Past Events
26. Jun 2018 - Fes, Morocco
Shamss Ensemble
From the Western Iranian province of Kermanshah, Ensemble Shams delivered a captivating performance underneath the baking sun of Fez’s Jardin Jnan Sbil. Inspired by a fusion of Sufi, Persian and Kurdish classical music, their work celebrates the poetry of the great Sufi Master Rumi. Ensemble Shams, founded in 1980 by Kaykhosro Pournazeri, who led the performance this afternoon, made history in being the first group to exclusively compose music for the Kurdish tanboor lute, a fretted string instrument that embodies a sacred symbolism in the Ahl-e-Haqq religion.
Kaykhosroh Pournazeri : Tanbur
Sohrab Poumazeri : Tanbur, Vocals
Khorshid Dadbech : Tanbur
Hossain Rezainia : Daf
Location: Fes, Morocco
Date: 2018 – June – 26
30. Sep 2018 - Konya, Turkey
Shamss Ensemble & Homayoun Shajarian
Iranian vocal artist and musician Homayoun Shajarian and Shams ensemble performed Iranian traditional music by the tomb of Jalal-ud-Din Rumi, 13th-century Persian poet in the Turkish city of Konya.
Accompanied by Shams ensemble and Pournazeri brothers, Shajarian staged the concert in the 15th Konya Mystic Music Festival and performed tracks composed by Keykhosro Pournazeri.
The 2018 Konya Mystic Music Festival is the 15th edition of the event with the participation of 133 musical group from 47 countries.
The annual music festival marks the anniversary of the birth of Jalal-ud-Din Rumi, who is also known as Molana.
Vocalist: Homayoun Shajarian
Musicians:
Tanbour:
Kaykhosro Pournazeri
Tahmoures Pournazeri
Sohrab Pournazeri
Kimia Jamshid
Donya Kamali
Sepehr Ramin
Daf: Hossein Rezaeenia
Percussion: Aeen Meshkatian
Location: Konya, Turkey
Venue: Mevlana Cultural Center
Date: 2018 – September – 30
07. Feb 2020 - Brussels, Belgium
Shamss Ensemble – Bozar Music Festival
Vocalist: Homayoun Shajarian
Musicians
Tanbour:
Kaykhosro Pournazeri
Tahmoures Pournazeri
Sohrab Pournazeri
Sepehr Ramin
Daf: Hossein Rezaeenia”
Location: Rue Ravenstein, 23 1000 Bruxelles
Venue: Palais des Beaux-Arts – BOZAR
Date: 2020 – February – 07
08. Feb 2020 - Paris, France
Shamss Ensemble – Theatre de la Ville
Accompanied by his brilliant heirs Sohrab and Tahmoures, Kaykhosroh Pournazeri is joined by Homayoun Shajarian, the most celebrated singer of the new generation. An eminently poetic evening, under the sign of transmission.
Location: 1, avenue Gabriel 75008 Paris, France
Venue: Espace Cardin
Date: 2020 – February – 08
Konya Mystic Music Festival hosts Iran’s Shams Ensemble
Accompanied by Shams ensemble and Pournazeri brothers, Shajarian staged the concert in the 15th Konya Mystic Music Festival and performed tracks composed by Keykhosro Pournazeri.
Concert Artists
Retrieving the spiritual instrument Tanbour from the heart of the Sufi monasteries and introducing it to the world stage, Kaykhosro Pournazeri founded the Shams Ensemble in 1980.
Tahmoures’ knowledge in the fields of Iranian tribal and traditional music, as well as western-style composition, has allowed him to create a new and original style – which is considered a great accomplishment in Eastern music.
Sohrab Pournazeri, virtuoso of the Tanbour and the Kamancheh, is a sensational phenomenon of modern Iranian music. He is a singer and instrumentalist whose music has surpassed the borders of Iran
