HOSSEIN ALIZADEH with MAJID KHALADJ

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JUNE 9, 2002; 7:30PM
JULIA MORGAN THEATER, BERKELEY
$22

HOSSEIN ALIZADEH with MAJID KHALADJ
Don't miss this rare appearance of two of the greatest Persian classical musicians in the world. See Spotlight!

JULIA MORGAN THEATER is located at
2640 College Avenue at Derby in Berkeley.
FOR TICKETS: CBON ticket line at 925-798-1300.

Spotlight!

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Hossein Alizadeh was born in Tehran, in 1951. After graduating from the Music Conservatory, he entered the School of Music of the University of Tehran in 1975 where he received his degree in composition and performance. During the same period he studied with various Ostads of traditional Persian music such as Ali Akbar Khan Shahnazi, Nur Ali Borumand, Abdollah Davami, Mahmood Karimi and Houshang Zarif.

It is from these masters that he learned the radif of Persian classical music. Alizadeh was awarded a position with the National Orchestra of Iran and later became the conductor and soloist of the Iranian National Orchestra of Radio and Television. He founded the Aref Ensemble and performed with the Shayda Ensemble, both dedicated to the promotion and advancement of Persian classical music. Alizadeh participated in the orchestra of the famous Bejart Ballet Company in a performance of Gulistan, a ballet by Maurice Bejart.

In the early 1980's, he further expanded his formal education by studying composition and musicology at the University of Berlin. In 2000 the Ministry of Culture in Iran declared him the best contemporary artist. As a teacher he has trained many young musicians and has written and published a number of etudes for tar and setar. He has composed many works of contemporary and neo-classical Persian music including Hessar, Ney Nava and Song of Compassion as well as several film scores including Gabbah and A Time for Drunken Horses.

In addition, he has recorded the entire body of the radif based on the interpretation of Mirza Abdullah. He has performed extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia and has appeared on many radio and television programs around the world. He taught at the University of Tehran, The Tehran Music Conservatory and California Institute of the Arts.

Majid Khaladj-tombak

HOSSEIN ALIZADEH WILL PERFORM IN THE SAN FRANCISCO WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL JUNE 9, 2002 AT THE JULIA MORGAN THEATER IN BERKELEY, CA; 7:30PM

FOR TICKETS: CBON ticket line at 925-798-1300.
The Julia Morgan Center for the Arts is located at
2640 College Avenue at Derby in Berkeley.

Tickets to the June 15-16 joint program of the SF World Music
Festival and the SF Ethnic Dance Festival at the Palace of Fine Arts can be obtained by calling 415-392-4400. The Palace of Fine Arts is located at Bay and Laguna Streets in San Francisco.