Alireza Shahini Online Tombak Lesson

About Me:

• 🔺Instrumentalist: Tombak, Daf, and Tar
• 🔺Master’s Degree in Music
• 🔺Started Music: At age 6 with children’s music
• 🔺Tombak: Learned from age 8 under Master Mahmoud Pahlevani Nejad
• 🔺Daf: Learned from age 15 under Master Mahmoud Pahlevani Nejad
• 🔺Tar: Basics learned from artists Pouria Mohammad Nejad and Kiarash Roozbehani

Performance Experience:

• 🔺Master Classes: Participated in various master classes with Masters such as Taj Kurdistani, Homayoun Nasiri, Hajar Zahavi, Sharif Lotfi, Pejman Hadadi, Pedram Khavarzamini, and workshops on Iranian music, ethnomusicology, etc. Also attended classes by Masters Bahman Rajabi and Navid Afghah.
• 🔺Child Music Instructor Courses: Participated in child music instructor courses and training at Adamak Institute (Iran Orff Association).
• 🔺Group Leadership: Leader of the traditional music group Hazar, the percussion group Avaye Mehr, and the choir group of the Gorgan Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents.
• 🔺Collaborations: Worked with artists and groups such as Master Bijan Kamkar, Master Davood Azad, Pouria Khavas, Mojtaba Asgari, Shabrovan Group, Mehregan, Aria Orchestra, Naghmeh, Adak, Khosrovan Part, Naghmeh Kouban, Hamdelan, Raha, Barbad Javan, Ab va Atash, University of Guilan, Awat, Faryad Bi Seda, Loulian, Sepehr, National Youth Orchestra of Iran, and international collaborations in festivals with Voice 21 USA, Manado University Choir Indonesia, World Muslim Choir MCE, Nabil Khan from India, Shahid Shahbaz from India, and more.
• 🔺Festival Participation and Awards:
  • Best Tombak player in the national student festival
  • Winner of several provincial and national festivals
  • First place in group performance at the Golestan Youth Festival with Avaye Mehr percussion group
  • First place in group performance at the Youth Joy Festival with Hazar group
  • Performed music for various plays in Golestan, Gilan, and Tehran provinces
  • Collaborated with national and provincial TV and radio networks of Iran
  • Played in over 40 research projects and bachelor’s and master’s theses in music
  • Participated in numerous festivals including Fajr Festival, International Ethnic Festival, Zarbo Osoul, Razavi Festival, Iranian Classical, University of Tehran Group Performance Competition, Golestan Youth Festival, Friendship Music Festival, University of Guilan Music Week, and more.
• 🔺Teaching Experience: Taught at music schools in Golestan, Gilan, and Tehran provinces, Cyprus, and Tanin Music High School in Rasht, and free classes at the University of Guilan.
• 🔺Workshops:
  • Held Tombak and Daf workshops in August 2018 at Fakhruddin As’ad Gorgani Hall
  • Held Daf and Tombak instrument workshops at Nahft Music School in Rasht in February 2019
  • Held Daf workshops at Jannat Abad Cultural Center in Tehran in 2019
  • Played and introduced Daf at Istanbul National University and Istanbul Ethnomusicology University
  • Concert with Silent Scream group in Ankara in March 2019
  • Lecture at the memorial seminar for Master Mohammadreza Lotfi at the University of Guilan
  • Workshop introducing Tombak and Daf at the National Percussion Instruments University of Sri Lanka in 2023
  • Selected as the ambassador of the Sama International Festival in Sri Lanka
  • Executive Secretary of the first Friendship Music Festival at the University of Guilan (2019)
  • Secretary of the Music Association at the University of Guilan
  • Secretary of the National Friendship Music Festival (2020)
  • Founder and Secretary of the National Percussion Instruments Festival Hazar
  • Founder of Hazar Art Institute and Hazar Daf Production Brand