Hamavayan Ensemble

Hamavayan Ensemble

Hamāvāyān Ensemble is a renowned Persian music group.

Led by Iranian master instrumentalist and composer Hossein Alizadeh, the Hamavayan Ensemble performs new interpretations of classical Persian music. [ [http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/613 HOSSEIN ALIZADEH & HAMAVAYAN ENSEMBLE | The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University ] ] The ensemble features male and female vocalists, tar and setar (ancient plucked lutes from Persia), and percussion.

Maestro Alizadeh's most recent recording, Endless Vision, featuring the Hamavayan Ensemble with the Armenian master duduk player Djivan Gasparyan, was nominated for a Grammy.

Members:
*Hossein Alizadeh (tar)
*Afsaneh Rasaei (vocal)
*Majid Khaladj (tombak)
*Ali Boustan (setar)
*Pouria Akhavass (vocal)
*Nima Alizadeh, robab (lute)
*Saba Alizadeh, Kamancheh
*Hossein Alizadeh, Shourangiz (new lute)

Notes

ee also

*Music of Iran
*Masters of Persian Music
*Mastan Ensemble


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