Fared Shafinury & Tehranosaurus by Saya Ovaisy (Frontline: Tehran Bureau)

His compositions thus move against the current, by retracing the arc from West to East. In his hands, the setar, an Eastern cousin of the guitar, and Fared's virtuoso specialty, yearns not for a departure from Iranian form nor the emulation of Western genres, but arrival at the point where binaries and boundaries bleed and blend until they dissolve completely.

by Tehranosaurus
31-Jan-2010
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