The Zagros Trio Ensemble has been performing around the globe over the past seven years. Kourosh Moradi, Mehdi Bagheri and Pezhham Akhavass are the founders of the Zagros Trio. They all started their music education at early age with different backgrounds. All three are considered the best in their musical field. The group started performing as a band in late 2010 and has introduced the rich Persian and Kurdish music to people whom are curious about ancient melodies and rhythms from different culture and nations. Zagros Trio Ensemble has mainly performed with four instruments which are: tanbour, kamancheh, tombak and daf. These instruments are considered as the oldest musical instruments mankind have created. The music of Zagros Trio Ensemble is a combination of tanbour Maqams and Persian classical music to create a well stablished foundation with a newer sound, and the mission of this ensemble is to connect with people from all cultures, races and backgrounds.

IMPROVISATION ON PERSIAN TRADITIONAL MUSIC

Pezhham Akhavass: Tombak

Behfar Bahadoran: Tar, Setar

Ali Zebhideh: Vocal

This concert is intended to be an intimate performance. The performers can make a better connection with the audience since the venue is small and the seats are limited. The program is mainly an improvised duet based on Persian traditional music repertoire known as “Radif”.

Arizona Tour :

Friday June 3rd, Phoenix, Arizona

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Saturday June 4th, Sedona, Arizona

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Sunday June 5th, Flagstaff, Arizona

Improvisation of mystical and Persian spiritual music combined with a contemporary touch will be presented by master musicians, Pezhham Akhavass, on Tombak, and Saman Mahmoudi, on Santour. The evening will bring a spiritual journey through improivised Persian classical music.Persian classical music is a modal system and based on poetry.

Hossein Alizadeh and Pezhham Akhavass will perform

at University of Michigan, Detroit on Friday March 11th,

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at Columbus,  University of Ohio on Saturday March 12th,

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at Dallas Angelika Film Center of Plano, Texas Thursday March 24th,

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at Norman, University of Oklahoma on Saturday March 26th,

http://www.ou.edu/cis/sponsored_programs/iranian-studies-program/upcoming-events/hossein-alizadeh--norouz-persian-classical-music-concert.html

and at Stillwater, Oklahona State University on Sunday March 27th. 

The Officers’ Club puts the “life” back into live music with free evening performances that invite you to move and mingle. Performances range from jazz to classical music from around the world, and are curated by San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music in partnership with the Presidio Trust. In the intimate atmosphere of a house concert, listeners can savor, lounge and learn as they wish. Guests move comfortably between Arguello, the destination restaurant and bar, and the performances in Moraga Hall, with opportunities to converse with performers and each other.

Pezhham Akhavass, tombak and daf

Vijay Anderson, drums

Dahveed Behroozi, piano

Ann Dyer, vocals

Ken Filiano, bass

Timothy Volpicella, guitar

and Hafez Modirzadeh, saxophones

Friday Night Concerts 6-7:30PM Free of charge Seats reservation with Eventbrite

Now in its twelfth year, the Stanford Pan-Asian Music Festival has established itself as one of the most important Asian music festivals in the U.S. Stay tuned for more details to come!

"Celebration of Asia" as we take a tour across the continent with local masters of music from Iran, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Japan. They are joined by the Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra from China for an incredible collaborative finale.

San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music organizes the Jazz festival called SFMUSIC DAY. Pezhham will collaborate with Prof. Hafez Modirzadeh as part of Love and Respect Quartet. FREE EVENT but Register online.

The Persian Student Association at Stanford is proud to host a live concert featuring Maestro Hossein Alizadeh along with Hossein Omoumi and Pezhham Akhavass. Alizadeh is one of Iran’s leading classical composers and musicians, and was nominated for the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album. The group will be performing on Saturday, May 16th, 2015, at 8:00pm in the Annenberg Auditorium.

ISTA UCSD is proud to present to you Maestros Hossein Alizadeh, Hossein Omoumi and Pezhham Akhavass live in concert at UC San Diego.

This program will take place at UCSD Price Center Theater on May 10, 2015 at 7:30pm.

Electro-acoustic trio with The art of tabla revisited, Suphala, Pezhham Akhavass, master of tombek and Agnel Roman, musician and producer

The art of tabla revisited by Suphala and Percussion duet with Pezhham Akhavass, master of tombek

Tombak and Daf workshop Please call and confirm your seat. 44226436 - 44261993

THE WAR PROJECT: Music Unplugged November 21st

(photo L-R) Anuradha Sridhar, South Indian violin Xiaofeng Zhang, Chinese erhu Shriram Brahmanandam, South Indian percussion Ronnie Daliyo, Zimbabwean percussion and vocals Pezhham Akhavass, Persian percussion Diana Rowan, Irish harp Imamyar Hasanov, Azeri kamancha

• Wei Wang, Chinese percussion
• SF World Music Youth
• Guest Musicians from Bulgaria, Syria and more...

The Classical Persian Music Ensemble features some of the foremost musicians in the world of Persian music today, bringing new interpretation to an ancient sound. Featured are Mamak Khadem (vocal), Pezhham Akhavass (tombak, daf), Sahbah Motalebi (tar), and Samandar Dehghani (daf).

Pezhham Akhavass and Diana Rowan Tombak & Harp Duet . This event is CD Release Event in a Beautiful Outdoor House Concert. There are limited seats, so buy your tickets ASAP.

Pezhham Akhavass and Diana Rowan Tombak & Harp. This event is CD Release Event in a Beautiful Outdoor House Concert. There are limited seats, so buy your tickets ASAP.

Door open at 4:30, Concert starts at 5:00-7:00

Afsaneh Art & Culture Society/Ballet Afsaneh proudly presents the 6th annual Festival of the Silk Road - 2014, Concerts with star performers, International Foods, Folk Dance Mania, Costumes & Art! Dance, music and poetry from the Silk Road including Iran, Afghanistan, Armenia, China, India, Azerbaijan, Egypt, the Balkans, the Roma & more... Master of Persian percussion Pezhham Akhavass with Mehdi Bagheri on kamancheh.