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Date:
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Lecture in Persian
Time: 6:00 PM
Topic: "Study
of the contemporary relationship of Persian poem and
music"
AIAP's Lecture Series is pleased to present
Mr. Mohsen Namjoo as our guest lecturer for
the month of November.
Mohsen Namjoo is an Iranian musician,
singer-songwriter born in 1976 in Torbat-e Jam, a
small town in northeastern Iran. The New York Times
called Namjoo "Iran's Bob Dylan".
In 1994 he studied Music at University of Tehran in
addition to taking some theater classes. Namjoo also
studied Iranian folk music and he is familiar with
Western musical styles, particularly blues and rock.
In late 1997 and early 1998, Namjoo had his first
two concerts, themed "modern combination of Iranian
poetry and music”. In 2003 he started recording
parts of his own works in Tehran. His debut album
titled Toranj was officially released in Iran in
September 2007. He also composed soundtracks for
movies and plays.
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