Studying the score SHENDOS, composed by Tom Baker now. Looking forward to premiere this piece with Bellevue College Guitar Ensemble in my concert!

Carlson Theatre at 7:30pm.

www.bellevuecollege.edu/music/spring...

If you are in greater Seattle area, hope to see you at my concert on Dec.10 at the Carlson Theatre in Bellevue College. There will be a lot of plucking on stage💪🏼

Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/bcgui...

Nashville and Vanderbilt University are lucky to have this talented couple, who create new visual art, music and poetry drawing inspiration from their rich Iranian cultural heritage.

This video features the first movement, titled “River Carnival,” from our full composition Time and Tides. It was an incredible collaboration with three amazing musicians from Belgium and the Netherlands. I miss them very much, and I hope we can present this concert to you live soon!

The bandana is there to half-mute the strings to make them less resonant. For fast etude, I prefer less reverb because it can sound “muddy” to my ears with all the frequencies hitting each other and bouncing off the walls, windows and hard floor.

They were the most chill and friendly to us, unlike the rhinos or the elephants. We got chased by an angry rhino and an elephant on two separate occasions. That was scary.

How much I miss Africa!

Hope this piece brings you joy.

I played all the tracks using harmonics on half-muted strings. My left hand lightly touched the strings w/ all 5 fingers while my right hand did the plucking. Producing accurate harmonics at a fast tempo was not easy. I had to re-record several sections many times especially in the higher register.

It expresses the sentiment that no matter how talented one is, there is always someone more capable, symbolizing the frustration of encountering a rival who surpasses oneself.

“既生瑜,何生亮?” 是《三国演义》中周瑜临终前的感叹。这句来形容勃拉姆斯一生对贝多芬的心理状态，太恰当不过了。

"Why create a Zhou Yu when you've already created a Zhuge Liang?" is said by Zhou Yu on his deathbed in "The Three Kingdoms." It means, "Since I, Zhou Yu, was born, why was Zhuge Liang also born?"