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Released: Jan 1, 2010
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  • Genre: Drum & Bass / Experimental / Other

    Location Berlin, DE

    Profile Views: 39659

    Last Login: 9/18/2011

    Member Since 4/24/2007

    Website www.moremo.de

    Record Label flowfish.records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    .. ........ Mohammad Reza Mortazavi was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1979. His parents – both musicians – enabled him to take tombak drum lessons at the age of six. He was quick to feel the power of the music deep inside. At the tender age of nine there was nothing more he could learn from his teacher. From that point on the goblet shaped tombak became the main driving force in his life and children of his age wouldn’t attract his attention any longer. He was captured by the music..... During the following years he constantly won first prizes at the annual tombak music competition in Iran where only the country’s best tombak players were given the chance to take part. Already at the age of 20 he was considered as the world’s best tombak player. A fact which, however, couldn’t put him off from upgrading and revolutionizing tombak playing by stretching its traditional borders. His finger techniques and sound variations gave the tombak a new voice. He played his self-composed pieces in front of the enthusiastic audiences in Teheran where his performances were regularly sold out. Since then his way of playing has been pointing the way ahead. .... At 22 he travelled to Germany for the first time and performed in Munich where he delighted the audiences. He released several CDs and got invited to give many concerts where the audiences reacted with storms of applause. “[…] The tombak is a highly interesting skin instrument offering with its corpus more than ten different sound effects by varying the position of hands. Mortazavi exhausts all play methods: He uses his fingernails to play on the skin, he uses all parts of his hand, the palm, the ball of the thumbs, the fingers seperately and together as well as the bones. He plays on the bassy middle, the dry rim skin as well as on the bright sounding rim as well as on the corpus evoking wooden sounds. He plays all that in a very routined way - in its best sense - by varying the speed.” (Enrico Ille) .... In 2003 he received as one among 600 competitors the world music young talent award at the international Ruth festival in Rudolstadt. Currently M. R. Mortazavi lives in Berlin. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Mortazavi on ARTE! ........>>>Youtube - Part 1.... .. ....>>>Youtube - Part 2.. .. .. M.R. Mortazavi in "Aspekte" (ZDF) 5.03.2010 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Konzert in der Philharmonie: Yar-e Dabestani / kleine Nachtmusik .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Konzert in der Philharmonie: " Seriously joking" .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Konzert in der Philharmonie: "Emergency Exit" .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. M.R. Mortazavi Green Hands (part 1 from 2) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. M.R. Mortazavi Green Hands (part 2 from 2) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Green Hands (2004).. For the whole clip go to ..www.moremo.de.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. ..

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    .. M.R. Mortazavi .. .. CDs: .. .. New! GREEN HANDS .. ........ Now Available at .. Amazon .... .. Saena .. .. .. Pulse .. .. .. Departure .. .. .. Wind & Fire .. .. .. Il fiore rosso .. .. .. Time Swing .. .. .. Waguye .. .. .. Songs of Spring .. .. ..

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Mohammad Reza Mortazavi was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1979. His parents – both musicians – enabled him to take tombak drum lessons at the age of six. He was quick to feel the power of the music deep inside. At the tender age of nine there was nothing more he could learn from his teacher. From that point on the goblet shaped tombak became the main driving force in his life and children of his age wouldn’t attract his attention any longer. He was captured by the music.

During the following years he constantly won first prizes at the annual tombak music competition in Iran where only the country’s best tombak players were given the chance to take part. Already at the age of 20 he was considered as the world’s best tombak player. A fact which, however, couldn’t put him off from upgrading and revolutionizing tombak playing by stretching its traditional borders. His finger techniques and sound variations gave the tombak a new voice. He played his self-composed pieces in front of the enthusiastic audiences in Teheran where his performances were regularly sold out. Since then his way of playing has been pointing the way ahead.

At 22 he travelled to Germany for the first time and performed in Munich where he delighted the audiences. He released several CDs and got invited to give many concerts where the audiences reacted with storms of applause. “[…] The tombak is a highly interesting skin instrument offering with its corpus more than ten different sound effects by varying the position of hands. Mortazavi exhausts all play methods: He uses his fingernails to play on the skin, he uses all parts of his hand, the palm, the ball of the thumbs, the fingers seperately and together as well as the bones. He plays on the bassy middle, the dry rim skin as well as on the bright sounding rim as well as on the corpus evoking wooden sounds. He plays all that in a very routined way - in its best sense - by varying the speed.” (Enrico Ille)

In 2003 he received as one among 600 competitors the world music young talent award at the international Ruth festival in Rudolstadt. Currently M. R. Mortazavi lives in Berlin. ..

Mortazavi on ARTE!
>>>Youtube - Part 1
>>>Youtube - Part 2

M.R. Mortazavi in "Aspekte" (ZDF) 5.03.2010

Konzert in der Philharmonie: Yar-e Dabestani / kleine Nachtmusik

Konzert in der Philharmonie: " Seriously joking"

Konzert in der Philharmonie: "Emergency Exit"

M.R. Mortazavi Green Hands (part 1 from 2)

M.R. Mortazavi Green Hands (part 2 from 2)

Green Hands (2004)
For the whole clip go to www.moremo.de



Member Since:

April 24, 2007

Members:

M.R. Mortazavi

CDs:

New! GREEN HANDS

Now Available at Amazon

Saena

Pulse

Departure

Wind & Fire

Il fiore rosso

Time Swing

Waguye

Songs of Spring

Sounds Like:

..

Record Label:

flowfish.records

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