“Arash”, written by Bahram Beyzaei, directed by Afshin Rashidi (this play wasn’t performed because of none issuing of permission)

 He was born in 1355 in Sari. He has begun learning music since he was 10, by playing violin with Hadi Samimi. Participating in school song and music festival, he could gain first place in his city and province several times since he was a high school student. He also composed music for high school theatre groups which result was to gain first place in his province.

He entered music faculty in 1374 (1995) and continued studying music with masters like Prof. Mohammad Taghi Masoudieh, Dr. Amir Ashraf Ariyanpour, Darioush Talaei, Arshad Tahmasebi, Majid Kiani, Shahin Farhat, Mohammad Esmaeili, Alireza Mashayekhi, Sharif Lotfi, Mohammad Reza Darvishi, Mohammad Ali Hadadian…

 He was simultaneously and individually improving his Tar playing skills with Arshad Tahmasebi, also participating Hossein Alizadeh and Mohammad Reza Lotfi master classes. During his studying years in Music Faculty he was playing Tar as a soloist in Modern Orchestra of folk instruments of Iran conducted by Alireza Mashayekhi. Performing several Concerts in different cities together with his classmates was also among his activities. In the field of composing music he could gain the title of the best composer in Fajr theater festival for “Bar Khane Haft Khan” play, which was performed in City theater, Sanglaj auditorium and Avini auditorium of Tehran University for 2 months in 1378 (1999).

The title of his paper was “Modulation in Rast Panjgah“in which Arshad Tahmasebi helped him as his guiding master.

 In 1379(2000), he, together with his classmates in a group named “Sepideh” which had been formed during their studying, participated and performed in World Music Festival in Pakistan.

In Day 1379 (January 2000), he began to construct the first internet website specifically for Iranian (Persian) music (www.persianartmusic.com), which has a lot of visitors now.

 He has formed a group of Tar and Setar students who are all his students since 1383 (2004), which has performed some concerts since then. This group is now becoming ready for a concert in next summer.

In Aban 1386 (November 2007), he completed the recording of a CD (Multimedia) for teaching Tar and Setar.

 He is teaching playing Tar and Setar now.