TEHRAN-The latest music album by the renowned Iranian pianist and composer Saman Ehteshami has been released.

Titled “The Garden of Iran,” it is an instrumental album containing folk music from across Iran. The digital album is available online via music streaming services, IRNA reported.

In the album, Ehteshami has performed folk musical pieces from Mazandaran, Kordestan, Azarbaijan, Khorasan, Lorestan, and Fars provinces by the piano.

Saman Ehteshami, 46, studied music with various masters such as Javad Maroufi, Mohammad Sarir, and Esmail Amin-Moayyed. In 1989, he received an honorary diploma from the music festival organized by the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA). From 1991 to 1995, he was awarded the plaque of appreciation at the Fajr International Music Festival and ranked first in the competition sections for classical and Iranian piano. He was also the recipient of the plaque of honor (of the same festival) in 2004, 2010, 2011, and 2012.

After graduating in Music from the College of Art and Architecture in 2005, he founded Ehteshami Music School where he has been teaching students heretofore. In 2006, Ehteshami established the Aavaay-e Baagh-e Mehr Cultural Institute for publishing musical works. In addition to numerous concerts, he has published more than 150 works.

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