NIKNAZ MIRGHALAMI

Hearing Niknaz's musical expression is smelling the vigorous blossoms of a contemporary narrative rooting in the rich and authentic ground of the heritage of Persian art and culture. Niknaz plays both genre-based and self-composed music repertoire on tanbour and setar, Persian lutes. In parallel, she carries out musicological research in the precedent genres of Iranian music in addition to a philosophical exploration in order to express authentic and meaning-oriented music. Possessing a profound imagination, having been immersed in the poetic-ness and beauty of Persian art and literature, doing multi-faceted academic music research and having many years of experience in professional performance on stage led Niknaz to have a personal artistic representation of her research-based projects and performances in addition to her mesmerizing sonority... In 2017, Niknaz began a personally novel track in research and practice. Her multilayered approach to her musical expression embraces..