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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
@RAMINROSHANDEL
Member since 2011
CURRENT MISSION I'm currently doing a PhD in music composition at the University of Iowa. I'm also a photographer. You could find the photos I take here on my Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ramin_roshandel/ Also, listen to my music here: https://soundcloud.com/ramin-roshandel ABOUT ME I love nature and people. I'm a little bit moody and passive in making a connection with people but I believe that real friends will stay friends forever. PHILOSOPHY -reality is the beginning, not the end (William Blake)- -چون نیست ز هر چه هست جز باد بدست، چون هست به هرچه هست نقصان و شکست/ انگار که هرچه هست در عالم نیست، پندار که هرچه نیست در عالم هست (خيام)-
Interested in Adventure Sports
Interested in Art
Fluent in English
Learning German
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE to meet new people from different cultures and share our stories and experiences. I've hosted a German couple as my first experience and we're still friends and it's awesome!
Music, Movies, and Books
Persian art music, Classical music, Contemporary music, World music; Beethoven, Bach, Ligeti, Schnittke, Schoenberg, Berg, Stravinski, Bartok, Shostakovich, Hormoz Farhat, Samin Baghtcheban, Ahmad Ebadi, Keyhan Kalhor, Shajarian, Alizadeh, Lhasa, Mariza, Tomani Diabate, Ali Farka toure, Arvo Pärt, Gidon Kremer, Gil Shaham, Toru Takemitsu , Wolfgang Rihm, Elliott Carter Michael Haneke, Andrei Tarkovsky, Jim Jarmusch, Asghar Farhadi, Woody Allen, Kiarostami, von Trier Heinrich Böll, J.D. Salinger, Jacques Prevert, Ahmad Shamlou, Sa'di, Hafez, Rumi, Neruda, Marquez, Kundera, Ishigoro, Roman Garry, Paul Eluard, Mayakovski, Haiku
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Hitch-hiking from Bandar-e Abbas to Chabahar (670km*2)
Teach, Learn, Share
I can teach Iranian music, cause I used to be a "Setar" instructor. I'm interested in talking about music or generally art and also politics with other people. I love cooking!!
