Farid Elhami (b. 1980)
Born:
April 12, 1980
Farid Elhami was born on 12 April 1980 in Sahneh (Kermanshah province). His grandfather alive Seyyed Ayaz Qazvinehei was among the professor and stylists musician of Tanbour. His father Seyyed Hejabuddin was one of the leading directors of the theater of Kermanshah province. Tanbour has been inherited from the ten generations in this family ever since. At the age of seven, with the encouragement of her mother, he began playing setar, through his cousins, Seyyed Safeddin, and Seyyed Wahhab, and at the same time, he began to learn the Magham of Tanbour through his grandfather. After the passing away of Sayyed Ayaz, he continued learning through Seyyed Amrullah Shah Ebrahimi and learned ancient Magham and Haqqani of Tanbour.. on 2000 he formed the “Whisper of Love” band. At the same time, he continued working under the supervision of Professor Behrouz Taheri in the “Rochiar” group. In 2005, Elhami formed the Ferdowsi group based on Maghami’s music. Since 2006 in cooperation with the great Kurdish Master singer, Shahram Nazeri, he composed Rostam and Sohrab operas based on Kurdish Shahnameh and Drafsh- e -Kaviani adapted from Ferdowsis Shahnameh which were presented in major cities in Iran and the world.