Ardeshir Kamkar ( fa, اردشیر کامکار , born 1962 in
Sanandaj
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,
Iran
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) is a
Kurdish
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*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
*Kurdish alphabets
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**Eastern Kurdistan
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**Western Kurdistan
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* Kurd (dis ...
musician from
Iran
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.
He started his music training under the supervision of his father. He came to
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
in 1980 and continued studying traditional arrangements under
Mohammad Reza Lotfi
Mohammad-Reza Lotfi ( fa, محمدرضا لطفی; 1 January 1947 – 2 May 2014) was an Iranian classical musician renowned for his mastery of the tar and setar. He collaborated with singers such as Mohammad-Rezā Shajarian, Hengameh Akhavan, ...
and his brother
Pashang
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. Ardeshir has always been keen to explore the range and capabilities of the
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, and ...
, for which he has written a number of pieces and books.
Kamkar has played with several famous ensembles such as, Dastan,
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and Sheyda. In the album of ''Dastan'' (1364
Iranian calendar
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) he accompanied the improvisation of M. R. Shajarian. He has recently worked with the talented vocalist,
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 ...
.
He has also international collaboration. One well received album of which is titled "From Pontos to Persia" (Greek Άπο τον Πόντο στην Περσία) which according to some sources "is a unique CD which combines the music of Pontos and that of Persia.
Matthaios Tsahouridis
Matthaios Tsahouridis (Greek: Ματθαίος Τσαχουρίδης; born 18 September 1978) is a Pontic Greek musician and composer who plays a range of stringed musical instruments. He was born in Veria, Greece, and started performing music ...
plays the
Pontic Lyra
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accompanied by Ardeshir Kamkar on the Iranian Kamancheh and Hussein Zahawy on the daf. Songs include
Pontic Lyra
Pontic, from the Greek ''pontos'' (, ), or "sea", may refer to:
The Black Sea Places
* The Pontic colonies, on its northern shores
* Pontus (region), a region on its southern shores
* The Pontic–Caspian steppe, steppelands stretching from ...
Improvisation, Union, Horizons, The Meeting, Solo Daf and Iranian Kamancheh Improvisation."
See also
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Kamkar
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The Kamkars
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Kurdish music
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Music of Iran
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Demonstration with Mathaios Tsahouridis
1962 births
Living people
20th-century Iranian musicians
Iranian kamancheh players
Kurdish musicians
People from Sanandaj
Iranian Kurdish people
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Barbad award winners
21st-century Iranian musicians