Saeed Farajpouri   |   Composer and Kamanche Player

Saeed Farajpouri was born in 1961 in Sanandaj, Kurdistan. His teachers were the masters Hassan Kamkar, Mohammad Reza Lotfi and Hossein Alizadeh.

Saeed Farajpouri was a member of the Culture and Art Ensemble of Sanandaj, and has performed with the acclaimed ensembles Sheyda, Aref, Avat and Puyvar. He joined Dastan Ensemble in the year 2000. He has taught Kamanche at the Chavosh Cultural Center, the Center for Preservation of Music in Tehran, the Tehran Conservatory of Music and the Tehran University School of Music.
Saeed Farajpouri has performed on numerous albums of celebrated Iranian composers as well as on all the released works of Dastan Ensemble since 2000.

Discography:
Albums featuring duets for Kamanche and Tombak:
Kamanche, Segah Homayoun, Kamanche Music based on Kurdish Melodies

Orchestration for traditional Persian instruments:
Joovan, Naghsh-e Pendar, Avat, Zamaneh, Yadvareh Seyd Ali Asghar Kurdestani, Shurideh.

Publications:
Twenty pieces for the Kamanche