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Parviz Meshkatian passes away at 54

etl — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:29:10 GMT

Santur virtuoso Parviz Meshkatian passes away at 54
Tehran Times Art Desk

TEHRAN -- Iranian santur virtuoso Parviz Meshkatian passed away on Monday afternoon.

Meshkatian died of heart failure at his home in Tehran, his nephew Behdad Babaii told the Mehr News Agency.

He was 54 years old.

Meshkatian was the leader of the Aref Ensemble, which did its last concert tour of Iran in November 2007.

Born in Neyshabur in 1955, he began his musical training at the age of six with his father Hassan Meshkatian, who was a professional tar and santur player.

He learned the radif, the total collection of more than 200 gushehs -- traditional melodic entities -- in all 12 dastgahs, studying under Iranian maestros Nur-Ali Borumand and Dariush Safvat.

He was also a student of Mohammad-Taqi Masudieh, Abdollah Davami, Saeid Hormozi, and Yusef Forutan, who helped him improve his skills.

After some years, he became one of Iran’s most prominent musicians.

In 1977, Meshkatian founded the Aref Ensemble with Hossein Alizadeh and Mohammadreza Lotfi. The group performed many concerts in Iran, Europe, and the Americas.

He also performed with some of Iran’s greatest vocalists like Mohammadreza Shajarian, Shahram Nazeri, and Iraj Bastami.

The collaborations resulted in the creation of the albums “Bidad”, “The Court of the Beloved”, “Mystery of Love”, “Nava”, and “Dastan”, which are all very popular in Iran.

Photo: Parviz Meshkatian waves after a press conference in November 2007 that was held to promote the concerts the Aref Ensemble performed in Tehran later that month. (Fars/Hossein Salmanzadeh)

The Results of Today's Exams

etl — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:05:13 GMT

The following failed:

Pre-2

1. Meisam

2. Hamed

3. Mohamad.K

1. Ramin

2. Roozbeh

3. Amirhosein.Z

4. Mohamadjavad

etl — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:57:06 GMT

Unfortunately the following failed:

Pre-3

Amir Reza: FF

Masoud: F

Nejdeh: FF

Ashkan: FF

Ali.S: F

Omid: F

K1: F

Maziar: F

Mohamad Reza: FF

Ad1:

Emil: FF

Feri: F

irrelevant

etl — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:20:09 GMT

Yeah, I know, this weblog is supposed to be an English one, but I read this poem somewhere and i really liked it. I thought you might also like it.

قطار می رود

تو می روی

تمام ایستگاه می رود

و من چقدر ساده ام

که سالهای سال

در انتظار تو

کنار این قطار رفته ایستاده ام

و همچنان

به نرده های ایستگاه رفته

تکیه داده ام!

etl — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:09:21 GMT

قابل توجه دانشجویان

کلاس گفت و شنود روز چهارشنبه این هفته تشکیل نخواهد شد.

Bilingualism

etl — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:59:31 GMT

What is Bilingualism?

Definition 1: The use of more than one language.
Definition 2: The ability to communicate naturally and fluently in more than one language in all areas of life.

Between these definitions lie worlds. Somewhere in between we want to see our children.
And as we know that life means learning in our constantly changing world, we understand that Bilingualism is a process, not a result.

But why do we want our children to become bilingual?.....

LOST

etl — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:15:10 GMT

Lost is an American serial drama television series. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles, United States crashes somewhere in the South Pacific. Each episode typically features a primary storyline on the island as well as a secondary storyline from another point in a character's life, though other time-related plot devices change this formula in later episodes. The pilot episode was first broadcast on September 22, 2004,^[1] and since then five full seasons have aired. The show airs on the ABC Network in the United States, as well as on regional networks in many other countries.....

IELTS Sample Questions for the speaking section

etl — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:45:23 GMT

Work

Do you work or study?

Tell me about your job

What do like about your work?

What things would you like to change?

Study

Do you work or study?

Tell me about your studies. What do you study?

What do you like most about your studies?

What are you planning to do with your studies in the future?

Home

Do you live in a house or a flat?

Can you describe it?

What is the best thing about it?

What would you like to change about it?

Home town.....

some useful links

etl — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:40:19 GMT

لينك روزنامه و مجلات خارجی

روزنامه تایمز
روزنامه واشنگتن پست
روزنامه واشنگتن تایمز
روزنامه نیویورک تایمز
روزنامه گاردین

نتایج امتحانات امروز

etl — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:05:01 GMT

El2

Ali.A:FF

Amir Hosein.P:F

Ramtin.T:F

Parsa.H:F

Hosein.Kh:FF

Ehsan.Kh:F

Arash.A:FF

Milad.M:F

Kasra.N:F

Ad1

Mahmood.H:FF

Ehsan.A:F