WHAT THE PRESS HAS TO SAY ABOUT 

SALAR NADER

 “Nader brings a natural magnetism with a new and innovative approach to traditional tabla creating an exciting dynamic sound on stage that brings audiences to roaring applause.”

 Los Angeles Times

 


"While Mark Foster's film improved upon the novel by downplaying its  broad strokes with judicious naturalism, Spangler and Goldstein do  likewise by using the pared-down sources of live theater to emphasize  the tales larger than life, fable like qualities.

Variety.com

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"With composer Salar nader playing his original tabla score on the  corner of the stage, visible throughout, the sprawl of shifting time,  locations and political climates works quite well in this texts  distilled narrative outline.

Allevents.com

??"Salar Nader composer and tabla player sits unobtrusively off stage  ?right adding atmosphere with authentic Afghan music."??

San Francisco Chronicle

 
"Haunting and moody score by Tabla player and composer, Salar Nader."??

San Jose Mercury News Paper/Tri valley Herald??

In the plays opening scenes, two little boys, Amir and Hassan, frollic  down dusty streets chasing after kites to a mesmerizing percussion of  tabla played by, Composer Salar Nader.

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"The sounds of the tabla drums sets the mood as " The Kite Runner"  unfolds the beautifully, delicately, detailed story o two young boys  in Kabul.

Starsilvercreek.com"

"The stage was simply set with an artfully lit blue sky and colorful  kites. Left stage, a tabla sits in the foreground." I thought the  latter was a prop. . ."I was wonderfully mistaken. As the opening  scene begins, Salar nader appears and works his magic adding the  ambiance and authenticity pnly a live performance can muster.

San Jose Mercury News??

Goldstein frames the transitions deftly, signaling shifts in time and  place with magic of Salar Naders music and movement.

Outandaboutmagazine.com??

Native rhythms are heard throughout the production, executed by a  musician who stationary on stage."