Salaam Ensemble - Music of the Near and Middle East
The Musicians
Dr. A. J. Racy - Advisor - Renown music scholar, composer and nai (flute) player
Mashid Mirzadeh - Master musician on the Persian santur (ancient dulcimer)
John Bilezikjian - Famous oudist and singer (Armenian, Turkish, Greek, Arabic)
Souhail Kaspar - Virtuoso drummer and Arabic percussionist (Arabic styles)
Houman Pourmehdi - World famous percussionist of Iran (Classical and Sufi)
John Zeretzke - Director - Renown World Music composer, musician and educator
Other Salaam Ensemble musicians include...
Naser Musa - Arabic oud (lute) and singer/songwriter
Ergun Tamer - Turkish qanun (zither) and saz (lute)
Coskun Tamer - Turkish and Arabic percussion
Amir Sofi - Arabic riqq (tambourine) and darabuka (drum)
Saman Mahmoudhi - Persian santur and tombek (drum)
Faisal Zedan - Arabic percussion