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Chemirani Ensemble
The Chemirani ensemble is a notable Persian classical music ensemble. ''Accent''. Retrieved 2015-09-05. 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 in 1942. he has studied the zarb, also called the tombak, since the age of eight. His teacher was |
Persian Classical Music
Persian traditional music or Iranian traditional music, also known as Persian classical music or Iranian classical music, refers to the classical music of Iran (also known as ''Persia''). It consists of characteristics developed through the country's classical, medieval, and contemporary eras. It also influenced areas and regions that are considered part of Greater Iran. Due to the exchange of 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 social elite, as opposed to the folkloric and popular music, in which the society as a whole participates. However, components of Iran's classical music have also been incorporated into folk and pop music compositions. History The history of musical development in Iran dates back thousands of years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hykes
David Hykes (born March 2, 1953, Taos, New Mexico) is a 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 the Gyuto and Gyume monks. 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 as ... [...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 ( fa, جلالالدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamkars Group
, fa, کامکارها , image = , caption = , image_size = , background = classical_ensemble , alias = Kamkar Ensemble , origin = Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran , genre = Traditional Kurdish and Persian , years_active = 1965–present , label = Various , associated_acts = , website www.kamkars.net, current_members = Hooshang KamkarBijan KamkarPashang KamkarGhashang Kamkar Kamil "Suri" PietruczukArjang KamkarArsalan KamkarArdeshir KamkarArdavan KamkarMaryam EbrahimpourSaba KamkarAmir HaghiriHanna Kamkar Neyriz KamkarOmid 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 Kurdistan province of Iran. The group has performed numerous concerts around the world, including their performan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 {{Authority control Aref Arif or Aref may refer to: *Arif, a local name for the Rif mountains in northern Morocco * Arif (given name) * Arif (surname) *‘arif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamavayan Ensemble
Hamāvāyān Ensemble ( fa, همآوایان) 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 See also *Music of Iran *Masters of Persian Music *Mastan Ensemble *List of Iranian musicians This is a list of Iranian (Persian) musicians and musical groups. Classical Persian classical/traditional *M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urna (singer)
Urna Chahar Tugchi, known as Urna, (born 1969) is an Inner Mongolian singer and player of the yangqin. 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 yangqin—Chinese dulcimer—from 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, Germany and in Cairo, Egypt. In 2003, she was awarded the RUTH prize in Germany for Best International Artist. Discography and filmography Urna has produced seven albums of music on CD: *1995 – ''Tal Nutag'' (13 tracks) – with Robert Zollitsch (zither) and Oliver Kälberer (guitar, mandolin) – recorded in a Bavarian church, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alireza Ghorbani
Alireza Ghorbani ( fa, علیرضا قربانی; born 4 February 1972) is an Iranian traditional vocalist. Biography He began his career by reciting the Quran. Soon he began eagerly learning traditional Iranian music. In 1984, he was fascinated by compilations of poetry and music and the insight of 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 of 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 National Iranian orchestra, has also been composed by Farhad Fakhreddini. Although he collaborated in makin ... [...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 music of 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 in Crete, twenty kilometers south of the capital city of Herakleion, more than 250 instruments that Daly collected during his travels are displayed. Since 2002, seminars and "master-classes" are conducted every year with teachers of traditional music from around the world. Students from all over the world come to study with teachers of modal music each year. Labyrinth Musical Workshop was founded in order to initiate, mainly young people, in a creative approach to traditional musical idi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 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 tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
