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Clouds for Purim Digitally Modified Version of Original Photo by Payaman Akhlaghi © 2010, 2013, Payman Akhlaghi. All rights reserved.  ...

Aspire MMX01c by Payman Akhlaghi "Our Sonata, Our Fugue" (2013) A Poem by Payman Akhlaghi (First Draft) First published ...

"Hamlet" Poem in Persian (1969) By Ahmad Shamlou (1925-2000) English Translation (2013) By Payman Akhlaghi Photos: Laurenc...

Selene Walters (b. 1924), Former Model Actress, January 29, 2013, Jewpers of IAJF, Los Angeles Selene Walters (b. 1924) Former Model a...

Alternate World MMX01e by Payman Akhlaghi On Culture: Recounting a Memory A Note By Payman Akhlaghi [First Draft] First Published o...

Rust and Bone, "De rouille et d'os"; Original Review by Payman Akhlaghi Directed by Jacques Audiard Adapted from the no...

Les Misérables (2012, English, 157') Directed by Tom Hooper Adapted from the 1980 Musical by Schönberg (book, music) & Boublil (...

Intimately Beethoven On the Largo e Mesto, Movement II from Piano Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op.10, No.3 A Note by Payman Akhlaghi To g...

Komits Vardapet, "Komitas" (1869-1935) Armenian Composer Founder of Modern Armenian Classical Music On Komitas Vardapet, ...

Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) Polish Composer, Conductor & Pianist Witold Lutoslawski: Partita , for Violin & Piano Chante...

Genetics and Judaism: A Brief Symposium by Jewpers of IAJF Tuesday, Novemeber 27th, 2012, Reception at 8:00 PM Genetics & Judai...

My Father, Lenny and Beethoven A Page From My Life, by Payman Akhlaghi It took 20 years for the pieces to come together, and it might onl...

Preface: The following is the text of a tribute which I wrote at the time of my uncle's passing. As I recently came across it, I felt ...

Steve Reich (b. 1936) American Minimalist Composer of "Tehillim" (1981) A Brief Discussion of Steve Reich's Tehillim (20...

Someday Your Bud A Poem by Payman Akhlaghi روزی جوانۀ تو شعری از پیمان اخلاقی © 2012, Payman Akhlaghi. Text and Photo. All rights res...

A Poster for The Trouble With Harry the 1955 Film by Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock, The Trouble With Harry &  the Myth of t...

Ernst Toch (1887-1963) Viennese-born American Composer "To the country which gave me shelter when shelter was taken from me I ded...

Grey Sighs of the Fog : The Liaison of Pitch and Celluloid An Appreciation of Film Music (2007) (Parts I & II, English, 2006-2007, 2...

John Williams (b. 1932) American Film & Art Composer, Pianist, Arranger, Orchestrator & Conductor With a Record 47 Oscar Nominati...

Writing the story of my parents, our story, has been a long-term project; actually doing it, however, continues to prove impossibly difficul...

It might sound strange, but it now seems that for the past few months, I've been defending the Constitution of the United States, and my...

"The Winslow Boy" (1999, 104 mins) Directed by David Mamet Adapted from the 1946 play by Terence Rattigan Based on Actual Histo...

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Charles Dutoit Conducting LA Philharmonic Musical Culture & Asymmetry of Information in Free Market Systems A Case for Protect...

The Evolution of Keyboard Prelude from Bach to Shostakovich :  A Brief Discussion Author: Payman Akhlaghi (2004) Graduate Analytical Pa...