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Great Iranian Kurdish Daf-Music master
passes away
20.7.2007
By Peyman Nasehpour
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July 20, 2007
Sanandaj-Sina, Iranian Kurdistan, -- The
outstanding master of daf and Sufi music, Haj
Khalifeh Mirza Agha Ghosi passed away on July 17,
2007, as Iranian news agencies reported.
Ostad Mirza Agha Ghosi was born in Sanandaj,
Kurdistan province of Iran, 1928. He learned the art
of daf playing and Sufi vocal music during his
teenage from his father the late Haji Ghosi and
later Darvish Karim.
He was appointed 'Khalifeh' (spiritual leader) by
Sheikh Abdolkarim Kasnazani of Kirkuk, a Kurdish
city in Kurdistan of Iraq. H
e was one of the oldest daf players of Iran and he
had a very nice vocals. He performed in many
festivals in Iran, France, Colombia, Turkey, Panama,
Peru and Ecuador. |
In the famous Avignon Festival he was entitled to
'Rare Bird' |
About the Authour
Peyman Nasehpour was born in Tehran, in 1974. He
is a musician and plays the Persian hand drums,
including the
tonbak, the ghaval and the daf. He lives in Germany.
For more on Peyman, visit his
website Rhythmweb.
persianmirror com | rhythmweb com
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