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Seyed Ali Jaberi

Sufism · Kurdish Tanbur

Kurdish Iranian tanbur player, born on 21 September 1974 in Kermanshah and living in England. The tanbur is the sacred long-necked lute of the Kurdish Sufi tradition, and he learned it from Kurdish masters including Golnazar Azizi, Amrollah Shah Ebrahimi and Dervish Amir Hayati.

SufismIran / England
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Seyed Ali Jaberi

He was a conductor and tanbur player in the Iranian National Orchestra.

He performs in Iran, North America, Europe and Asia with the Hamdel Ensemble.

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