EPISODE · Apr 1, 2026 · 32 MIN
Payam Yousefi and the Multifaceted Dimensions of the Music of Iran
from YaleUniversity · host YaleUniversity
In this episode, Dr. Payam Yousefi discusses with Sindy Yang (MAR '26) his background as a musical performer and scholar. In particular, he shares how his personal experiences as a musician were deeply embedded in social and political movements in Iran, which served as the impetus for his graduate research. Diving into classical Persian and Sufi poetry, Yousefi shows how music in Iran bears moral, political, and even theological dimensions critical to its understanding. Yousefi also discusses the duality of being a performer-scholar, showing how musical practice and scholarly study are symbiotic with each other.
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In this episode, Dr. Payam Yousefi discusses with Sindy Yang (MAR '26) his background as a musical performer and scholar. In particular, he shares how his personal experiences as a musician were deeply embedded in social and political movements in Iran, which served as the impetus for his graduate research. Diving into classical Persian and Sufi poetry, Yousefi shows how music in Iran bears moral, political, and even theological dimensions critical to its understanding. Yousefi also discusses the duality of being a performer-scholar, showing how musical practice and scholarly study are symbiotic with each other.
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