Dariush Talâ’i

The music of Iran’s Sufis continues to be used like a springboard for the imaginative playing of Darioosh or Dariush Talai. A expert from the six-stringed, lute-like tar as well as the three-stringed, lute-like sitar, Talai continues to be called probably one of the most certified interpreters of traditional Iranian music. Based on world music journal Ethno Tempos, Talai takes on “having a discipline of the precision which in no way prevents inventiveness as well as the discrete experimentation.” Created in 1952, Talai began monitoring the tar with Ali Akbar Shahnazi at age ten. He spent many years learning the Radif, which include the 12 Iranian modal systems and their derivatives, with such educators as Abdollan Davami. Talai’s 1996 efficiency with Indian percussionist Madjid Khalady in Utrecht was documented and released as with Concert from the Iranian record label Al Sur-Musisoft.