Events
2026
07/25/26 — Chant of Compassion / Mehrkhani 2, Mission Dolores Basilica San Francisco, CA Saturday, July 25 — 7:30 PM – 9 PM
06/07/26 — Siamak Barghi Compositions Qualifying Recital, alongside UCSC Central Asian Ensemble, Recital Hall, Music Center, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA. CONCERT PROGRAM
06/02/26 — UCSC Central Asian Ensemble, kamancheh — director: Tanya Merchant, Music Center, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA.
05/21/26 — Of Nature and The Cosmos, Dormant Embers by Nina Barzegar, tombak—with Arya Tavallaei (santour) and Del Sol Quartet, Music Center, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA.
05/17/26 — Maisha Lani’s Recital, violin—Recital Hall, Music Center, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA.
04/24/26 — A Change is Gonna Come, April in Santa Cruz Festival of Creative Music (AiSC), Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Palaver Strings & Nicholas Phan. Iran by Siamak Barghi (2026) was premiered by Palaver Strings, KUUMBWA Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA. (Rippling Santa Cruz) (Santa Cruz County)
03/10/26 – Tābe Gisuyat (2026) [تاب گیسویت] for the UCSC Central Asian Ensemble — kamancheh & composer
Premiered by Michael Fleming (dutar), Tanya Merchant (dutar), Siamak Barghi (kamancheh), Arya Tavallaei (santur), Michael Lindsey (rubab), Samira Arjmandinik (daf) — UCSC Music Center, Santa Cruz, CA.
02/07/26 – Sounding Iran Conference, Evening Concert (I)–Winifred Smith Hall, UCI, Irvine, CA (report)
– This Unbending Creature (2024) by Hesam Abedini (Composer and Vocals), Payam Yousefi (Kamancheh), Siamak Barghi (Tombak)
– Pish Radif by Hossein Omoumi, Jessika Kenney (Voice), Hesam Abedini (Voice), Eyvind Kang (Viola), Amir Koushkani (Tar), Payam Yousefi (Kamancheh), Ali Ahmad Khostovan (Santur), Siamak Barghi (Tombak)
02/07/26 – Sounding Iran Conference, UCI, Irvine, CA
Siamak Barghi, “The Iranian Violin in the Twentieth Century: Emergence, Flourishing, and Marginalization,” Sounding Iran: Musical Pasts, Presents, and Futures,” University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA.
2025
11/15/25 – Striking Strings, tombak— duo performance with Sirvan Manhoobi (setar, oud), Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, CA.
11/14/25 – Whisper of Nahoft (2025) [زمزمه نهفت] for two gayageums and string quartet
Performed by Gayageums Se-Youn Park, Ji-Hye Lee; Del Sol Quartet; David Milnes conducting–Recital Hall, Music Center, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA.
11/11/25 – Whisper of Nahoft (2025) [زمزمه نهفت] for two gayageums and string quartet
Performed by Gayageums Se-Youn Park, Ji-Hye Lee; Del Sol Quartet; David Milnes conducting–Wu Hall, Morrison Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
4/25/25 – April in Santa Cruz (AiSC) 2025, Concert #3. Dormant Embers by Nina Barzegar, tombak — with Arya Tavallaei (santour) and Del Sol Quartet Members, Charlton Lee (viola), Kathryn Bates (cello), Music Center, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA.
4/18/25 – April in Santa Cruz (AiSC) 2025, Concert #1. Iranian Music Improvisation, kamanche — with Arya Tavallaei (santour). Music Center, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA. (4/18/25)
4/01/25 – UCSC Central Asian Ensemble, kamancheh — Leader: Tanya Merchant, Google Headquarters, Mountain View, CA.
2024
10/05/24 – Improvisation in Iranian Classical Music, tombak—with Amir Nozhan (Setar), Central Stage, Richmond, CA.
01/01/24 – Kamancheh & Tombak Improvisation: Iranian Classical and Kurdish Folk Music”, tombak — with Ardeshir Kamkar, Mashhad, Iran.