i founded a small ensemble called ghazal with shujaat husain khan and swapan chaudhuri. you know, i--i have been trying to do different kinds of music. so, uh--because i think tt music has to be, uh, fresh for myself first to--to be attractive for others as well. the brooklyn rider is a string quartet. they are brilliant musicians, they understand music in a superb way, and i have always enjoyed to play with them. and they are active, uh, as, uh, a part of the silk road ensemble as well, so, we toured together, and we're trying to develop more new music to play together. i think the best place for me to live at the moment, and have my base is iran, because i always felt that i missed something when i was outside all these years. and then, suddenly you're 37, and, [chuckles] "oh," you know, "uh, where am i?" [chuckles] you know, "i'm a musician, but i don't have anything else in my life." >> [laughs] [speaking in foreign language] >> i live in a suburb called, uh, karaj, 30 kilometers from tehran. i live there with my wife. [speaking foreign language] um, nd of nice and b