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Zhubin Kalhor
Kamanche, Daf, Vocal

Born in 1980 from Iranian parents, he started his musical journey at the age of 14, when he started learning to play Daf (the framedrum) and Kamanche (the Iranian fidel) with the famous Iranian master Ardeshir Kamkar. After having played Persian classical music (radiff) with various masters, he left Iran and settled in Pune, India where he met musicians from all over the world. Years of playing with musicians trained in different background, like classic Indian, Jazz and Blues, Turkish, Arabic etc. gave Zhubin the opportunity to experiment and find his unique style.
But to him music is not only a matter of style. It’s about transforming spirituality and the mysteries of life into chemistry with the listener.
The last 5 years Zhubin has performed solo and with various bands in concerts and festivals all over the world, among others with Bahramji, Ahura, Barbad, Pecheurs de Perles, Prem Joshua and the Mystics of Sound and Hawa.
Zhubin’s music has been featured among others on Vibrant Silences with Hari Prasad Chaurassia, Wahed with Pecheurs de Perles and Call of theMystic with Bahramji and Manish de Moor, as well as on many DJ’s tracks.
He has two albums Himalayan Wind with Bikram Singh and Karisma with Dinesh Mattuck.