About Timuçin:

Dr. Timuçin Çevikoğlu, Ph. D. Vocal artist, player of the Ney, Kudum, and Bendir, he has a Ph.D. of Musical Science and is a researcher in Turkish music. Since 1986 Çevikoğlu has worked at the Turkish Ministry of Culture with various titles and positions, such as vocal and instrumental artist, ensemble vice-director (Konya Turkish Sufi Music Ensemble), conductor (Ankara State Classical Turkish Music Ensemble), and the General Director of Classical Turkish Music Research and Performance Ensemble (Ankara). After taking an active part in the establishment of state conservatories at Konya Selçuk (1994) and Afyon Kocatepe (1999) Universities, he worked at these institutions as instructor and chair of the department. Çevikoğlu has prepared music programs and documentaries on radio and TV directed several audio recordings of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and participated in numerous concerts all over the world. He has published books on Mevlevî music tradition. He received his M.A. (1999) and Ph.D. (2010) in the field of Music Education and Musical Sciences at Selçuk University , Konya . He continues as a performer on the Ministry of Culture’s staff, and as a researcher in the field of Mevlevi music.

About Hossein:

Born in 1949 in Tehran, Iran,  Hossein was exposed to traditional Iranian music by his father, Maestro Abbas Salehi, a master violinist. At age seven, Hossein became enamored with the shimmering sound of the Santoor (Persian hammered dulcimer) and began teaching himself to play while learning music fundamentals from his father. After twenty years of extensive training, he studied under some of Iran’s most renowned musicians. A Portland treasure, in 1998, the Oregon Historical Society recognized Maestro Salehi as a master artist on the Santoor and Persian Music and received the TAAP Award.  Hossein has played with many notable musical groups including Pink Martini and the Portland Chamber Orchestra.