People

Darvish Changiz Abdipour

Leading Yarsan kalam singer

1944/45–2024

Afshin Saebnejad

Tanbur player, maker and transcriber

b. 1983/84

Amirhossein Aghajani

Tanbur player, Hafez Tanbur Players

Asieh Ahmadi

Tanbur and daf player, composer, leader of the Zhuran ensemble

b. 1983

Seyed Ghodrat Alavi

Tanbur player

Seyed Mahmoud Alavi

Virtuoso tanbur player

b. 1906/07

Reza Aliabadi

Composer, tanbur player, singer and writer

b. 1987

Seyed Khalil Alinejad

Composer, tanbur player, singer, instrument maker and writer

1957–2001

Yadollah Alqasi

Tanbur player, lead player and singer

b. 1948/49

Amir Mostafa Jafarpouri

Tanbur player and composer

b. 1981/82

Borzou Amirian

Maqam singer

Houshang Amirian

Tanbur player, maqam master and tanbur maker

b. 1964/65

Masoud Arzanlou

Composer, tanbur player and singer

b. 1979/80

Mehrab Ashrafi

Tanbur and setar maker

1964/65–2026

Zafar Askari

Maqam master, kalam singer and tanbur teacher

Shokrali Azadi

Tanbur player and instrument maker

b. 1958/59

Davood Azizi

Composer, tanbur player, singer and writer

1970–2009

Javad Azizi

Composer and tanbur player

b. 1974/75