Kamkars group
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The Kamkarsis a Kurdish
family of seven brothers and a sister, all from the city of Sanandaj
, the capital of the Kurdistan provence> They are one of the leading musical ensembles in Iran
today. Their repertoire ranges from the vast array of traditional Kurdish and Persian music with its poignant, entrancing melodies and uplifting high energy rhythms to the classical Kurdish and Persian classical music of Iran. The repertoire of Kurdish music
is richly diverse and deeply-rooted in the ancient history and culture of its proud and passionate people. It speaks of epic tales and wars, romantic love, and recounts ancient myths and stories of national and religious heroes, some of which date back to thousands of years to the time of the ancient Medes
(the ancestors of the Kurds)."
The group has performed numerous concerts around the world, including their performance at the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize
ceremony honoring Shirin Ebadi
.
Kurdish people
The Kurdish people, or Kurds , are an Iranian people native to the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region known as Kurdistan, which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey...
family of seven brothers and a sister, all from the city of Sanandaj
Sanandaj
Sanandaj , also Romanized as Senneh and Sinneh) is a city in and the capital of Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 311,446, in 81,380 families....
, the capital of the Kurdistan provence> They are one of the leading musical ensembles in Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
today. Their repertoire ranges from the vast array of traditional Kurdish and Persian music with its poignant, entrancing melodies and uplifting high energy rhythms to the classical Kurdish and Persian classical music of Iran. The repertoire of Kurdish music
Kurdish music
Kurdish music refers to music performed in Kurdish language.Traditionally, there are three types of Kurdish Classical performers - storytellers , minstrels and bards . There was no specific music related to the Kurdish princely courts, and instead, music performed in night gatherings is...
is richly diverse and deeply-rooted in the ancient history and culture of its proud and passionate people. It speaks of epic tales and wars, romantic love, and recounts ancient myths and stories of national and religious heroes, some of which date back to thousands of years to the time of the ancient Medes
Medes
The MedesThe Medes...
(the ancestors of the Kurds)."
The group has performed numerous concerts around the world, including their performance at the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
ceremony honoring Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, a former judge and human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. On 10 October 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's,...
.
Group Members
- Hooshang KamkarHooshang KamkarHooshang Kamkar is an Iranian Kurdish musician.He was born in Sanandaj, a city in Kurdistan province in Iran. He started his musical training with his father, Hassan Kamkar. Later, he attended the Faculty of Fine Arts in Tehran University, the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome and the University of...
- (director and composer of the group) - Bijan Kamkar - (lead singer and TarTar (lute)The tār is a long-necked, waisted Iranian instrument. It has been adopted by other cultures and Azerbaijan. The word tar itself means "string" in Persian, though it might have the same meaning in languages influenced by Persian or any other branches of Iranian languages like Kurdish...
, Rubab, TombakTonbakThe tonbak or zarb is a goblet drum from Persia . It is considered the principal percussion instrument of Persian music...
, DoholDoholA dohol is a large cylindrical drum with two skin heads. It is generally struck on one side with a wooden stick bowed at the end, and with a large thin stick on the other side, though it is also played by the bare hands. It is the principal accompaniment for the sorna...
and DafDafA daf is a frame drum used as a musical instrument in popular and classical music. The term daf is used in Iran / Kurdistan for a large drum that has a series of four interlinked rings in the frame. Daf is mostly used in Middle East, Iran, Armenia, Pakistan, Turkey, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan and ...
player) - Pashang KamkarPashang KamkarPashang Kamkar is an Iranian Kurdish musician.Pashang Kamkar plays santur, and is the conductor of the group. In 1969 Pashang himself became a santur teacher at the Center of Art and Culture in Sanandaj. He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University and has worked with Sanandaj Radio...
- (SantoorSanturThe santur is a Persian hammered dulcimerIt is a trapezoid-shaped box often made of walnut or different exotic woods. The Persian classical santur has 72 strings. The name santur was first referenced in ancient Persian poetry...
player) - Ghashang KamkarGhashang KamkarGhashang Kamkar is an Iranian Kurdish musician.She is the only female member of the musical group Kamkarha, composed of her seven brothers and her, all of whom are exceptional musicians...
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player) - Arjang KamkarArjang KamkarArjang Kamkar is a Kurdish musician from Iran.As a child he was interested in painting, and came to Tehran in 1978 to study art at Tehran University's Faculty of Fine Arts...
- (TonbakTonbakThe tonbak or zarb is a goblet drum from Persia . It is considered the principal percussion instrument of Persian music...
player) - Arsalan KamkarArsalan KamkarArsalan Kamkar is a Kurdish musician from Iran.He has played violin in the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, and is also a barbat player. His compositions are regularly performed and include a symphony called The Story of My Father's Land, written with his brother Ardeshir...
- (BarbatBarbat (lute)The barbat or barbud is a lute of ancient Persian origin. The Arabic Oud is derived from an ancient Persian barbat. Today's barbat, however, is essentially the same thing as today's oud: the instrument is often called the barbat when played in a Persian tradition, while called the oud when played...
, OudOudThe oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...
and ViolinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
player) - Ardeshir KamkarArdeshir KamkarArdeshir Kamkar is a Kurdish musician from Iran.He started his music training under the supervision of his father. He came to Tehran in 1980 and continued studying traditional arrangements under Mohammad Reza Lotfi and his brother Pashang...
- (KamanchehKamanchehThe kamānche or kamāncha is a Persian bowed string instrument related to the bowed rebab, the historical ancestor of the kamancheh and also to the bowed lira of the Byzantine Empire, ancestor of the European violin family. The strings are played with a variable-tension bow: the word "kamancheh"...
and GhaychakGhaychakThe Ghaychak or Ghijak is a round-bodied musical instrument with 3 or 4 metal strings and a short fretless neck. It is used by Iranians, Afghans, Uzbeks, Uyghurs, Tajiks, Turkmens and Qaraqalpaks....
player) - Ardavan KamkarArdavan KamkarArdavan Kamkar is a Iranian-Kurdish musician from Iran. He is a part of the Kamkaran ensemble.-Biography:Ardavan Kamkar was born in 1968 in Sanandaj, Iran. He began learning to play the Santur from his father, Master Hassan Kamkar at age 4...
- (SantoorSanturThe santur is a Persian hammered dulcimerIt is a trapezoid-shaped box often made of walnut or different exotic woods. The Persian classical santur has 72 strings. The name santur was first referenced in ancient Persian poetry...
player) - Maryam Ebrahimpour - (vocalist)
- Saba Kamkar - (vocalist)
- Hanna Kamkar - (Daf)
- Neyriz Kamkar - (TarTar (drum)A tar is a single-headed frame drum. The tar comes from North Africa and the Middle East. Depictions of these frame drums date back thousands of years....
player) - Omid Lotfi - (SetarSetarSETAR N.V., is the privatised full telecommunications service provider for the island of Aruba. The services provided by SETAR include: telephone, internet and GSM-related wireless services. SETAR also owns Tele Aruba....
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Albums
- Zardie Khazan
- Baharan e Abidar
- In Memory of Hafez
- Shabahengam
- Baraneh
- Darya
- In Memory of Saba
- Afsaneh Sarzamine Pedari
- Living Fire (January 16, 1996) -
- Nightingale with a Broken Wing (March 11, 1997) -
- Chant of Drums (August 10, 1999) -
- Kani Sepi (August 17, 1999) -
- Music From Kurdistan (August 24, 1999) -
- Gol Nishan (??or is a letter derived from the Latin alphabet. Both glyphs of the majuscule and minuscule forms of this letter are based on the rotated form of a minuscule e; a similar letter with identical minuscule is used in the Pan-Nigerian Alphabet and some alphabets based on the African reference...
) - Owraman
- Biabane Bikaran
- Persheng
- Khorshid e Mastan
Compilations
- Nashakiba / Singer: Homayoun ShajarianHomayoun ShajarianHomayoun Shajarian is a renowned Persian classical music vocalist, as well as a Tombak and Kamancheh player.- Biography :...
- Emshow/ Singer: Adnan KarimAdnan KarimAdnan Karim is a prominent Kurdish singer from Kirkuk, Iraq.He was born in 1963 in Kirkuk, an ancient and oil rich city in Kurdistan, with a significant Kurdish minority. Although coming from a financially challenged family, he received a high level of education...
- Dar Golestane / Singer: Shahram NazeriShahram NazeriShahram Nazeri is a contemporary Iranian tenor of Kurdish ancestry who sings classical Persian music from Kermanshah. He is one of Iran's most respected vocalists...
See also
- Kamkar
- Kurdish musicKurdish musicKurdish music refers to music performed in Kurdish language.Traditionally, there are three types of Kurdish Classical performers - storytellers , minstrels and bards . There was no specific music related to the Kurdish princely courts, and instead, music performed in night gatherings is...
- Music of IranMusic of IranThe music of Iran has thousands of years of history, as seen in the archeological documents of Elam, one of the earliest world cultures,which was located in southwestern Iran...
- Mastan EnsembleMastan EnsembleThe Mastān Ensemble is an Iranian musical group performing traditional Persian music.- History :The group was founded as Hafez Ensemble in 2005 by Mr Sa'id Jafarzādeh Homāy , also known as Parvāz Homāy and Homāy Foomani...
- List of Iranian musicians