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Chemirani Ensemble
The Chemirani ensemble is a notable Persian classical music ensemble. The group is made of Chemirani family: *Bijan Chemirani *Djamchid Chemirani *Keyvan Chemirani *Maryam Chemirani In 1988, the Chemirani Trio (Bijan, Keyvan and Jamshid) was born and their special chemistry and peerless virtuosity has popularised the zarb. Djamchid Chemirani was born in Tehran in 1942. he has studied the zarb, also called the tombak, since the age of eight. His teacher was Hossein Tehrani. Under Tehrani's demanding tutelage, Chemirani made rapid progress and soon became a brilliant player. Since his arrival in Paris in 1961 he has taught at the ''Centre d'Etudes de Musique Orientale'' in the ''Paris Sorbonne Institut de Musicologie''. He has performed with eminent Iranian musicians Dariush Safvat, Daryush Talai and Madjid Kiani. Born in Paris in 1968, Keyvan Chemirani started learning the zarb at the age of 13. Taught by his father, he soon assimilated the traditional technique. He studied f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Classical Music
Persian traditional music or Iranian traditional music, also known as Persian classical music or Iranian classical music, refers to the art music, classical music of Iran (historically known as ''name of Iran, Persia''). It consists of characteristics developed through the country's classical, Middle Ages, medieval, and contemporary eras. It also influenced areas and regions that are considered part of Greater Iran. Due to the exchange of Music theory, musical science throughout history, many of Iran's classical modes are related to those of its neighboring cultures. Iran's classical art music continues to function as a spiritual tool, as it has throughout history, and much less of a recreational activity. It belongs, for the most part, to the Elitism, social elite, as opposed to Iranian folk music, the folkloric and Iranian pop music, popular music, in which the society as a whole participates. However, components of Iran's classical music have also been incorporated into Folk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hykes
David Hykes (born March 2, 1953) is an American composer, singer, musician, author, and meditation teacher. He was one of the earliest modern western pioneers of overtone singing, and since 1975 has developed a comprehensive approach to contemplative music which he calls Harmonic Chant (harmonic singing). After early research and trips studying Mongolian, Tibetan, and Middle Eastern singing forms, Hykes began a long series of collaborations with traditions and teachers of wisdom and sacred art, including the Dalai Lama and monks of the Gyume and Gyuto Orders. Hykes founded the Harmonic Choir in 1975, and has performed and taught Harmonic Chant and the related Harmonic Presence work in America, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Japan, Australia and many other countries. Of overtone singing and his own study of the form, music theorist Charles Madden writes, "David Hykes has done everything I had hoped to do, and more." His choir incorporates both basic overtone singing as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mastan Ensemble
The Mastān Ensemble (Persian: گروه مستان - ''Gorouh-e Mastān'') is an Iranian musical group performing traditional Persian music. History The group was founded as Hafez Ensemble in 2005 by Sa'id Jafarzādeh Homāy (سعيد جعفرزاده هماي), also known as Parvāz Homāy (پرواز همای) and Homāy Foomani. The group's performance follows a Persian tradition of music making known as ''Chāmeh Sarā'i'' (چامه سرایی) according to which one person is in charge of writing the poems, composing the musics, arranging the instruments as well as singing the songs. The instruments employed by this Ensemble include Daf, Dayereh, Kamāncheh, Lute, Reed, Robab, Santour, Tār and Tonbak. The ''Mastān Ensemble'' derive their inspirations from such Sufi poets as Farid ad-Din Attar, Hafez and Rumi Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (), or simply Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century poet, Hanafi '' faqih'' (jurist), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamkars Group
The Kamkars (, ) is a Kurdish Iran musical family group of seven brothers and a sister, all from the city of Sanandaj, the capital of the Kurdistan province of Iran. The group has performed numerous concerts around the world, including their performance at the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring Shirin Ebadi. After six years of absence, the Kamkars returned to the stage on January 11, 2024, with a concert titled ''Living Fire'' at Tehran's Espinas Hall. Blending Kurdish music, classical Iranian pieces, and global influences, the performance featured their signature fusion of traditional melodies with Western string and wind instruments. Group Members * Hooshang Kamkar - (director and composer of the group) *Bijan Kamkar - (lead singer and Tar, Rubab, Tombak, Dohol and Daf player) * Pashang Kamkar - (Santoor player) * Ghashang Kamkar - (Setar player) * Arjang Kamkar - (Tonbak player) *Arsalan Kamkar - ( Barbat, Oud and Violin player) *Ardeshir Kamkar - (Kamancheh and Gha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dastan Ensemble
Dastan Ensemble is an Iranian classical music ensemble. Founded in 1991 by tar player Hamid Motabassem, Dastan has performed concerts throughout the world. Hamid Motebassem founded it with musicians Morteza Ayan, Mohammad Ali Kiani Nejad, Kayhan Kalhor, and Ardeschir Kamkar. Since 2000, the current main members are Saeed Farajpouri, Hossein Behroozi-Nia, Pejman Hadadi, Behnam Samani. Many Iranian artists contribute with recordings or concerts, such as , Homayoun Shadjarian, |
Aref Ensemble
The Aref Ensemble (in Persian: گروه عارف) was a Persian classical music ensemble. It was founded by maestro Parviz Meshkatian, Hossein Alizadeh, and Mohammad Reza Lotfi in 1977. The group was named after Aref Ghazvini, early 20th century Iranian poet and composer. Aref was dedicated to the promotion and advancement of Persian classical music. To some critics the Aref Ensemble, together with the Sheyda Ensemble (also founded by Meshkatian), revolutionised Persian music. In 1992 Meshkatian and the Aref Ensemble won first prize in the ''Spirit of the Earth Festival'' in England. Vocals * Mohammad Reza Shajarian * Shahram Nazeri * Iraj Bastami * Hamid Reza Nourbakhsh * Alireza Eftekhari References See also * Music of Iran * Masters of Persian Music *Chemirani ensemble * Zoufonoun Ensemble * List of Iranian musicians This is a list of Iranian (Persian people, Persian) musicians and musical groups. Classical Persian classical/traditional * Mirza Abdollah * Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamavayan Ensemble
Hamāvāyān Ensemble () is a Persian music group. History Led by Iranian instrumentalist and composer Hossein Alizadeh, the Hamavayan Ensemble performs new interpretations of classical Persian music. The ensemble features male and female vocalists, tar and setar (ancient plucked lutes from Persia), and percussion. Maestro Alizadeh's most recent recording, Endless Vision, featuring the Hamavayan Ensemble with the Armenian duduk player Djivan Gasparyan, was nominated for a Grammy. Members *Hossein Alizadeh, tar, shourangiz (new lute) * Mohammad Motamedi, vocal * Afsaneh Rasaei, vocal *Majid Khaladj, tombak *Ali Boustan, setar *Pouria Akhavass, vocal *Nima Alizadeh, robab (lute) *Saba Alizadeh, kamancheh *Mohammad enshaie, kamancheh, gheychak Discography * ''Razé No'', Mahoor Institute Of Culture And Art, 1998. * ''Ode To Flowers,'' Bâ Music Records, 2007. * ''If Like Birds And Angels, I Could Fly…,'' Traditional Crossroads, 2010. * ''Badeh Toei,'' Iran Concert, 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urna (singer)
Urna Chahar-Tugchi (born 1969), known mononymously as Urna (stylized in all caps), is a Mongol singer and yangqin player from Inner Mongolia, China. She currently lives in Bavaria, Germany. Biography Urna was born into a family of herders in the grasslands of the Ordos Plateau in Inner Mongolia, a society where song was a ubiquitous part of everyday life. Her first musical training was learning to play the yangqinthe Chinese dulcimerfrom a Shanghai Conservatory of Music professor who was visiting Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia. Then, at the age of 18, she moved to study at the Shanghai Conservatory, a challenging step since she had no knowledge of the Chinese language. She now performs around the world, and is based in Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alireza Ghorbani
Alireza Ghorbani (; born 4 February 1972) is an Iranian traditional vocalist. Biography He began his career by reciting the Quran. Soon he started eagerly learning traditional Iranian music. In 1984, he was fascinated by compilations of poetry and music and the insight into Iranian music under the supervision of his first mentors: Khosro Soltani, Behrooz Abedini, Mahdi Fallah, Hossein Omoumi, Ahmad Ebrahimi and also Razavi Sarvestani. His acquaintance with Ali Tajvidi and Farhad Fakhreddini led him to new horizons in Iranian music. He has taken part in many important festivals all over the world together with many musicians. Some of these festivals and programs are available on CD. He has been the vocalist of Iran's National Orchestra since 1999 and has joined many concerts and festivals within Iran and abroad. ''Enthusiasm'', the first album of the National Iranian Orchestra, has also been composed by Farhad Fakhreddini. Although he collaborated in making soundtracks for man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Daly
Ross Daly (born 29 September 1952 in King's Lynn, Norfolk) is a world musician who specializes in the Cretan lyra. Although of Irish people, Irish descent, he has been living on the island of Crete for over 35 years. Biography Ross Daly has traveled the world, mainly in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent, studying various forms of local music traditions. In 1982, he established an educational institution called Labyrinth Musical Workshop, in the village of Houdetsi, Crete, twenty kilometers south of the capital city of Herakleion. More than 250 instruments that Daly collected during his travels are displayed. Since 2002, the Labyrinth Musical Workshop hosts seminars and "master classes" with teachers of traditional music from around the world, attracting students from around the world. Labyrinth Musical Workshop was founded to initiate, mainly young people, a creative approach to traditional musical idioms from various parts of the world. In 1990, Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tombak
The tombak (), tonbak () or zarb () is an Iranian goblet drum. It is considered the principal Rhythm in Persian music, percussion instrument of Persian music. The tombak is normally positioned diagonally across the torso, while the player uses one or more fingers and/or the palm(s) of the hand(s) on the drumhead, often (for a ringing timbre) near the drumhead's edge. Sometimes, tombak players wear metal finger rings for an extra-percussive "click" on the drum's shell. Tombak virtuosi often perform solos lasting ten minutes or more. Description The tombak is a single-headed goblet drum is about 18 inches in height with a 28 centimetre diameter head. Its shell is carved from a single block of (sometimes highly figured, knotted or marbled) wood, maybe with a carved design or geometric pattern (such as furrows, flutes, diamonds and/or spirals—it is often a costly, heirloom-type or vintage musical instrument). At the bottom the shell is somewhat thicker than at the top for str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
