Saeed Farajpouri ( 20 February 1961, in

Sanandaj Sanandaj (; ) is a city in the Central District of Sanandaj County, in the Kurdistan province of Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. With a population of 414,069, it is the second largest Kurdish city a ...

, Iran) is a

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

performer The performing arts are The arts, arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which involve the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art ob ...

, and instructor of a classical Iranian instrument called the

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 ...

or Spike Fiddle. He started learning music at age nine under Maestro Hassan Kamkar. Then he remembered the Iranian music repertoire (Radif) under Maestro Mohammad Reza Lotfi and the ensemble performance under the instruction of Maestro Hossein Alizadeh. He has performed at several ensembles, such as Shayda, Aref, Aava, Paivar, and Dastan. He has instructed Kamancheh at Chavosh Music Center, Music Conservatory of Tehran, and several universities and art institutes inside and outside Iran. Saeed collaborated with Maestro Mohammad Reza Shajarian for over three decades, performing at many concerts inside and outside Iran and in albums such as Shab e Vasl, Ahang e Vafa, Rosvai e Del, Dastan, Aaram e jaan, Aaseman e Eshgh, and Del Shodegan. He also has several solo recordings, such as: Kamancheh Album, Segah Homayoon, and Kurdish folklore music. He has produced the following albums in Kurdish music: Awaat and Zamaneh, in memory of S. Ali Asghar Kurdestani. In the genre of Iranian Classical music, Saeed has made the following albums: ▪ Qoqaye Eshghbazan, with Iranian instrumentalist and vocalist maestro Mohamad Reza Shajarian. ▪ Shoorideh, with the Dastan ensemble and the vocalist, Maestro Parisa. Shoorideh is a recipient of the best annual music award from the French Ministry of Education and a recipient of the Shok title from the Le Monde Music magazine. ▪ Darya e Bi Paian, with the Dastan Ensemble and the vocalist, Salar Aghili ▪ Khorshid e Arezoo, with the Dastan Ensemble and the vocalist, Homayoun Shajarian. ▪ Meykhaneh Khamoosh, with the Dastan Ensemble and the vocalist, Salar Aghili. ▪ Ahval e Del, with Hamnavazan Ensemble and the vocalist, Ms. Parisa ▪ Dami Ba Doost, with the Hamnavazan Ensemble and the vocalist, Tahereh Falahati. ▪ I Sing with you, with the Dastan Ensemble and the vocalist, Jamal Kordestani. Saeed has written the following two books for students who specifically want to learn Kamancheh: Twenty Pieces for Kamancheh; and Pieces for Kamancheh The Mahoor Institute published both books.

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www.saeedfarajpouri.com 1961 births Living people Iranian classical composers Iranian kamancheh players Kurdish musicians People from Sanandaj Iranian classical musicians Academic staff of the University of Tehran {{Iran-academic-bio-stub