| EVENTS CALENDAR |
2011
- February 26
Setar Ensemble - Shahr-Ashoob Concert
Forum Hall, La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego
2010
- May 28
“8th Conference of the International Society for Iranian Studies”
Namâd Ensemble, original compositions by Kourosh Taghavi
- March 27
“Celebration of Poetry and Music of Iran”,
Collaboration with Persian Cultural Center of San Diego
Original compositions by Kourosh Taghavi
2009
- October 02
“Avay-e-Sabz” Concert at CSUF Performing Arts Center
Namâd Ensemble, Celebrating the legendary song writer and composer, Aref Ghazvini,
- September 28
“6th Konya International Mystic Music Festival” Celebrating Rumi's Birthday
Namâd Ensemble, original compositions by Kourosh Taghavi
- September 20
“Ode to Hope, A Melodic Epiphany” San Diego
Kourosh Taghavi, Pejman Hadadi, Greg Ellis, Saeed Kamjoo
- September 18
“Ode to Hope, A Melodic Epiphany” San Diego
Kourosh Taghavi, Pejman Hadadi, Greg Ellis, Saeed Kamjoo
- March 29
“Ossyan” Concert at Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, Berkeley, CA
Namâd Ensemble, original compositions by Kourosh Taghavi
- March 15
“Ossyan” Concert at CSUF Performing Arts Center
Namâd Ensemble, original compositions by Kourosh Taghavi
- March 15
“Ossyan” Concert at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)
Namâd Ensemble, original compositions by Kourosh Taghavi
2008
- September - October
“Ossyan Concert - California tour” Original compositions by Kourosh Taghavi
- July 19
“Tirgan Festival” Toronto, Canada
Namâd Ensemble & Shirâz Ensemble
- June 03
“Lecture Demo on Persian Classical Music” at Cal State Fullerton
Kourosh Taghavi & Khosro Ansari
- April 05
“Nowruz Celebration”, Concert at Torrance Cultural Center
Kourosh Taghavi & Neyreez Ensemble
- March 14
“Middle East Music Series” Concert at CSU Fullerton
2007
- October 20
Hossein Omumi, Kourosh Taghavi, Mehrdad Arabi
- Sep 29
“The international conference on Rumi”, Concert at University of Maryland
Hossein Omumi, Kourosh Taghavi, Mehrdad Arabi
- August 11
Angels Knocking at the Tavern Door”, Austin
An evening of poetry and music by Coleman Barks and Robert Bly with musical accompaniment by Kourosh Taghavi and Mundi
- June 15
“A Night of Persian Art for All Senses” at the San Diego Museum of Art
Hossein Omumi, Kourosh Taghavi, Mehrdad Arabi
- June 3
“Celebration of Poetry and Music of Iran”, San Diego
Musical improvisation and poetry declamation on H.A. Sayeh and M. Akhavan Sales works
- Aril 7
“Nowruz Celebration” at University of California San Diego (UCSD)
Classical Persian Music
Kourosh Taghavi and Darvak Ensemble
- March 28
“Nowruz Celebration” at Poway public Library, San Diego
Introducing the Classical Persian Music, Improvisation in “Chahargah”
Kourosh Taghavi and Ali Sadr
- March 4
“Celebration of Poetry and Music of Iran”, San Diego
Celebrating the life and poetry of Forough Farrokhzad
Original compositions with Namâd Ensemble
2006
- December 2
“Celebration of Poetry and Music of Iran”, San Diego
Musical improvisation and poetry declamation
Kourosh Taghavi and Darvak Ensemble
- April - June
Touring with Seda Ensemble performing Master Pieces of Contemporary Persian Classical Music Irvine, Los Angeles, Berkeley and San Diego
- April 8
Original Compositions for “The Butterfly” a play by Bijan Mofid, San Diego
Original composition and live performance
Javaneh website: (http://javane.org/cast.asp)
- May 31
Lecture at Association of Iranian American Professionals, San Diego
“Forms and New approaches in Classical Persian Music”
2005
- October – December
“Raak Concert”, Original compositions by Kourosh Taghavi
Touring with Namâd Ensemble
Santa Monica, Berkeley, Santa Cruz and San Diego
- April 8
“An Evening of Persian & Kurdish Music”, Neurosciences Institute, San Diego
The Art of Tasnif & Chahar Mezrab
- May 7
Lecture at UC Berkeley
“A Brief History of the Repertoire of Iranian Classical music the "Radiff" from Qajar through Pahlavi Period”
- May - June
“Melodic Rhythms”
Original compositions by Kourosh Taghavi, Pejman Hadadi, Greg Ellis
California Tour
- August 27
“The Fusion of Persian Melodic Rhythms” at the Caravan Festival, Anaheim
Other Performances
“Sufi poetry and Classical Persian Music”
Touring with Hossein Omoumi and Mehrdad Arabi
Seattle, Berkeley, Los Angeles and San Diego
“Ancient Songs of Iran” at Stanford University, Palo Alto
Goosheh Ensemble
Original Compositions for “The Eighth Voyage of Sinbad” a play by Braham Baizaiee, Berkeley
Original composition and live performance
Original Compositions for “Seven Valleys” a play by Mansour Taeed
Original composition and live performance
Berkeley, Chicago, Seattle and Irvine