Playing Tanbur Maqams – Fardin Farmani

Fardin Farmani was born in 1980 (1359 SH) in Gahvareh, Dalahu County, Kermanshah Province. He began playing the tanbur as a child and studied with the veteran master Aliakbar Moradi. He also learned tanbur making from his elder brother, Master Asadollah Farmani, and has worked in this field for about 25 years. His artistic record includes several editions of the Fajr Music Festival and the Youth Music Festival (ritual and Kurdish music) and the album Diyar-e Tanbur (Land of the Tanbur), with Hamid Ghanbari on tombak.

Maqam Ava – the voice of Iran's maqam music: an in-depth study of Iranian maqam music.
Camera: Elham Safi, Ali Elyasi Bakhtiari
Sound: Farhad Elyasi Bakhtiari
Editing: Javad Asadi, Afshin Rajabi
Producer and director: Mehdi Elyasi Bakhtiari