Shakroh Yadegari

Shakroh Yadegari is the sound designer for The Children of Herakles. Graduated from Purdue University (BS in Electrical Engineering) in 1982, and from MIT's Media Lab (Master's in Media Arts and Sciences) in 1992, where he studied computer music with Tod Machover. Studied santur with Esmaeel Tehrani and Radif-shenasi (understanding the Radif) with Hossein Omoumi. Performed with the Persian ney master Hossein Omoumi, Michael Dessen, Ivan Manzanilla, and Dana Reason, and others. Worked at Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM), founded by Pierre Boulez, in the years 1987 and 1989. He is one of the founders of Persian Arts Society (Kereshmeh Records), an organization dedicated to advancement and preservation of Persian traditional music, which he directed from its birth in 1993 to 2000. He is currently a researcher at the Center for Research in Computing and the Arts and a PhD Candidate in Critical Studies and Experimental Practices at the music department of University of California, San Diego, where he has studied music philosophy and interactive performances with George Lewis and Miller Puckette. Yadegari has given talks in the United States and Europe at institutes such as at IRCAM, Sonology at the Royal Conservatory of The Netherlands, CNMAT at the University of California Berkeley, and Society for Electro-Acoustic Music Los Angeles chapter. His music has been played in the United States, Canada, Europe, China, and Cuba in various venues such as the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), and at the Institut für Neue Musik und Musikerziehung, Darmstadt.