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, years_active = 1965–present , label = Various , associated_acts = , website
www.kamkars.net
, current_members = Hooshang Kamkar
Bijan Kamkar
Pashang Kamkar
Ghashang Kamkar
Kamil "Suri" Pietruczuk
Arjang Kamkar
Arsalan Kamkar

Ardeshir Kamkar Ardeshir Kamkar ( fa, اردشیر کامکار , born 1962 in Sanandaj, Iran) is a Kurdish musician from Iran. He started his music training under the supervision of his father. He came to Tehran in 1980 and continued studying traditional ar ...

Ardavan Kamkar
Maryam Ebrahimpour
Saba Kamkar
Amir Haghiri
Hanna Kamkar
Neyriz Kamkar
Omid Lotfi , past_members = Hassan Kamkar The Kamkars ( ku, کامکاران ,Kamkaran, fa, کامکارها) is a

musical family group of seven brothers and a sister, all from the city of Sanandaj, the capital of the

province of

. The group has performed numerous concerts around the world, including their performance at the 2003

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ceremony honoring

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Group Members

* Hooshang Kamkar - (director and composer of the group) *

Bijan Kamkar , fa, کامکارها , image = , caption = , image_size = , background = classical_ensemble , alias = Kamkar Ensemble , origin = Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran , genre ...

- (lead singer and

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, Rubab,

Tombak The ''tombak'' (Persian: تمبک), ''tonbak'' (تنبک), or ''zarb'' (ضَرب) is an Iranian goblet drum. It is considered the principal percussion instrument of Persian music. The tombak is normally positioned diagonally across the torso w ...

Dohol A dohol( Persian:دهل) is a large cylindrical drum with two skinheads. It is generally struck on one side with a wooden stick bowed at the end, and with a large thin stick on the other side, though it is also played with the bare hands. It is t ...

and Daf player) * Pashang Kamkar - (

Santoor The Indian santoor instrument is a trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer, and a variation of the Iranian santur. The instrument is generally made of walnut and has 25 bridges. Each bridge has 4 strings, making for a total of 100 strings. It is ...

player) * Ghashang Kamkar - ( Setar player) *

Arjang Kamkar , fa, کامکارها , image = , caption = , image_size = , background = classical_ensemble , alias = Kamkar Ensemble , origin = Sanandaj, Kurdistan province (Iran), Kurdi ...

- (

Tonbak The ''tombak'' ( Persian: تمبک), ''tonbak'' (تنبک), or ''zarb'' (ضَرب) is an Iranian goblet drum. It is considered the principal percussion instrument of Persian music. The tombak is normally positioned diagonally across the torso ...

player) * Arsalan Kamkar - ( Barbat,

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and

Violin The violin, sometimes known as a '' fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone ( string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument ( soprano) in the family in regu ...

player) *

- (

Kamancheh The kamancheh (also kamānche or kamāncha) ( fa, کمانچه, az, kamança, hy, Քամանչա, ku, کەمانچە ,kemançe) is an Iranian bowed string instrument used in Persian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Kurdish, Georgian, Turkmen, a ...

and

Ghaychak Ghaychak or Gheychak ( Persian: غیچک) is a bowed lute used in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan. The name is similar to the Central Asian ghijak, but that instrument is more closely related to the kamancheh. Double-chambered bowl lu ...

player) * Ardavan Kamkar - (

player) * Najmeh Tajaddod - (vocalist) * Maryam Ebrahimpour - (vocalist) * Saba Kamkar - (vocalist) * Hana Kamkar - (Daf) * Neyriz Kamkar - (

player) * Omid Lotfi - ( Setar player)

Discography

Albums

* '' Zardie Khazan'' * '' Baharan e Abidar'' * '' In Memory of Hafez'' * '' Shabahengam'' * '' Baraneh'' * '' Darya'' * '' In Memory of Saba'' * '' Afsaneh Sarzamine Pedari'' * '' Living Fire'' (January 16, 1996)

* '' Nightingale with a Broken Wing'' (March 11, 1997)

* '' Chant of Drums'' (August 10, 1999)

* '' Kani Sepi'' (August 17, 1999)

* '' Music From Kurdistan'' (August 24, 1999)

* '' Gol Nishan'' (?) * '' Biabane Bikaran'' * '' Khorshid e Mastan''

Compilations

* '' Persheng'' / Singer: Abbas Kamandi * '' Ouraman'' / Singer: Abbas Kamandi * '' Nashakiba / Singer:

Homayoun Shajarian Homayoun Shajarian ( fa, همايون شجريان, born May 21, 1975) is an Iranian singer. He is the son of Mohammad-Reza Shajarian. Early life Shajarian was born in Tehran and is the son of Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, a grand master vocalist ...

'' * '' Emshow / Singer: Adnan Karim'' * '' Dar Golestane / Singer:

Shahram Nazeri Shahram Nazeri ( ku, شارام نازری, translit=Şaram Nazirî, ; born 18 February 1950) is a contemporary Iranian tenor of Kurdish origin from Kermanshah, Iran, who sings Sufi music, classical and traditional Kurdish and Persian music. H ...

Notes

External links

Kamkar ensemble Official Website

Şilêre: A song by Kamkars

Sample 1

Sample 2

A very good song by this family
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