shirzadsharif

Shirzad Sharif was born and raised to a highly acclaimed musical family in Tehran, Iran which has nurtured the likes of the legendary Tar Grand Master Ostad Farhang Sharif, from early childhood Shirzad was exposed to the amazing intricacies of Persian classical music and while in Iran was fortunate enough to have grown up studying the Persian drum & strings under the direct tutelage of some of Iran's finest Grand Master of Persian Classical Music including the Tombak (drum) Grand Master Ostad Bahman Rajabi.

While growing up in Iran, Shirzad also studied the Persian string instruments which he highly customized & created according to his own specifications which are called the "Tanbur" (Tabandeh\ ~ Shiner) & the "Dotar" (Setareh\ ~ Starr).

Shirzad is also the founder & musical director of Qalandariyun, Iranian Rengi Orchestra, Som'ma and Somma Dub Ensembles which for over ten years has produced some of the most authentic yet innovative, progressive and forward looking Persian and classical based music ever heard till this day & has been breaking genres, musical boundaries, geographical borders & raising audience consciousness worldwide fusing Persian classical music with western genres such as Gothica, Electronica, Rock, Jazz & World Music.