Background
Sohrab Pournazeri was born in Kermanshah on October 7, 1982, to kurdish parents and had a musical upbringing. His father, Keykhosro Pournazeri was a well-known musician who played tanbour and tar.
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He plays Kamancheh and tanbour. His ensemble also introduced several musicians that later became established artists of Persian music At a very young age, Sohrab began studying tanbour and daf, and later tar and setar before finding his true calling by taking up kamancheh.
Sohrab"s first choice was the folk instrument of tanbour due to his orientation, but he added kamancheh to improve his career as Iranian classical musician.
He began performing before audiences with Shams Ensemble at age of fifteen. Sohrab Purnazeri learned tanbour from his father, Keykhosro Pournazeri, kamancheh from Ardeshir Kamkar, vocalization from Hamid Reza Noorbakhsh.
He received his bachelor"s degree in music from the Faculty of the Arts, Sooreh University in Tehran in 2001. Pournazeri"s primary performance instruments are kamancheh and tanbour.
He is an incredible virtuoso soloist who not only cheers audiences but also enjoys the beauty of music during live performances.
2011: United States of America tour with Shams Ensemble
2010: Omar Khayyám project with Alireza Ghorbani, Dorsaf Hamdani and Ali Ghamsari.
