IRAN Man

2018

“Iran”, Homayoun Shajarian and Sohrab Pournazeri’s latest collaboration, consists of twelve tracks, with lyrics taken from the works of ancient and contemporary Iranian poets such as Ferdowsi, Saadi, Khajeh Shamseddin Mohammad, Ishaq Anwar, Pooria Suri and Ahoora Iman.
In this album, skillful Iranian musicians collaborated with a number of foreign musicians, with some of the pieces having been recorded outside of Iran.

Distribution
Vocals: Homayoun Shajarian
Composer: Sohrab Pournazeri
Soprano: Delnia Aram

Solists:
Kaval: Osman Aktas
Duduk/Clarinet: Arshak Sahakyan
Kamancheh/Setar: Sohrab Pournazeri

Musicians:
Tar: Tahmoures Pournazeri
Oud/Bass Tar: Azad Mirzapour
Daf: Hossein Rezaeinia
Santour/Bass Santour: Mahyar Toreihi
Tonbac/Udu/Kokhon/Tonbac of Zurkhaneh: Aeen Meshkatian
Bass Guitar: Arin Keshishi
Cello: Atena Eshtiaghi
Bass Tar: Payam Javani
Kamanche/Setar/Divan: Sohrab Pournazeri

Zurna: Emre Sinanmis
Dohol/Bendir/Erbane/Darabouka: Omer Arslan
Baglama: Burak Aytac
Clarinet: Sukru Kabaci
Guitar: Cenk Erdogan

First Violin: Stephanie Bibbo, Sara Chazin, Tingting Gu
Second Violin: Philip Brezina, Caitlin McSherry, Kashi Elliott
Alto Violin: Evan Buttemer, Keith Lawrence, Alexander Volonts, Ivo Bokulic
Cello: Samsun Van Loon, James Jaffe, Gabriel Beistlie
Double Bass: Robert Ashley, Patrick McCarthy
French Horn: Caitlyn Smith-Franklin

Backing Vocals:
Homayoun Shajarian
Delnia Aram
Ashkan Kamangari
Mehrdad Nasehi
Aeen Meshkatian
Sohrab Pournazeri

Designer: Alireza Latifian
Mixing and Mastering: Gholamreza Sadeghi
Sound: Adam Munoz, Gholamreza Sadeghi & Ada Music Studio
Photography: Mehrdad Emrani & Kaveh Karami (cover), Behzad Nasseri (booklet)
Translation: Amir Takht Ravanchi
Public Relations: Sama Babaei
Production: Hedieh Jadidi & Saba Ashrafi
Print: Juan