Ahoora Mahone
Percussionist, Producer, Singer, Researcher, Teacher
´Iranian and Kurdish rhythmic traditions reimagined through contemporary performance and research´
About Ahoora Mahone
Ahoora (Hosseini) Lehto known artistically as Ahoora Mahone is a Kurdish-Iranian percussionist, music educator, and artistic researcher based in Helsinki, Finland. Holding a Master’s degree in Global Music from Sibelius Academy (Uniarts Helsinki), he specializes in darbuka and Iranian rhythmic traditions, where time stretches, breathes, and pulses through embodied coordination rather than fixed beats.
With over 15 years of performance experience—including collaborations with masters like Jalal Zolfonoun and Farhad Andalibi—Ahoora bridges traditional Iranian ecologies (Reng dance rhythms, southern coastal grooves) with Finnish intercultural scenes. His 70+ events span electro-acoustic fusion (Disco Divooneh, Navatronics), ensembles (Middle Eastern Orchestra, Global Club), and festivals (GloFest, MEjam Fest), alongside activism projects like Woman Life Freedom.
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My Services
Bringing rhythms to life through teaching, performing, and research.
Performances
Engaging live shows blending tradition with modern energy.
Teaching
Personalized lessons to master Iranian and broader South West Asian styles.
In-depth articles exploring rhythms and cultural history.
Research
Current Project
Fluid Pulse — Artistic Doctoral Research
Fluid Pulse is an artistic research project investigating how rhythmic time in Iranian performance expands and contracts through gesture, breath, movement, and shared anticipation. Rather than treating rhythm as a fixed grid, the project approaches timing as a flexible field jointly produced by performers.
The research combines fieldwork in Iran, rehearsal-based embodied laboratories, and compositional experimentation in Helsinki. Its outcomes include new performance works, an analytic model of elastic rhythm, and practical tools for teaching embodied timing in intercultural settings.
Selected Artistic Work
00940 Helsinki
Cross-cultural concert highlighting East Helsinki’s diverse musical communities. Blending Iranian, Kurdish, Finnish folk, and contemporary improvisation. (2024)
Disco Divooneh
Electro-acoustic live project reimagining Iranian rhythmic forms through percussion, live electronics, and club-oriented performance contexts. (2023–present)
MEjam Fest
Co-produced festival and performance platform connecting West Asian, Nordic, and diasporic musicians through collaborative creation. (2023–2025)
