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Ehsān Zabihifar
Kamāncheh & Gheychak Player & Persian Composer
Born 1979, Tehrān
Qualifications
High school diploma from The Music Conservatory, 1997
BA in music from the faculty of music, Art University, 2003
MA in Persian music performance from Art University, 2007
Learning the kamāncheh from Mr. Ardeshir Kāmkār since 1995
Learning the fundamentals of music, as well as the basics of performance and composition from Mr. Sharif Lotfi, 1998-2009
Activities
Music performer and the head of Mahtāb (Persian music ensemble) since 1996
Forming Chārgān (Persian String Quartet) together with Hāmed Afshāri, 2007
Composing and releasing the Albums:
Sāyeh-Roshan-e Mahtāb (Moonlight Shading) with Bizhan Kāmkār and Najmeh Tajaddod on vocals
Hich Magu (Say Nothing) with Mojtabā Asgari on vocals
Abru-Kamān with Mohammad Motamedi on vocals
Revayat-e Abuata (The Narration of Abuata) as the Kamancheh Improvisation
Chārgān I; Collection of pieces with Chārgān ensemble as “persian string quartet”
Chārgān II; Bayāt-e Esfahān with Chārgān ensemble as “persian string quartet”
An Rooz-hā (Those Days) with Fereydoun Purrezā, Bahrām Bājelān, Mojtabā Asgari and Vahid Tādj on vocals
Sarkhāneh along with a group of composers (in the style of old Persian composition, based on an idea by Sāsān Fāţemi)
Cooperation with the ensemble Abdolqāder in the Showqnāmeh (On Enthusiasm) collection (recomposing and performing pieces ascribed to ‘Abdolqāder Marāqi) led by Mohammad Rezā Darvishi
Cooperation with the Rahāvi ensemble in the collection Rahāvi (a practical comparison between Persian and Turkish music) by Sānāz Nakhjavāni
Teaching
The member of faculty at University of Arts, department of music
Teaching at the Dayereh Music Center and the Tehran Music Conservatory
