Hamid Ghanbari

Hamid Ghanbary was born in 1974, in Tehran, Iran. He was taught playing the Tombak seriously by a well-experienced instructor, Mr. Bahman Rajabi.

Dropping out of Chemistry College at that time was a turning point in his life. He was determined to continue his education in his much-loved course – music.

He graduated and he is familiar with playing techniques of various Iranian percussion instruments and so far has experience, some of which is as follows:

• Concerts with “Aftab”, “Afagh”, “Mehrpooya”, “Ava”and “Mahtab”and other bands in Tehran and other cites of Iran with some reputable musicians.
• Cooperation with the “Tehran Symphony Orchestra“, conducted by Fereidun Naseri.
• Participation in production and preparation of some theatre, cinema and TV series music.

He has published traditional music albums such as: “Twilight of the moon” composed by Ehsan Zabihifar, sung by Bijan Kamkar, “Fire and Reed”and “Mystery of Love”played by Behzad Foroohary and Majid Vatanian, “I heard it from bird”and “Sing in one chord” for children, composed by Mohammad Reza Fayaz, as well as an album based on “Lori” folk music.

Hamid Ghanbary has provided important assistance in the recording of “Koutah”, music for a collection of percussion instruments, composed by Pedram Khavar Zamini,published in Europe and Iran.

In collaboration with Pedram, he has also edited a book on collection of works by Amir Nasser Eftetah – one of Iran’s most famous Tombak masters