(CNN) -- Arriving in New York City at the age of 19 to study music, Hafez Nazeri knew he wanted to do big things. Now, little more than a decade later, the young Iranian classical composer is riding high with a chart-topping album featuring 38 Grammy Award-winning musicians. "I left Iran with the hope of maybe one day creating music that can connect with the entire world, music that can show another dimension of my culture, and my history," Nazeri says. "I came to New York with the hopes of integrating two cultures, and creating a new product that is no longer Eastern or Western."
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Iranian musician Hafez Nazeri creates music that crosses cultures
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Latest album has contributions from 38 Grammy Award winners
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Album draws on ancient Persian poetry by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
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'I want to create a revolution with love,' says Nazeri
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