Bijan Kamkar

Bizhan Kamkar (1949-)

Tumbak and daf instrumentalist and one of the youngest performers who performances finch Golha Taza Programs under the of directorship Hushang Ibtihaj and under the of supervision Muhammad Riza Lutfi. He was born into a family of musicians in Sanandaj, Kurdistan, and his father and siblings were all professional musicians. His main instrument was the tar but later on also performed on the rumba. He mainly performed on the Kamkaran Ensemble as an instrumentalist and vocalist performing compositions in Persian and Kurdish after the Revolution (1979-2011) in Iran and abroad. He is the most famous daf instrumentalist in Persian music. Several albums of his accompanied by prominent musicians have been released.