{"id":564,"date":"2024-10-15T01:27:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T21:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masoudshabanpour.com\/?page_id=564"},"modified":"2025-11-26T19:16:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T15:46:51","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/masoudshabanpour.com\/?page_id=564","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; background_image=&#8221;http:\/\/masoudshabanpour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC05661-scaled.jpg&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; min_height=&#8221;1000px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; inner_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|0px|-8px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|0px|90px||false|false&#8221; background_size=&#8221;contain&#8221; background_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; transform_scale_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; transform_scale_phone=&#8221;&#8221; transform_scale_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; transform_translate=&#8221;0px|83px&#8221; transform_translate_tablet=&#8221;0px|312px&#8221; transform_translate_phone=&#8221;0px|250px&#8221; transform_translate_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; transform_translate_linked=&#8221;off&#8221; transform_rotate_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; transform_rotate_phone=&#8221;&#8221; transform_rotate_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; transform_skew_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; transform_skew_phone=&#8221;&#8221; transform_skew_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; transform_origin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; transform_origin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; transform_origin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; transform_styles_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; min_height=&#8221;552.4px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto|70px|auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; transform_styles_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; transform_styles_phone=&#8221;&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text content_tablet=&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=%22text-align: justify;%22>AS A SELF-TAUGHT MUSICIAN, COMPOSER, AND PODCASTER BORN IN 1998, MASOUD SHABANPOUR&#8217;S WORK EXISTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF TRADITIONAL IRANIAN FOLK MUSIC, CONTEMPORARY COMPOSITION, AND SOUND ART. 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