Hamāvāyān Ensemble () is a

Persian music Persian music may refer to various types of the music of Persia/Name of Iran, Iran or other List of countries and territories where Persian is an official language, Persian-speaking countries: *Persian traditional music *Persian ritual music *Persi ...

group.

History

Led by Iranian instrumentalist and composer

Hossein Alizadeh Hossein Alizadeh (; born August 24, 1951) is an Iranian musician, composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar, shurangiz and setar instrumentalist and improviser. He has performed with such musicians as Shahram Nazeri, Mohamm ...

, 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 Djivan Gasparyan (var. Jivan Gasparyan; , ; 12 October 1928 – 6 July 2021) was an Armenian musician and composer. He played the duduk, a double reed woodwind instrument related to the orchestral oboe. Gasparyan is known as the "Master of the d ...

, was nominated for a

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Members

tar Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation. Tar can be produced from coal, wood, petroleum, or peat. "a dark brown or black b ...

, shourangiz (new lute) * Mohammad Motamedi, vocal * Afsaneh Rasaei, vocal *Majid Khaladj,

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 ...

*Ali Boustan,

setar A setar (, ) (lit: "Three String (music), Strings") 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 ...

*Pouria Akhavass, vocal *Nima Alizadeh, robab (lute) *Saba Alizadeh,

kamancheh The kamancheh (also kamānche or kamāncha) (, , , ) is an Iranian bowed string instrument used in Persian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Kurdish, Georgian, Turkmen, and Uzbek music with slight variations in the structure of the instrument. Th ...

*Mohammad enshaie,

, 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.

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