● Birthplace: Tehran
● Website: www.kayhankalhor.net
Biography
He was born in a family in Kermanshah and a musician in Tehran. He started freelance music from age of five. He started playing music professionally at age of twelve, and at the age of thirteen he began working with the Kermanshah Radio and Television Orchestra. For a short time, he collaborated with the Shida group at the Chavush Art Center. At the age of seventeen he settled in Italy and then went to Canada with the intention of pursuing a degree in composition from Carleton University in Ottawa. Kalhor first began his serious career with the Dastan Ensemble and with the music of Iraj Bastami, which resulted in a concert in the Vahdat Hall in the early 1970s. The album was later released to the public. But Kalhor, with the album of the night, The Silence, the Desert, gained a special fame with the song of Master Mohammad Reza Shajarian. The proper orchestration and harmonization and the innovations he put in to make it one of the most prominent and best-selling albums of the last two decades. In this work, he used music artists from Iranian regions such as: Late Haj Ghorban Soleimani, Ali Abchouri and Hossein Babi. Kamancheh is a professional instrumentalist of Kayhan Kalhor, who plays alongside Kamancheh, Tanbour, Sitar and Shahman. He has worked extensively to introduce Iranian music to non-Iranians, collaborating with Indian artists such as “Shujaat Husain Khan” in the Kronos Quartet Lyrical 1, 2 and 3 (Silk Road), Yuyu Ma and the New York Philharmonic. He has become a global artist and has many listeners among non-Iranians. He believes that musicians, musicians or musicologists must be familiar with mathematics, history and literature.
Master Kalhor has mentioned Master Ali Asghar Bahari in several lectures and interviews on the Silk Road Complex about his motivation and role in Kamancheh music. Performing independent concerts improvised and accompanied by Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Hossein Alizadeh and Homayoun Shajarian are often the activities of this renowned artist. Five albums: It’s winter, it’s not without you, the scream, the silent instrument and the anthem of Mehr are the result of this collaboration. He has performed concerts in different regions of the world with Turkish bass player Ardalan Arzjan and has also released an album with the Turkish musician The Wind at ECM.
One of his other works is the album of The First Meeting In Morning, that the art of improvisation and Chahargah of Kalhor system was Tombak Pejman Haddadi. In the Mirror of the sky, with Tanboor Ali Akbar Moradi, the renowned musician of Tanboor Kermanshah is another kalhor. Another of his works is the turquoise night of Neyshabur, along with Yuvama, the music for the Silk Road film, along with the wind (in Iran, with the name: Far beyond The remote) along with Ererzincan Dan, a musician who has been released outside of Iran by ECM Company and named The Wind. The Rain album, along with Master of Courage Hossein Khan and the Cendeep dos, which was outside Iran with The name of The Rain and was published by ECM Company and became a Grammy Award candidate. Also, the Silent City, along with the Brooklyn string, is the other works of the Kalhor, which has been released to the music market.
Kalhor is also involved in composing for the soundtrack. He has collaborated with various artists from other cultures. Artistic collaboration with Ardal Erzurjan from Turkey, Bravery Hussein Khan from India, Yoyuma from China, Zhao Zhiping, Alim Qasimov from the Republic of Azerbaijan, Brooklyn Ryder from the USA, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Holland Quartet and the Dutch Wind Ensemble Has become. Kalhor has performed with Iranian artists including Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Ali Akbar Moradi, Shahram Nazeri, Hossein Alizadeh and Dastan Ensemble.
Master Kayhan Kalhor, has been nominated for a Grammy nomination with albums: Without You, Scream, Rain and Beyond Geography, in which he has been a composer and musician. At the 51st Grammy Awards, Kayhan Kalhor, along with the Silk Road band led by Yuyuma, won the Grammy Award for Best World Music with their sing me home album. He is the only Iranian musician to have been nominated four times for the US Grammy Award. The Young Adult, made in the year 9, is a completely personal filmmaking set in the middle ages and, incidentally, has had a pleasant experience. Over the years, he has performed with a number of musicians such as Ardal Arzincan and Tumani Diabate. He is also a performer in the Silk Road band Yoyumaa, a Chinese-American cello. The band won the Grammy Award on 12 February 2017.
According to the news conference on August 28, 2018, the reporters in the Shanghai Hull Symphony, announced the names of winners of the prestigious Isaac Stern Human Spirit Award, the name of Kayhan Kalhor and the fiddle player and the choir Farmers group.
Awards ceremony of the international violin Isaac Stern Shanghai (SISIVC) award, with the donation of Isaac Stern Human Spirit Award was held to Kayhan Kalhor, September 1, on Saturday August 10, 2018, and the country’s television networks in China Live scratches to display income. The award, established since 2016, is in order to respect the groups or individuals who have a prominent contribution in helping humanity and human issues through music. The international competition of the violin Isaac Stern Shanghai, named Ukrainian violinist and the Stern Family was also present in the competition which was held in China, the port of Shanghai. Also, along with the international Violin competition, from 2016 every two years, an award for the artistic achievement of musicians whose works and activities in order to close human beings in the world is done through music and have an outstanding contribution to our understanding of humanity through the medium of music. Have to be awarded. Isaac Stern International Competition, along with international tests of Tchaikovsky and Quinn Elizabeth, are among the most prestigious musical Tests in the world.
Works
1992 – Iraj Bastami and Dastan Ensemble-Hamid Motebassem, Mohammad Ali Kiani Nezhad, Iraj Bastami The implementation of Dastan Ensemble, in three -time and Homayoun devices, from the earliest works of Dastan-in Azadi cultural complex-Azadi Square
1992 – A Norooz smell-Hamid Motebassem, Iraj Bastami execution of Dastan Ensemble in three-time and Homayoun devices, the first hand of Dastan ensemble
1998 – Night, Silence, Desert – Mohammadreza Shajarian del Sang-musicians: Kayhan Kalhor, Ghorban Soleimani, Ali Abchouri, Hossein Bobi, Alireza Soleimani, Bijan Kamkar, Hossein Behroozi Nia, Ardavan Kamkar, Morteza lords, Siamak Nemat Nasser, Homayoun Khosravi, Behzad Forouhari
1998 – The journey to another side-Shahram Nazeri, Soroush, with Dastan Ensemble, Kayhan Kalhor: Setar player
1999 – Sarv Simin-Mohammad Ali Kiani Nezhad, Ali Reza Eftekhari-Fars-Nava -Kayhan Kalhor: fiddle player
2001 – Ghazal 1-a small month-collaboration with Ghazal Music ensemble: Hossein Khan’s Courage (c. tar) and Soapgan Cheyat Houri (tabla)
2001 – Ghazal 2-a small month-collaboration with Ghazal Music ensemble: Hossein Khan’s Courage (c. tar) and Soapgan Cheyat Huvari (tabla)
2001 – Ghazal 3-a tiny moon with the music of Ghazal Ensemble: The Courage of Hossein Khan (c. Tar) and Soapgan Cheyat Houri (tabla)
2001 – The winter-Mohammadreza Shajarian-del Sang-with Hossein Alizadeh, Homayoun Shajarian. In-Chief rampage
2002 – There is no you, Mr. Shajarian, Homayoun Shajarian, with Hossein Alizadeh. On the device Nova and singing Bayat
2003 – Cry-Mohammad Reza Shajarian-del Vocal-on the right machine, Pangah and Homayoon
2003 – Baran – Avaye doost, a Si-M records with the collaboration of Ghazal Music ensemble: Hossein Khan’s Courage (c. tar) and the Santorini (tabla). This album became a Grammy nominated.
2004 – In the Mirror of the sky-Ali Akbar Moradi World Village, Avaye Doost -with Ali Akbar Moradi (Tanboor) and Pejman Hadadi (Tonbak)
– The Silk Road movie music (Four thousand Horses) – along with, Zhao Xiaping, Yviama and other members of the Silk Road project
2006 – The first meeting of Bamdadi-Avaye doost-with Pejman Haddadi (Tonbak)
2006 – The wind-Kayhan kalhor, Ererzincan-i-Si records, Avaye Doost-This album was published in the spring of 1385 with the title of far too long in Iran.
2007 – Mehr Anthem-Hossein Alizadeh-Mohammad Reza Shajarian-del vocal at the vocal of Bayat Zand and Afshari
2007 – A silent instrument-Hossein Alizadeh, Mohammadreza Shajarian-del Vocal-at the Dashti
2008 – The silent City of the world village, the Sun’s song, along with the Brooklyn string, the album is offered to the children of Halabja City.
2011 – Saman Shadows-Ba Music Records-duet with fiddle and Tombak Majid Khalaj
2011 – Soundtrack by Bahman Ghobadi.
2012 – won’t be alone-Kayhan Kalhor (Shahkaman), Ali Bahrami Fard (Santoor)
2015 – Layers of darkness-with the implementation of String Quartet-Brooklyn rider
2016 – Havniaz – Aynor Doghan-This album is based on Kurdish folk music, with a Kurmanji dialect with the voice of the Doghan and song of the Shah Bow by Kayhan Kalhor, as well as the Salman of the (Salman Gambarov) of the Azerbaijani musician with the piano and Jamil Gochgiri (Cemil Qocgiri). The tanboor of hospitality have contributed to this effect.
– Neyshabour turquoise Nights with other members of the Silk Road project
