Album Notes

Music by Siamak Jahangiri (Member of Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble).

Siamak Jahangiri is a rising star in the world of Iranian classical music. Born in northern Iran, he began playing the ney [nay] at age twelve. He has studied with Iran’s most eminent ney players, primarily with Mohammad Ali Kiani Nejad. He received his degree in music from Tehran University of the Arts and has written a book on the ney, its playing techniques in the 20th century and its masters. He resides in Tehran, where he is an enthusiastic a teacher of his instrument.

Siamak Jahangiri performs with the Silk Road Ensemble, appears on the album Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet and was featured in the photo exhibit entitled The Silk Road Ensemble: Portraits and Places.