Shir-Mohammad Espandar
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Shir-Mohammad Espandar
| native_name = شیرمحمد اسپندار
| native_name_lang = fa
| image =
| caption = Shir-Mohammad Espandar Playing Donali
| image_size =
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name = Shir-Mohammad
| alias = Espandar
| birth_date = 1927
| death_date = 2017
| origin = Bampur, Balochistan, Iran
| genre = Folk music, Balochi music
| occupation = Musician
| years_active = c. 1951–2017
}}
Shir-Mohammad Espandar
شیرمحمد اسپندار;1927) was an Iranian Baloch especially versed in playing Donali.{{Cite web |title=شیر محمد اسپندار برای هنرهای سنتی مینوازد |url=https://www.isna.ir/news/96030302003/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%AF|access-date=23 December 2023 |website= |language=fa-IR}}
Biography
Shir-Mohammad Espandar was born in Bampur, Balochistan. As a teenager, he went to Karachi, Pakistan and returned to Iran in 1958 after gaining experience in the field of music. He used Ney to play Balochi music until 1983.{{Cite web |title=Sole doneli player in world |url=https://en.irna.ir/news/81577548/Sole-doneli-player-in-world|access-date=23 December 2023}}{{Cite web |title=Performing styles by two musicians inscribed on Iran’s national heritage list|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/411926/Performing-styles-by-two-musicians-inscribed-on-Iran-s-national|access-date=23 December 2023}}
He has given many performances in France, Peru and many other countries.
He has obtained an honorary doctorate in traditional music from France and an honorary diploma in musicianship in Iran. His statue as the first Donali's musician have been memorialized in the Tehran Museum.{{Cite web |title=Performing styles by two musicians inscribed on Iran’s national heritage list|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/411926/Performing-styles-by-two-musicians-inscribed-on-Iran-s-national|access-date=23 December 2023}}{{Cite web |title=Identifying and Introducing Capabilities of Iranian Music with Regard to Concerning the Music Tourism |url=https://ijtcs.usc.ac.ir/article_160172_a4d19583c20ea8b5af73fa36c40ffb08.pdf|access-date=23 December 2023 |language=fa-IR}}
See also
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