Arjang Kamkar

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Arjang Kamkar
Background information
Birth name Arjang Kamkar
Born 1954
Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran
Origin Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran
Genre(s) Traditional Kurdish and Persian
Instrument(s) Tonbak
Years active ? - Present
Label(s) Various
Website www.kamkars.net/Arjang
Notable instrument(s)
Tonbak

Arjang Kamkar (Kurdish: Erjeng Kamkar , Persian: ارژنگ کامکار , born 1954) is a Kurdish musician from Iran.

As a child he was interested in painting, and came to Tehran in 1978 to study art at Tehran University's Faculty of Fine Arts. As he lived in a family of musicians, he learned to play the Tombak, which he played for many years as a member of the Art and Culture Orchestra of Sanandaj.

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