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fa, کامکارها , image = , caption = , image_size = , background = classical_ensemble , alias = Kamkar Ensemble , origin = Sanandaj,

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, genre = Traditional Kurdish and Persian , 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 a ...

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 Kurdish 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 - (lead singer and

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, Rubab, Tombak,

Dohol A dohol(Persian language, 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 ba ...

and

Daf Daf ( fa, دف) also known as Dâyere and Riq is a Middle Eastern (mainly Iranian) frame drum musical instrument, used in popular and classical music in South and Central Asia. It is also used in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Iran ...

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 A setar ( fa, سه‌تار, ) is a stringed instrument, a type of lute used in Persian traditional music, played solo or accompanying voice. It is a member of the tanbur family of long-necked lutes with a range of more than two and a half oct ...

player) * Arjang Kamkar - (

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 w ...

player) * Arsalan Kamkar - ( Barbat,

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and

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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, an ...

and Ghaychak player) * Ardavan Kamkar - (

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

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- (Daf) * Neyriz Kamkar - (

player) * Omid Lotfi - (

player)

Discography

Albums

* '' Zardie Khazan'' * ''

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'' * '' In Memory of Hafez'' * '' Shabahengam'' * '' Baraneh'' * ''

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'' * '' In Memory of Saba'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' (January 16, 1996)

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

* ''

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'' (August 10, 1999)

* ''

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'' (August 17, 1999)

* ''

Music From Kurdistan Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspec ...

'' (August 24, 1999)

* '' Gol Nishan'' (?) * '' Biabane Bikaran'' * ''

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Compilations

* '' Persheng'' / Singer:

Abbas Kamandi Abbas Kamandi ( ku, عەباس کەمەندی; January 1, 1952 – May 21, 2014) was a Kurdish singer, songwriter, poet, writer, painter, and film director. :fa:عباس کمندی He was born in Sanandaj and was the son of Ali Kamandi. Discogr ...

* '' Ouraman'' / Singer:

* '' 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. He ...

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