Kayhan Kalhor is regarded as the greatest master of the kamancheh (Persian violin). Of his innumerable projects, one of the most exciting is his duo with the bağlama player Erdal Erzincan, in which Turkish folk music and Persian classical music provide the basis for improvisation. Both musicians respectfully employ their own traditions, but this does not hinder them from exploring untrodden musical paths or making exciting digressions. This spirit is encapsulated in the title of their seco...nd album released last year, Kula Kulluk Yakışır Mı, which expresses the idea that knowledge and respect for tradition does not preclude the possibility for reinterpretation.
Kayhan Kalhor studied Persian classical music (Radif) under the guidance of his country's most outstanding masters, but thanks to his own family background is also deeply familiar with Kurdish (and Turkish) music. He has played with and composed music for Iran's most acclaimed singers (Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Shahram Nazeri). In 1991, he founded the ensemble named Dastan, which gained fame for its interpretations of Persian classical music, then in 1997 the group Ghazal, with Indian sitar master Shujaat Khan and accompanying tabla, which has released four albums to date. Since 1999, he has achieved innumerable successes as part of the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma, and has also performed on several occasions with the Kronos Quartet, one of the world's best-known string quartets. He has been nominated for a Grammy Award three times, and currently teaches and resides in Tehran.
Erdal Erzincan studied at Arif Sağ's music school in Istanbul, where he developed the special finger-picking technique of playing the bağlama that dispenses with the traditional plectrum. His debut album Töre, released in 1994, brought him international success. He performed with Arif Sağ and the Cologne Philharmonic in 1996, and with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in 2004. In Turkey, he is regarded as the leading exponent of the Anatolian bağlama tradition.
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