Mohammad reza mortazavi biography of albert
Mohammad reza mortazavi biography of albert
‘The World’s Fastest Fingers’: Percussionist Mohammad Reza ....
By Azadeh Karimi and Ali Eshtyagh
Mohammad Reza Mortazavi is an Iranian percussionist once described by a German TV channel as &#;the fastest fingers in the world.&#; Growing up in Isfahan, he began taking drum lessons when he was six years old, and was so prodigiously gifted that his tombak (percussion) teacher gave up teaching him after three years.
Four years later, when he was only 10, young Mohammad Reza won Iran&#;s national tombak competition.
He now lives in Germany, where he is better known than in his native Iran, and where he has performed at Berlin&#;s Philharmonie, one of the world&#;s most prestigious concert halls.
Mortazavi plays the instrument with such intensity that he puts a spell on the audience. Kayhan London caught up with him for a conversation about music.
Q: What are some of the elements that can influence a performance?
A: Everything is energy, and certainly energy influences the performance.
When I began studying music, I would practice