Hamavayan Ensemble
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Hamāvāyān Ensemble ({{langx|fa| همآوایان}}) is a Persian music group.
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| origin = Iran
| genre = Persian music
| years_active = 1989–present
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| current_members = Hossein Alizadeh (tar)
Afsaneh Rasaei (vocal)
Majid Khaladj (tombak)
Ali Boustan (setar)
Mohammad Motamedi (vocal)
Pouria Akhavass (vocal)
Nima Alizadeh (robab)
Saba Alizadeh, (Kamancheh)
Mohammad Enshaie,(kamancheh),(gheychak)
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History
Led by Iranian instrumentalist and composer Hossein Alizadeh, the Hamavayan Ensemble performs new interpretations of classical Persian music.{{Cite web |url=http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/613 |title=HOSSEIN ALIZADEH & HAMAVAYAN ENSEMBLE {{!}} The Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University |access-date=2007-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512054952/http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/613 |archive-date=2008-05-12 |url-status=dead }}
The ensemble features male and female vocalists, tar and setar (ancient plucked lutes from Persia), and percussion.
Maestro Alizadeh's most recent recording, Endless Vision, featuring the Hamavayan Ensemble with the Armenian duduk player Djivan Gasparyan, was nominated for a Grammy.
Members
- Hossein Alizadeh, tar, shourangiz (new lute)
- Mohammad Motamedi, vocal
- Afsaneh Rasaei, vocal
- Majid Khaladj, tombak
- Ali Boustan, setar
- Pouria Akhavass, vocal
- Nima Alizadeh, robab (lute)
- Saba Alizadeh, kamancheh
- Mohammad enshaie, kamancheh, gheychak
Discography
- Razé No, Mahoor Institute Of Culture And Art, 1998.{{Cite book |last=Nooshin |first=Dr Laudan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o9-hAgAAQBAJ&dq=Hamavayan+Ensemble&pg=PA319 |title=Music and the Play of Power in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia |date=2013-01-28 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |isbn=978-1-4094-9395-2 |language=en}}
- Ode To Flowers, Bâ Music Records, 2007.
- If Like Birds And Angels, I Could Fly…, Traditional Crossroads, 2010.
- Badeh Toei, Iran Concert, 2014.