''Endless Vision'' is a collaborative album by

Hossein Alizâdeh Hossein Alizadeh ( fa, حسین علیزاده) is an Iranian musician, composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar, shurangiz and setar instrumentalist and improviser. He has performed with such musicians as Shahram Nazeri, Moham ...

and Djivan Gasparyan. It was released on 3 February 2005, through Hermes Records in Iran and released on 14 February 2006 by World Village records in the United States.it was recorded at the

Niavaran Palace The Niavaran Palace Complex ( fa, مجموعه کاخ نیاوران – ''Majmue ye Niāvarān'') is a historical palace complex situated in Shemiran (northern Tehran), Iran. It consists of several palace buildings and monuments dating back to ...

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

in 2003. Alizâdeh plays on this album, the six-stringed

shurangiz The Shurangiz ( fa, شورانگیز, meaning tumult-exciting) is an Iranian musical instrument, based on the setar, developed in the 20th century. It differs from the setar by having skin as part of the soundboard and in the number of string ...

and Gasparyan plays the

Duduk The duduk ( ; hy, դուդուկ ) or tsiranapogh ( hy, ծիրանափող, meaning “apricot-made wind instrument”), is an ancient Armenian double reed woodwind instrument made of apricot wood. It is indigenous to Armenia. Variations of th ...

. The album was nominated for a

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...

for Best Traditional World Music Album at the 49th Grammy Awards.

Track list

Personnel

–

Shurangiz The Shurangiz ( fa, شورانگیز, meaning tumult-exciting) is an Iranian musical instrument, based on the setar, developed in the 20th century. It differs from the setar by having skin as part of the soundboard and in the number of string ...

* Djivan Gasparyan –

Vocal The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound production i ...

on "Mama" ;Hamavayan Ensemble * Afsaneh Rasaei – Vocal *Hoorshid Biabani – Vocal *Ali Boustan – Shurangiz *Mohammad-Reza Ebrahimi –

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*Ali Samadpour –

Dammam Dammam ( ar, الدمّام ') is the fifth-most populous city in Saudi Arabia after Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca, and Medina. It is the capital of the Eastern Province. With a total population of 1,252,523 as of 2020. The judicial and administrative ...

, Vocal,

Udu The udu is a plosive aerophone (in this case implosive) and an idiophone of the Igbo people, Igbo of Nigeria. In the Igbo language, ''ùdù'' means 'vessel'. Actually being a water jug with an additional hole, it was played by Igbo women for ce ...

*Behzad Mirzaee – Daf,

Tombak The ''tombak'' (Persian: تمبک), ''tonbak'' (تنبک), or ''zarb'' (ضَرب) is an Iranian goblet drum. It is considered the principal percussion instrument of Persian music. The tombak is normally positioned diagonally across the torso w ...

Naqareh The ''naqareh'', ''naqqāra'', ''nagara'' or ''nagada'' is a Middle Eastern drum with a rounded back and a hide head, usually played in pairs. It is thus a membranophone of the kettle drum variety. The term ''naqqāra'' (), also ''naqqarat'', ...

;Additional Musicians *Vazgen Markaryan – Duduk *Armen Ghazaryan – Duduk

Accolades

Grammy Awards

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References

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