Saeed Farajpouri (Persian: سعید فرج‌پوری) (b. 1961 in Sanandaj, Iran) is an Iranian composer and kamancheh player. His teachers were the masters Hassan Kamkar, Mohammad Reza Lotfi and Hossein Alizadeh. Saeed Farajpouri was a member of the Culture and Art Ensemble of Sanandaj, and has performed with the acclaimed ensembles Sheyda, Aref, Avat and Payvar and cooperation with Ava Ensemble. He joined Dastan Ensemble in the year 2000. He has taught Kamanche at the Chavosh Cultural Center, the Center for Preservation of Music in Tehran, the Tehran Conservatory of Music and the Tehran University School of Music. Saeed Farajpouri has performed on numerous albums of celebrated Iranian composers as well as on all the released works of Dastan Ensemble since 2000. Discography: Albums featuring duets for Kamanche and Tombak: Kamanche, Segah Homayoun, Kamanche Music based on Kurdish Melodies Orchestration for traditional Persian instruments: Joovan, Naghsh-e Pendar, Avat, Zamaneh, Yadvareh Seyd Ali Asghar Kurdestani, Shurideh (Winner of the title "Musical Shock" in the music journal, Le Monde and the recipient of the 2003 Best Music of the Year Award from the French Ministry of Culture.) , Darya-ye Bi Payan and Ghoghay-e Eshghbazan Publications: Twenty pieces for the Kamanche Official Website: www.farajpoori.com. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.