Bijan Kamkar

Bijan Kamkar

Infobox musical artist
Name = Bijan Kamkar


Img_capt = Bijan playing the Rubab.
Img_size = 220
Landscape = yes
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Bijan Kamkar
Born = 1949
Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran
Origin = Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran
Instrument = - Tar
- Rubab
- Tombak
- Dahol
- Daf
Voice_type =
Genre = Traditional Kurdish and Persian
Occupation =
Years_active = ? - Present
Label = Various
URL = [http://www.kamkars.net/about_en/#2 www.kamkars.net/Bijan]
Notable_instruments = Tar
Rubab
Tombak
Dahol
Daf

Bijan Kamkar (Kurdish: بیژن کامکار , PerB| بیژن کامکار , born 1949) is an Iranian Kurdish musician.

He is a member of Kamkarha and is the lead singer for the group. He also plays tar, robab, tombak and daf—the Kurdish drum which he has introduced to the classical Iranian repertoire. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts in University of Tehran.

ee also

*The Kamkars
*Kurdish music
*Music of Iran


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