Peyman Nasehpour, tombak player, the oldest child of Ostad Nasrollah Nasehpour (vocalist and master of Radif repertoire of Persian art music), was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1974.
In his family he was acquainted with Azerbaijani and Persian art music. After finishing the Child Music Course with Mr. Mohammad Reza Darvishi (Researcher of Persian regional music), he started learning tonbak at the early age of nine. He was very fortunate to be able to receive his training in tombak under the late
Ostad Nasser
Farhangfar, in ghawal (Azerbaijani frame drum) under Ostad Latif Tahmasebi, and in theoretical Old Persian music (Ta'lif-e-Negham and Igha') with Prof. Sayyed Abd-Allah Anwar.
Also he has worked on Daf (Kurdish frame drum). For researching on Daf, he has gone to khangah (dervishes temple) of Ostad Mirza Agha Ghosi in Sanandaj, in Kurdistan province of Iran.
These cultural streams have combined with his academic mathematical studies and careful thought to create an outstanding tonbak player.
He has received his Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in pure mathematics in 1997 and 1999. In the second State Student Scientific Olympiad held in 1997, between 2836 participants, he has stood in 12th place in the field of mathematics.
He has been researching the Indian Tabla since 1997.
He began his musical career as a soloist, an accompanist and a teacher when he was 17. He is proud of sharing the stages with his father and the other great musicians.
Picture of Peyman with his father Ostad Nasehpour and Ostad Habil Aliev at Vahdat hall
Picture of Peyman and his brothers Pooyan on santoor and Parham on tar at Tehran University.
Web Site
http://nasehpour.tripod.com/peyman/
Recordings
Dastgah-e-Shur with Shayda Ensemble
The Radif Repertoire of Mirza Abdollah
M.R. Lotfi: Tar and Setar
Nasrollah Nasehpour: Vocals
Abdolnaghi Afsharnia: Ney
Darvish Reza Monazami: Kamancheh
Jamal Samavati: Tar
Masoud Shoari: Silk String Setar
Ebrahim Naghdian: Kamancheh
Pejman Taheri: Santur
Farokh Mazhari: Silk String Tar
Peyman Nasehpour: Tonbak
Mehrdad Karimkhavari: Daf
Documentary Film of Tonbak Directed by Farshad Fadaian
Documentary Film of Daf Directed by Farshad Fadaian
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Publications
Kari No Dar Arse-ye-Honar-e-Tonbak Navazi, Tchissta Magazine, No.10 12th year, Aug. 10th, 1995.
Ustad Vilayat Khan, Rayzan-e-Javan Newspaper, No.34, 1st year, Oct. 2nd, 1998.
with Sahafi Siamak, Vas'iyat-e-Ejtema'i-ye-Tonbak Navazan, Farda-ye-Behtar Magazine, No.16, 2nd year, Oct. 22nd, 1999.
Structure of Tonbak
A Research for Different Names of Tonbak
Different
Names of Tonbak in Asia, North Africa and East Europe
Tonbak
Players of the Past
Composed Rhythms of Ostad Nasser Farhangfar
Ostad Latif Tahmasebi-zadeh
- A legendary Ghaval Player
Encyclopedia of Persian Percussion Instruments
Daf the spiritual frame drum
Daf and other frame drums in Asia, North
Africa and East Europe
Styles of Tonbak Playing in Classical Music of Persia
A Brief Introduction to Tabla and Indian Tal-s
Ghaval the Azerbaijani Frame Drum
Tonbak (Zarb): A Brief History
Persian/Azerbaijani drumming MP3s.
