Derafsh-e Kaviani (The Banner of Kaveh) – Shahram Nazeri & Farid Elhami

Derafsh-e Kaviani (“The Banner of Kaveh”) is an epic cycle based on Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh (the Persian Book of Kings), composed by Farid Elhami, who also plays the tanbur, and sung by Shahram Nazeri (2016). In twelve pieces it tells the story of the tyrant Zahhak, the birth of Fereydun, the outcry and uprising of Kaveh the Blacksmith, the raising of his banner and Zahhak’s chaining on Mount Damavand; it also includes a tanbur solo and an oud solo.

Musicians: Farid Elhami, Saeed Nayeb Mohammadi, Younes Paknejad, Farhad Safari, Sina Alam, Seyed Arman Dokkei, Nazli Bakhshayesh, Saber Nazargahi, Shahriar Nazari, Parisa Kalhor, Farnood Elhami, Mehrab Esrafili
Label: Iran Gaam (digital edition: 2016)