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Night, Silence, Desert
''Night, Silence, Desert'' () is a collaborative album by Iranian musician Kayhan Kalhor with Mohammad Reza Shajarian and others, released on 12 September 2000 in the United States through Traditional Crossroads records. Track listing Personnel *Kayhan Kalhor – Kamancheh *Mohammad Reza Shajarian – Vocals * Ardavan Kamkar – Santur *Bijan Kamkar – Daf * Behzad Farhoudi – Ney *Hossein Behroozinia – Barbat * Haj Ghorban Soleimani – Dotar The ''dutar'' (also '' dotar''; ; ; ; ; ; ; ) is a traditional Iranian long-necked two-stringed lute found in Iran and Central Asia. Its name comes from the Persian word for "two strings", دوتار ''do tār'' (< دو ''do'' "two",تار ... References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayhan Kalhor
Kayhan Kalhor (, born on 24 November 1964) is an Iran, Iranian Kurds, Kurdish kamancheh and setar player, and a vocal composer. He has received three Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album nominations. Kalhor has also earned two nominations and won one Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album as a member of the Silk Road Ensemble. Early life and education Kayhan Kalhor was born in Kermanshah to a Kurdish family. He began studying music at the age of seven. By the age of thirteen, he was playing in the National Orchestra of Radio and Television of Iran. Continuing his music studies under the supervision of various teachers, he studied in the Iranian radif (music), radif tradition and also travelled to study in the northern part of Khorasan province, where music traditions have Kurdish and Turkish influences as well as Persian. At a musical conservatory in Tehran, Kalhor worked under the directorship of Mohammad-Reza Lotfi who is from the northeast of Iran. Kalhor also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behzad Farhoudi
Behzad () may refer to: Places in Iran *Bagh-e Behzad, a village in Javanmardi Rural District, Khanmirza District, Lordegan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province *Behzad Kola, a village in Qareh Toghan Rural District, Central District, Neka County, Mazandaran Province *Darreh-ye Behzad, a village in Darreh Kayad Rural District, Sardasht District, Dezful County, Khuzestan Province *Hajji Behzad, a village in Zarrineh Rud-e Shomali Rural District, Central District, Miandoab County, West Azerbaijan Province People Given name *Behzad Farahani (born 1945), Iranian actor and screenwriter *Behzad Gholampour (born 1966), Iranian football and Futsal player *Behzad Khodadad (born 1981), Iranian Taekwondo athlete *Behzad Mirkhani (born 1969), Iranian guitarist and composer *Behzad Nabavi (born 1941), Iranian reformist politician *Behzad Ranjbaran (born 1955), Iranian composer *Behzad Razavi, Iranian-American professor and researcher of electrical and electronic engineering Surname *Hoss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 *Persian pop music *Persian symphonic music *Persian piano music See also *Music of Iran {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayhan Kalhor Albums
''Kayhan'' () is a Persian language, Persian-language newspaper published in Tehran, Iran. It is considered "the most Iranian Principlists, conservative and hard-line Iranian newspaper." Hossein Shariatmadari is the editor-in-chief of ''Kayhan''. According to the report of the ''New York Times'' in 2007, his official position is representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran. ''Kayhan'' has about 1,000 employees worldwide. There are conflicting reports about its circulation numbers: in 2006 the BBC gave it as 60,000–100,000 copies, in 2007 the ''New York Times'' gave "about 70,000", and in 2008 a New York University School of Law journal article reported it as 350,000 copies. ''Kayhan'' also publishes special foreign editions, which include the English-language ''Kayhan International''. History and profile ''Kayhan'' was founded in February 1943 by owner Abdolrahman Faramarzi and Mostafa Mesbahzadeh as editor-in-chief. Later the roles of Faramarzi and Mesbahzadeh were revers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dotar
The ''dutar'' (also '' dotar''; ; ; ; ; ; ; ) is a traditional Iranian long-necked two-stringed lute found in Iran and Central Asia. Its name comes from the Persian word for "two strings", دوتار ''do tār'' (< دو ''do'' "two",تار ''tār'' "string"), although the i dutar of has fourteen strings. Dutar is very popular in and Khorasan province of Iran. When played, the strings are usually plucked by the |
Haj Ghorban Soleimani
Haj Qorban Soleimani () (April 11, 1920 – January 20, 2008) was an Iranian celebrated dotar player and vocalist. Dotar or Dutar is a form of Central Asian lute. Biography Soleimani was born in 1920 to Khorasani Turkic parents in Aliabad (علیآباد) village in the northern part of Qouchan in northeastern Iran. His father, Karbalaii Ramezan, an accomplished musician taught him the dotar from a young age. Following his father's death he continued learning the dotar and sought singing lessons from singers such as Avaz Bakhshi, Gholamhossein Bakhshi Jafarabadi and Mohammad Qeitaqi. By his early twenties he had mastered the traditional Iranian instrument, the dotar, and at the age of 21 he received the coveted 'Bakhshi' title, given to people of musical excellence in Khorasan province. Soleimani once spoke about the award; ''"In the Khorasan region 'Bakhshi' is the title given to a musician who is perfect. He must be able to compose, sing, play, make musical instruments a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbat (lute)
The ''barbat'' () or ''barbud'' is a lute of Greater Iran, Greater Iranian or Persian origin, and widespread across Central Asia, especially since the Sassanid Empire. Barbat is characterized as carved from a single piece of wood, including the Neck (music), neck and a wooden Sound board (music), sound board. Possibly a skin-topped instrument for part of its history, it is ancestral to the wood-topped oud and biwa and the skin-topped Yemen, Yemeni qanbus. Although the original barbat disappeared, modern Iranian Luthier, luthiers have invented a new instrument, inspired by the Barbat. The modern re-created instrument (Iranian peoples, Iranian Barbat) resembles the oud, although differences include a smaller body, longer Neck (music), neck, a slightly raised fingerboard, and a sound that is distinct from that of the oud. History The ''barbat'' probably originated in Central Asia. The earliest image of the ''barbat'' dates back to the 1st century BC from ancient northern Bactria. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hossein Behroozinia
Hossein Behroozinia (Persian language, Persian: حسین بهروزینیا; born 1962 in Tehran) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian barbat (lute), barbat and oud player. Behroozinia was a student at the Tehran Conservatory of Music, where he studied oud, Tar (string instrument), tar, setar, tonbak, and daf. He studied oud under the supervision of Mansour Nariman, and he learned the radif under the supervision of Mohammad Reza Lotfi. He was eventually appointed to be the music director of Ensemble Khaleghi, as well as the director of music education at the Center of the Preservation Persian music. In 2003, the Ministry of Culture of Iran decorated him with the "First Order of Arts", its highest honor. Behroozinia's 2006 album, ''From Stone to Diamond'', placed second in the Middle Eastern Album category at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards (JPF). Discography * ''Barbat'' (1987) * ''Kohestan: Selected Fokloric Melodies of Iran'' * ''Yadestan'' * ''Vajd'' / ''Midnight Sun'' * ''Az ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bijan Kamkar
The Kamkars (, ) is a Kurdish Iran 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 performance at the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring Shirin Ebadi. After six years of absence, the Kamkars returned to the stage on January 11, 2024, with a concert titled ''Living Fire'' at Tehran's Espinas Hall. Blending Kurdish music, classical Iranian pieces, and global influences, the performance featured their signature fusion of traditional melodies with Western string and wind instruments. Group Members * Hooshang Kamkar - (director and composer of the group) * Bijan Kamkar - (lead singer and Tar, Rubab, Tombak, Dohol and Daf player) * Pashang Kamkar - (Santoor player) * Ghashang Kamkar - (Setar player) * Arjang Kamkar - (Tonbak player) * Arsalan Kamkar - ( Barbat, Oud and Violin player) *Ardeshir Kamkar - (Kamancheh and G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Reza Shajarian
Mohammad-Reza Shajarian (; , 23 September 1940 – 8 October 2020) was an Iranian singer and master ('' Ostad'') of Persian traditional music. He was also known for his skills in Persian calligraphy and humanitarian activities. Shajarian started his singing career in 1959 at Radio Khorasan, rising to prominence in the 1960s with his distinct singing style. Shajarian was one of the very few singers who managed to get permission to sing publicly after the 1979 revolution. In fact, right before 1979 there was an abundance of excellent singers like Iraj, Golpa, Hayedeh, whom Shajarian was far from being able to compete with due to lack of talent. Shajarian's main teachers were Ahmad Ebadi, Esmaeil Mehrtash, Abdollah Davami, and Nour-Ali Boroumand. He also learned the vocal styles of singers from previous generations, including Reza Gholi Mirza Zelli, Fariborz Manouchehri, Ghamar Molouk Vaziri, Eghbal Azar and Taj Isfahani. He cited legendary Persian tar soloist Jalil Shahnaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santur
The santur ( ; ) is a hammered dulcimer of Iranian origin.--- Rashid, Subhi Anwar (1989). ''Al-ʼĀlāt al-musīqīyya al-muṣāhiba lil-Maqām al-ʻIrāqī''. Baghdad: Matbaʻat al-ʻUmmāl al-Markazīyya. History The santur was invented and developed in the area of Iran. "The earliest sign of it comes from Assyrian and Babylonian stone carvings (669 B.C.); it shows the instrument being played while hanging from the player's neck" (35). This instrument was traded and traveled to different parts of the Middle East. Musicians modified the original design over the centuries, yielding a wide array of musical scales and tunings. The original santur was likely made with wood and stone and strung with goat intestines. According to Habib Hasan Touma, the Babylonian santur was the ancestor of the harp, the yangqin, the harpsichord, the qanun, the cimbalom, and the hammered dulcimers. Name The name 'santur' may come from Persian ''sanṭīr'', a borrowing of the Greek ψαλ� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ardavan Kamkar
The Kamkars (, ) is a Kurdish Iran 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 performance at the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring Shirin Ebadi. After six years of absence, the Kamkars returned to the stage on January 11, 2024, with a concert titled ''Living Fire'' at Tehran's Espinas Hall. Blending Kurdish music, classical Iranian pieces, and global influences, the performance featured their signature fusion of traditional melodies with Western string and wind instruments. Group Members * Hooshang Kamkar - (director and composer of the group) *Bijan Kamkar - (lead singer and Tar, Rubab, Tombak, Dohol and Daf player) * Pashang Kamkar - (Santoor player) * Ghashang Kamkar - (Setar player) * Arjang Kamkar - (Tonbak player) *Arsalan Kamkar - ( Barbat, Oud and Violin player) *Ardeshir Kamkar - (Kamancheh and Ghay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
