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Kourosh Zolani was born in a small village in Iran. He does not come from a
background that encouraged him to become a musician; indeed, he comes from a
small town where music is not a part of everyday life and is, in general,
considered taboo.
Kourosh has received numerous awards for his performances and compositions.
He is the first musician to perform on the Chromatic Santour with a symphony
orchestra, performing his original scores at venues such as the Kennedy Center
in Washington DC and in the Roman city of Jerash in Jordan.
Kourosh invented a new method of tuning the Santour that revolutionized the
ancient instrument by transforming it from an exclusively diatonic instrument to
a chromatic one - in essence, allowing the Santour to participate in more
complex music. Finally, Kourosh evolved his invention to the new levels
designing a family of Chromatic Santours, which further expand the instrument's
realms of timbre and range.
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