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Javad Esmaili (Ney and Balaban) is a graduate of Azerbaijan’s Baku State University Journalism program. As a journalist, he worked for an extended period for the Azerbaijan State Radio-TV company while writing for various newspapers and magazines in the Republic of Azerbaijan. He moved to the United States in 2004 and for the last two years he has worked for the South Azerbaijan TV station in Chicago as a TV anchorman.

In addition to journalism, Javad has also played the ney, one of the oldest instruments of the East, for the last 30 years. For a long time, he played ney as a soloist. Later on, he joined the Historical Instruments Ensemble in Baku, the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as the ensemble’s ney player. In addition, Javad has given several public concerts and has performed several times on Azerbaijani national television as a member of the Savalan Music Group.