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

Activities

  • 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.

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