Siamak Pouian is an acclaimed Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian Tonbak

Tonbak

The tonbak or zarb is a goblet drum from Persia . It is considered the principal percussion instrument of Persian music...

 player. Tonbak is considered to be the chief drum

Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...

 of Iranian classical music. He has been a music professor at the University of California Santa Barbara for 9 years, and also he has been teaching in other universities in Southern California. He is also currently teaching at Pouian Music Conservatory. in Orange County

Orange County, California

Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...

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