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Dastan Ensemble

Dastan Ensemble

Dastan Ensemble has been played on NTS in shows including Mississippi Records, featured first on 23 June 2025. Songs played include Zehi Esgh / What Love.

The Dastan Ensemble is an Iranian group, founded in 1991, which plays both its own compositions and the work of others. It is made up of: Hamid Motebassem. (tar and setar), Pejman Hadadi (percussion), Saeed Farajpouri (kamanche), Behnam Samani (percussion), and Hossein Behroozinia (barbat).

The Ensemble won the title “Musical Shock“ in Le Monde, and received the 2003 Best Music of the Year Award from the French Ministry of Culture.

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Dastan Ensemble

Dastan Ensemble has been played on NTS in shows including Mississippi Records, featured first on 23 June 2025. Songs played include Zehi Esgh / What Love.

The Dastan Ensemble is an Iranian group, founded in 1991, which plays both its own compositions and the work of others. It is made up of: Hamid Motebassem. (tar and setar), Pejman Hadadi (percussion), Saeed Farajpouri (kamanche), Behnam Samani (percussion), and Hossein Behroozinia (barbat).

The Ensemble won the title “Musical Shock“ in Le Monde, and received the 2003 Best Music of the Year Award from the French Ministry of Culture.

Original source: Last.fm

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Zehi Esgh / What Love
Homayoun Shajarian, Dastan Ensemble
Celestial Harmonies2009