Farshad Sanati

Musician, Musicologist, Santour Player

Biography

Farshad Sanati is a musician, musicologist, and Santour player. He obtained his master’s degree in Music, Mind and Technology from University of Jyväskylä, Finland. now he is doing his PhD in Oriental music education in the Music department of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Farshad's musical journey began with a deep connection to Iranian classical (Dastgah system) and folk music, Particularly the Santour. As an ethnomusicologist he did some research on the old Iranian, Turkish and Arabics roots, He did his master thesis on the quartertone intervals of Iranian music.

in autumn 2022 Farshad was selected as s the “Ambassador of Iranian music in Finland by the Finnish Heritage Agency (Museovirasto). (project is related to the UNESCO Convention on the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage) and published an article about The Iranian classical music in Finland in wiki.aineeton kulttuuriperintö website.

Farshad Sanati is a multidisiplinary scholar and artist, He has studied aircraft and mechanical engeenirng, computational ethnomusicology and music education.