.jpg "Harmonica virtuoso Ali Motamedi performs after a press conference held in Tehran on November 5, 2012 to introduce his album “Gate of the Sun”. (Mehr/Sahar Mansuri)")
TEHRAN -- An album of harmonica compositions, claimed to be the first collection ever composed for this instrument in Iran, has recently been released in Tehran.
Produced by the Golcheen Art and Cultural Company, “Gate of the Sun” contains 12 pieces composed by pianist and harmonica virtuoso Ali Motamedi.
“I am very happy about the release of this album and I hope that every Iranian has a harmonica in his or her home one day,” Motamedi said during a ceremony organized by Golcheen to unveil the album on Monday evening.
“I know three other instruments, but I do not like any instrument as much as the harmonica,” he added.
For harmonica, he has made pop, blues and classical music compositions, which have been orchestrated by Puya Nikpur.
“Due to the fact that so far, there has never been an album of harmonica compositions recorded in Iran, my colleagues, teachers and students encouraged me to compose the collection,” Motamedi wrote in the album brochure.
A group featuring Nikpur on piano, Masud Homayuni on electric guitar, Homayun Nasiri and Saber Jafari on percussion, and Babak Kuhestani on violin has accompanied Motamedi in the creation of the album.
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