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The Iranian percussionist Pejman Hadadi in The Namâd Trio with Saeed Kamjoo on kamancheh (spike-fiddle) and Kourosh Taghavi (setar-lute) presented at the Roulette concert hall in Brooklyn in October 2019 in partnership with Robert Browning Associates. Hadadi reached the zenith of contemporary Persian music through exhaustive study and innovations in the techniques and technologies of his instruments: Tombak (wooden goblet drum), Peshvak (tunable frame drum), Daf (frame drum), and Tabla. Performances and recordings with groups Dastan Ensemble and Zarbang are legend. His collaborations with non-Iranian musicians and work with film and dance has broadened his vision and appeal. Hadadi is committed to sharing his tradition and techniques through workshops on rhythm and percussion, most recently as visiting professor at UCLA.

"Tracking The Odds: The Roulette Concert Archive" is a monthly hour-long radio special produced by Roulette Intermedium (roulette.org) and broadcast in partnership with Wave Farm’s WGXC 90.7-FM and Standing Wave Radio. The broadcasts feature selected highlights from Roulette’s New York experimental music space dating from the early 1980s to the present. Thousands of rare, formative, and often unheard recordings by innovators and adventurous musicians populate the archive. Tracking The Odds airs the fourth Monday of the month from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and is archived at wavefarm.org.

Founded in 1978, Roulette operates a 400-seat concert hall on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn with a focus on experimental and unorthodox music and performance across all genres and media. It's archive of thousands of audio and video recordings is currently being restored.