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Mona Matbou Riahi

Performer-Composer-Improviser Since 1990, Tehran, Iran Mona is currently based in Vienna and studied at Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts (MDW). Her profound interest for contemporary music and free improvisation integrated with Iranian music elements that brought her on stage in different artistic projects including dance, theater, multi-media art and so on. She had the pleasure to play with outstanding soloists, ensembles, composers, performers, and friends. Her latest music album, Naqsh due, is in process of publishing with ECM records.

Golfam Khayam & Mona Matbou Riahi: Narrante

by Mark Sullivan
July 7, 2016

Iranian guitarist Golfam Khayam and clarinetist Mona Matbou Riahi--also known as the Naqsh Duo--bring a whole host of additional influences to bear on the Persian musical traditions they grew up with in the collaborative music on Narrante. Khayam explains that “the freshness and purpose of improvisation come mostly from the Persian side, while the careful structure ...