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There are demonstrations of the morin khuur of Mongolia, the tanbur panj simi and the shakuhachi.

When she wasn’t working at the paper, she painted, wrote poetry, or played the tanbur, a traditional long-necked lute.

Elahi didn’t perform in public, but on Saturday listeners will have a chance to hear Chahrokh Elahi, his son, play the tanbur.

After a sequestered youth perfecting his skills on the tanbur — a long-necked lute — in the company of mystics like his father, he moved to Tehran, became an influential judge and helped establish a new legal system in Iran.

Elahi also made substantial contributions to the art of the tanbur, an instrument that has existed in various forms for 5,000 years.