Arjang Kamkar | |
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Birth name | Arjang Kamkar |
Born | 1954 (age 57–58) Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran |
Origin | Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran |
Genres | Traditional Kurdish and Persian |
Occupations | A member of the Kamkars group |
Instruments | Tonbak |
Years active | ? - present |
Labels | Various |
Website | www.kamkars.net/Arjang |
Notable instruments | |
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.