in this album, I have performed seven pieces of Ahmad Ebâdi’s best improvisations which were notated by me in a book entitled ‘Shahnavâz : Ahmad Ebâdi’s Improvisations’, published by Mahoor Institute of Culture and Arts in 2000. It has always been believed that the Persian Dastgâhi music cannot be precisely notated and it is hard and even impossible to be performed based on notation. The pieces here have been played exactly as notated in the aforementioned book and the writer believes that Persian music, just like any other music from all over the world, can be notated although there may be some weaknesses and deficiencies in its note-playing and performance principles. In this album, I have attempted to perform all the details and subtleties just as they were notated in the book.

Hossein Mehrâni
January, 2016

Bayat Esfahan/Ahmad Ebadi/Hossein Mehrani

Mahoor Institute