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If you're curious about classical Iranian music, I highly recommend looking up Kayhon Kalhor. He is an extremely talented Kurdish musician (mainly playing the k
by lasfter 6y ago
If you're curious about classical Iranian music, I highly recommend looking up Kayhon Kalhor. He is an extremely talented Kurdish musician (mainly playing the kamancheh, which is a sort of proto-violin) who often collaborates with Yo-Yo Ma. I particularly like Ascending Bird, in collaboration with the Brooklyn Rider. His duet performance of Morghe Sahar with Yo-Yo Ma is amazing too.
Hayedeh, Mohammad Shajarian and, more recently, his son Homayoun Shajarian are also amazing singers. Chera Rafti is very popular introduction to Homayoun.
- plesner 6y agoI came across iranian classical music by accident years ago and keep coming back to it in a way I don't even with western classical music (I'm european). It's beautiful, highly skilled, passionate, and very much its own thing. My starting point was Hossein Alizadeh and Masters of Persian Music (which also features Mohammad and Homayoun Shajarian). Unfortunately their albums come and go a bit on streaming services.
- lioeters 6y agoThank you for the recommendations of Iranian musicians. I found that the first person's name is commonly spelled Kayhan Kalhor, with an "a" instead of "o" in the first name.
- eternalban 6y ago“On Top of Mount Damavand Forever” has quite an extensive collection of classical music, including some gems of Persian classical music. A sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv_iUYV9uIg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv_iUYV9uIg YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2zlRzqMd3I9xd3g4nOVx6Q https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2zlRzqMd3I9xd3g4nOVx6Q