Hamed Afshari

Born 1977, Kāshān

Qualifications

Doctor of Medicine, 2002
Learning the Tombak from Alī Sā’emī, 1988
Learning the violin from the deceased Asadollāh Malek, 1995
Learning the fundamentals of harmony and sol-fa from Farhād Harātī, 1997
Starting to learn the bass qeychak with the guidance of maestro Majīd Derakhshānī, 2005
The periodic rhythms of maestro Moḩammad-Rezā Loţfī, 2006

Cooperation with Persian music ensembles such as Parnīyān, Chāvosh, Khorshīd, Mahtāb, Shahnāz, and Sīmorgh
Cooperation in the production of albums, including Faşl-e Bārān (The Rain Season), Āsemāneh (Canopy), Būdan va Sorūdan (Being and Composing), Ganj-e Nahān (Hidden Treasure)
Forming Chārgān (Persian String Quartet) together with Eḩsān z̄abīḩīfar, 2007
Since 2011 and after recording its album, Chārgān’s cooperation with Ḩāmed Afshārī came to an end, due to his emigration to Canada.