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Performers:
Sahar Ebrahim-Piran Mohajeri-Sara Naderi-Akbar Esmaeelpour
Mohammad Mazaheri-Sara Ahmadi-Haleh Sayfizadeh-Yavar
Ahmadifar-Kaveh Sarvarian
Line-up Crew:
Behzad Pournaghi-Parisa Pazooki-Leila Merat
It all began when Siamak and Behzad became friends on a winter's day in 1994. Three years later, Siamak and Behzad were discussing the idea of forming an ensemble for folk music based on research, collection and interpretation. In 1997 Rastak Music Group was founded in Tehran. The Band regrouped in 1998 with Naser Aryaeenia, Armin Karbaf, Milad Omranloo and Mehdi Bahmani and in the same year, Fadjr International Music Festival called for new members, so Mehrdad Nahaee, Arash Ahmadi, Saeed Kazemi, Mohammad Ghasemi, Siamak Mansoori and a ten-member chorus joined the group.
In late 1998 Rastak debuted in DSF 98 in the UAE. A year later Rastak had its second international appearance in DSF 99 followed by a third appearance in DSS 2000.
2002 marks Rastak's meeting with renowned musicians in folk music from all around Iran such as: Khalifeh Aghe Ghosi from Kurdistan, Noor Mohammad Dorpoor from Khorasan, Shir Mohammad Espandar From Sistan and Balouchestan, Mohsen Heidarieh from Booshehr, Ashigh Imran & Ashigh Hasan from azerbaidjan, Faroogh Kiani from Khorasan, Abolhasan Khoshroo & Mohammadreza Es'haghi from Mazandaran, Dr. Tekkeh & Ghlich Anvar from Turkemen Sahra. Along with these meetings, Rastak began field recording and collecting folk music pieces. These endeavors prepared the material for one of Rastak's major productions published under the name of " minimalism in persian folk music ". These recordings demanded a studio, therefor the group made one.
As a result, Rastak went through different costly expenses,so taking orders from documentary films, TV and cinema productions was the next step. One of these documentary films, won the best prize in "Yadegr" film music festival in 2004. Later that year,there was a change in the group; some members left and some new joined the group and now Rastak consisted of Siamak, Behzad, Reza, Majid, Mehrdad and Farzad.Rastak also enjoyed the contribution of Piran Mohajeri.This new change was a turning point for the group because the new formation was neccessary for the start and completion of "Rangvarehaye Kohan", another major project.
In 2006, Rastak took new members: Mohammad Mazhari, Yavar Ahmadifar, Akbar Esmaeelipour, Sahar Ebrahim, Sara Naderi, Kaveh Sarvarian and Hale Seyfizade. In addition to the new album, two concerts were conducted which gained considerable popularity.After Majid left and Sara Ahmadi joined the group , Rastak continued hiring educated and versatile musicians in terms of vocal and instrumental skills and capabilities for its international appearances. Eversince this time, Rastak has held worldwide concerts and made numerous recordings.
www.rastak.ir
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