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Vafa Adib

Hammered Dulcimer (Santour) player

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More than eighteen years experience in music instructing and composing
Vafa Adib started learning music at a young age with the choir ensemble. He started his music training with percussion instruments, and then began studying Santour (Hammer Dulcimer) with Master Mohammad Allaei, mastering many famous Persian music forms. He also completed one year of studying music theory and ear training with Ms. Shirin Jalaly.
Beside playing Santour, he started playing Tonbak (hand drum) with Daryoush Zargari in 1996. (who passed away in 2002).Also he started playing Piano with Ms. Goli Jalilian in 2005. Goli used to be Vafa's student in ORFF class in 1992.
In addition to his expertise as a performer, Vafa has had considerable success teaching music in Iran and Canada. He taught "Orff" music in addition to Recorder Flute for over 12 years in Pars Institute of Music, Cultural Institute of Bahman, House of Music & Art of Iran in Tehran. He was appointed as the principle of Traditional Music of Iran for Youth Training at Pars institute. For ten years he supervised youth and children in performing concerts at the National Art and Music Academy for Children and Youth. Vafa and Mahta Mansouri are founders of the Shadan Music Institute in Tehran, dedicated to the education of music for children especially in the categories of Orff, classical, and traditional music.
During his fourteen years of teaching music Vafa Adib has witnessed many of his students playing Santour on national stages.

Vafa Adib		Hammered Dulcimer (Santour) player

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Click on photo to download the clip		More than eighteen years experience in music instructing and composing Vafa Adib started learning music at a young age with the choir ensemble. He started his music training with percussion instruments, and then began studying Santour (Hammer Dulcimer) with Master Mohammad Allaei, mastering many famous Persian music forms. He also completed one year of studying music theory and ear training with Ms. Shirin Jalaly. Beside playing Santour, he started playing Tonbak (hand drum) with Daryoush Zargari in 1996. (who passed away in 2002).Also he started playing Piano with Ms. Goli Jalilian in 2005. Goli used to be Vafa's student in ORFF class in 1992. In addition to his expertise as a performer, Vafa has had considerable success teaching music in Iran and Canada. He taught "Orff" music in addition to Recorder Flute for over 12 years in Pars Institute of Music, Cultural Institute of Bahman, House of Music & Art of Iran in Tehran. He was appointed as the principle of Traditional Music of Iran for Youth Training at Pars institute. For ten years he supervised youth and children in performing concerts at the National Art and Music Academy for Children and Youth. Vafa and Mahta Mansouri are founders of the Shadan Music Institute in Tehran, dedicated to the education of music for children especially in the categories of Orff, classical, and traditional music. During his fourteen years of teaching music Vafa Adib has witnessed many of his students playing Santour on national stages.