Sohrab Pournazeri

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Sohrab Pournazeri
Background information
Born	(1983-04-25) 25 April 1983 (age 38) Kermanshah, Iran
Genres	Persian Classical Music
Occupation(s)	Soloist, composer
Instruments	Kamancheh, Tanbour, Daf, Tar, Setar
Years active	1997–present
Website	Sohrab Pournazeri Official

Sohrab Pournazeri (Persian: سهراب پور ناظری‎, born 25 April 1983) is an Iranian musician and composer. He plays Kamancheh and tanbour.

Life[]

Sohrab Pournazeri was born in Kermanshah on April 25, 1983, to Kurdish parents and had a musical upbringing. His father, Kaykhosro Pournazeri was a well-known musician who played tanbour and tar. Kaykhosro Pournazeri was the founder of the first ensemble of tanbour, he introduced this sacred instrument of Ahl-e Haqq to the urban musical culture of Iran. His ensemble also introduced several musicians that later became established artists of Persian music.

Pournazeri performing at Saadabad Palace

At a very young age, Sohrab began studying tanbour and daf, and later tar and setar before finding his true calling by taking up kamancheh. Sohrab's first choice was the folk instrument of tanbour due to his orientation, but he added kamancheh to improve his career as Iranian classical musician. He began performing before audiences with Shams Ensemble at the age of fifteen.

Sohrab Purnazeri learned tanbour from his father, Kaykhosro Pournazeri, kamancheh from Ardeshir Kamkar, vocalization from Hamid Reza Noorbakhsh. He received his bachelor's degree in music from the Faculty of the Arts, in Tehran in 2001.

Career[]

Souhrab Pournazeri currently plays with Shams Ensemble which was established in 1980 and is focused on Persian classical music. Pournazeri's primary performance instruments are kamancheh and tanbour.

Playing style[]

Sohrab Pournazeri's style is rooted in both Persian classical music as well as folk in Iranian Western province of Kermanshah.^{[citation needed]}

Live performances[]

• 2011: USA tour with Shams Ensemble
• 2010: Omar Khayyám project with Alireza Ghorbani, Dorsaf Hamdani and Ali Ghamsari

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website