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Saeed Farajpouri
Saeed Farajpouri was born in
1961 in Sanandaj, Kurdistan.
His teachers were the
masters Hassan Kamkar,
Mohammad Reza Lotfi and
Hossein Alizadeh.

Saeed Farajpouri was a
member of the Culture and
Art Ensemble of Sanandaj,
and has performed with the
acclaimed ensembles Sheyda,
Aref, Avat and Puyvar and
cooperation with Ava
Ensemble. He joined Dastan
Ensemble in the year 2000. He
has taught Kamanche at the
Chavosh Cultural Center, the
Center for Preservation of
Music in Tehran, the Tehran
Conservatory of Music and
the Tehran University School
of Music. Saeed Farajpouri has
performed on numerous
albums of celebrated Iranian
composers as well as on all
the released works of Dastan
Ensemble since 2000.

Discography:
Albums featuring duets for
Kamanche and Tombak:
Kamanche, Segah Homayoun,
Kamanche Music based on
Kurdish Melodies

Orchestration for traditional
Persian instruments:
Joovan, Naghsh-e Pendar,
Avat, Zamaneh, Yadvareh
Seyd Ali Asghar Kurdestani,
Shurideh (Winner of the title
"Musical Shock" in the music
journal, Le Monde and the
recipient of the 2003 Best
Music of the Year Award from
the French Ministry of
Culture.) , Darya-ye Bi Payan
and Ghoghay-e Eshghbazan

Publications:
Twenty pieces for the
Kamanche

Alirea Ghorbani
ALIREZA GHORBANI was born in
1972 in TEHRAN-IRAN. He began
his career by reciting the Holy
book of Quran. Since he was
very interested in old Iranian
traditional music, he started
learning it eagerly. In 1984, he
was fascinated by compilation of
poetry and music and the
insight of Iranian Music under
the supervision of his first
honorable mentors: Mr. Khosro
Soltani, Mr. Behrooz Abedini, Mr.
Mahdi Fallah, Dr. Hossein
Omoumi, Ahmad Ebrahimi and
also Razavi Sarvestani. His
acquaintance with Ali Tajvidi
and Farhad Fakhre'ddini led him
to new horizons of Iranian
music.

He has already taken part in
many important Festivals all
over the world together with
many musicians and some of
these festivals and programs
are available in the market on
CDs.

He has been the vocalist of
National Iranian 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
Fakhre'ddini. Although you have
heard his songs on many
different TV programs such as
KIFE ENGLISI, SHABE DAHOM,
ROSHANTAR AZ
KHAMOOSHI(MOLLA SADRA) and
MADARE SEFR DARAJE, his latest
albums are AZ KHESHTO KHAK,
FASLE BARAN, ROSVAYE ZAMANE,
SARVE RAVAN and SYMPHONY OF
MOLANA which are all available
in the market on CDs.