Pashang Kamkar

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Pashang Kamkar
Background information
Birth name Pashang Kamkar
Born 1951
Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran
Origin Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran
Genre(s) Traditional Kurdish and Persian
Instrument(s) Santoor
Years active 1963 - Present
Label(s) Various
Website www.kamkars.net/Pashang
Notable instrument(s)
Santoor

Pashang Kamkar (Kurdish: Peşeng Kamkar , Persian: پشنگ کامکار , born 1951) is an Iranian Kurdish musician.

Pashang Kamkar plays santur, and is the conductor of the group. In 1969 Pashang himself became a santur teacher at the Center of Art and Culture in Sanandaj. He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University and has worked with Sanandaj Radio. Pashang has composed a number of accomplished works, and is one of the founding members of "Sheyda".

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