Saeid Shanbehzadeh

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Saeid Shanbezadeh is an Iranian singer-songwriter, dancer, and instrumentalist from Bushehr, Iran. He traces his ancestry to Zanzibar in East Africa. He is a virtuoso performer on Iranian bagpipes and percussion, as well as of zar song and dance. Winner of the Fajr Music Festival (Tehran), Shanbehzadeh converses with the audience and fellow artists through a small consort of instruments that become a vehicle for improvisation in a sequence of virtuosic solo breaks accompanied by sustained drones and percussion. He's also a founder of the Shanbehzadeh Ensemble, an Iranian folk band, formed in Bushehr in 1990. The band offers a rare aspect of the traditional music and dance of the Persian Gulf, more specially of the province of Bushehr, south of Iran and bordering Persian gulf. The principal instruments of the ensemble are the neyanbān (bagpipe), neydjofti (flute), dammām (drum), zarbetempo (percussion), traditional flute, senj (cymbal) and boogh (a goat’s horn). The Ensemble has delighted audience in Iran, Europe and North-America. History The band was founded by internationally acclaimed Iranian musician and dancer, Saeid Shanbezadeh in 1990. Saied, who traces his ancestry to Zanzibar in East Africa, was born in Bushehr, Iran, where he started playing music at the age of 7 with the old masters of the music of the region. He began with percussions, singing, and traditional dance. At 20 he founded the group of Shanbehzadeh Ensemble and won the 1st prize at the Fajr Music Fe

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Pour-Afrigha

Iran : Musiques du Golfe Persique (Music from the World)

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Ma Mastim (feat. DJ Namito, Reza Zalpour)

Iran : Musiques du Golfe Persique

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Musiques du Golfe Persique

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Tehran Nights

Iran: Musiques du Golfe Persique

Jazz & Music From South Iran

Iran Musiques Du Golfe Persique

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Ma Mastim - Single

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