Dastan Ensemble
The Dastan Ensemble is an Iranian musical group performing traditional Persian music. The group was established by Hamid Motebassem in 1991. Dastan Ensemble has been presented in countless international cultural centers and important festivals world-wide.
Dastan Ensemble has been presented in countless international cultural centers and important festivals world-wide including The Persian Segment of German Radio, DW \ West German Radio, WDR \ Berlin Radio, SFB Frankfurt Radio, HR2 \ Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin \ The Fez Festival of Sacred Music, Morroco The Cologne Philharmonic, Germany \ The Orange County Philharmonic, California \ The Paris City Theater.
Members
- Hossein Behroozinia (Barbat)
- Hamid Motebassem (Tar and Setar)
- Pejman Hadadi (Percussion)
- Saeed Farajpouri (Kamancheh)
- Behnam Samani (Percussion)
Former Members
- Mohammad Ali Kiani Nejad
- Morteza Ayan
- Keyhan Kalhor
- Bijan Kamkar
- Pashang Kamkar
- Ardeshir Kamkar
Discography
The Ensemble has recorded the works of its own composers as well as others including:
- Booye Norooz (The Scent of New Year) with the vocalist Iraj Bastami
- Saaz-e No, Avaz-e No with the vocalist Shahram Nazeri
- Safar be Digarsoo (Journey to the Beyond) with the vocalist Shahram Nazeri
- Hanaie (Shade of Henna) with the vocalist Sima Bina
- Se Navazi-e Dastan (Journey To Persia) insturmental music featuring Pejman Hadadi, Hossein Behroozinia and Hamid Motebassem
- Shurideh (Love Struck) with the vocalist Parissa. Winner of the title “Musical Shock“ in the music journal, Le Monde and the recipient of the 2003 Best Music of the Year Award from the French Ministry of Culture.
- Gol-e Behesht (Flower of Heaven) with the vocalist Parissa.
- Loulian (The Gypsies) with the vocalist Shahram Nazeri
- Mah Aroos with the vocalist Sadigh Tarif
- Endless Ocean with Salar Aghili
- Gipsy's Ghijak with Homayoun Shajarian
- Dream Sun with Homayoun Shajarian
