Artist Info: Pashang Kamkar

Pashang Kamkar (Kurdish: Peşeng Kamkar , Persian: پشنگ کامکار ), born 1951, is a Kurdish musician from the Iranian part of Kurdistan.

Peşeng Kamkar plays santur and is the conductor of the famous Kurdish ensemble Kamkaran. In 1969 Peşeng himself became a santur teacher at the Center of Art and Culture in Sanandaj. He studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University and has worked with Sanandaj Radio. Peşeng Kamkar has composed a number of accomplished works, and is one of the founding members of "Sheyda". [read more...]