Shanbehzadeh Ensemble

Ensemble Shanbehzadeh



Traditional songs, dances, vocals and trance rythms
from the Persian Gulf

Saeid Shanbehzadeh
Naghib Shanbehzadeh
Habib meftah Boushehri

Contact : shanbehzadeh@hotmail.com
Shanbehzadeh.ensemble@gmail.com
0033 1 53 14 26 10
The Shanbehzadeh’s Ensemble offers a unique aspect of hypnotic dances and
traditional music from the Persian Gulf and more precisely from the unkown region of
Boushehr.
The main instruments include the Neyanban (Iranian bagpipe), Neyjoti (double flute),
Dammam (dual faced percussion), Zarbetempo (percussion), traditional flute, Senj (local
type of cymbals) and Boogh (horns).

Founded in 1990, this Ensemble directed by Saeid Shanbehzadeh delighted audiences in
Iran, Europe and North America with the hypnotic rhythms and melodies of this amazing
music.


TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM BOUSHEHR

Boushehr is situated far of the centre of Iran, near the south-west coast of the Persian Gulf.
This city lives at the rythm of a tradition and a culture different from the North, especially from
the region of Teheran.

The history of Boushehr is the symbol of a fishing village which has become a strategic war
area.
Down the centuries, Arabian, African, Indian, Armenian and Jewish populations integrated
the city and participated to the local trade.

The music from the city of Boushehr arose from the unique combination of Persian, Arab,
African and Indian traditions that came together centuries ago in this southern Iranian cultural
crossroad on the Persian Gulf.
This diversity results from the wealth of local traditions in which music plays a vital role in all
aspects of life: religion, work, social events, drama, music therapy and trance.





The traditional musical ensemble of Saied Shanbezadeh is available
for concerts, festivals and workshops.



Concert with 3 musicians or 4 musicians:
Traditional music of weddings, religion, love songs…
Instruments: Neyanbânn, Neydjofti, Tombak, Zarbetempo, Boogh
1h30

Saeid Shanbehzadeh
Neyanbânn, Neydjofti, Traditional
Dances


Saied is a Neyanban and Neyjofti virtuoso but also an
amazing dancer. He is often invited to participate to
concerts with recognized artists as Billy Cobham.
In 2001 he co-operated with the French
Montalvo/Hervieu Company in creating and touring with
the “Babelle Heureuse” show, which was performed
more than two hundred times in France, Europe and
Brazil.


At the age of twenty he created his own traditional music group, the Shanbezadeh’s
Ensemble which won the first prize at the Fajr Festival in Tehran in 1990. At the same time
he also began to conduct research and write about southern Iranian music in Iranian
periodicals. His research on the ethnomusicology of the region led him to collect many
different types of local music and create sound archives for this music. As a result of his
research and his concerts he is now a nationally and internationally known musician.

In 1996 he was invited to spend a semester at the University of Toronto. Two years later, he
was named professor and director at the House of Culture and Music of the island of Kish
(Iran).
In 2007 he was invited again by “La Cité de La Musique” of Paris to teach dance, singing and
music.
Saied animated workshop in schools in partnerships with ‘le theatre de Chaillot, “le
musée du louvres” and “la compagnie Montalvo/ hervieu” and cite de la musique in Paris.





Naghib Shanbehzadeh
Tombak, Zarbetempo

Young skilled percussionist, Naghib began playing music in Boushehr and Kish with his
father at the age of 3 years old. He learnt traditional percussions from the south of Iran
(Dammâm, Doholgap, Pipè, Kesser, Tempo) and classical ones (Zarb). Since the age of 10 he is a member of ensemble Shanbehzadeh and he plays concerts with famous musicians such as Billy Cobham, Manu Codja and Trilok Gurtu.
He studies occidental percussions at the « Conservatoire de Créteil ».




Artistic activities:


- 1990 : 1st price, 6th Fajr Festival Fajr, Teheran, Iran
- 1991 : Concert with the symphonic orchestra of Teheran, Iran
- 1991 : Festival « in » of Avignon, France
- 1992 : Festival Aeineh va Avaz, Teheran and Festival Ney Navazan
- 1993 : Concerts in Doha, Qatar
- 1995 : Concerts for Frankfurt Radio (HR), Cologne (WDR),
Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt
- 1996: Concerts in the University of Toronto, Canada
- 1997 : Dubaï International Festival, tour in Washington DC, New York and
Philadelphia International House
- 2000 : Roma Europa Festival, Italy - Théâtre de La Ville, Paris, France
- 2001 : Concert in Téhéran with the Trio Jazz Optic Topic
- 2002 : Oriental Festival of Munich
- 2003 : Concerts with the Trio Optic Topic in Téhéran, Niavaran Palace

2004

- 2001- 2004: Creation and touring of the « Babelle Heureuse » show, with the
Compagny Montalvo/Hervieu, Centre Chorégraphique de Créteil et du Val-de-
Marne, France
- May : Concert with the Trio Optic Topic, « Far Near Distance » Festival, Berlin
(HKW), Allemagne
- May: Concert with the Trio Optic Topic , Café de la Danse, Paris, France
- August : Concerts during the Olympic games, Athens and Istanbul
- September : Iranian cultural Centre Culturel of Paris, France
- November : Festival « Regards sur le cinéma du Sud », Rouen, France
- November : Extracts from « Babelle Heureuse » with the Cie Montalvo/Hervieu in the
Khorsabad room of the « Musée du Louvre », Paris, France






2005
- March : Musée de la Cité de la Musique, Paris, France
- May: Concert with the Trio Optic Topic, Espace Reuilly, Paris, France
- May : Festival Musiques Vivantes de Ris-Orangis et Montataire, France
- June : Festival les Orientales, Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, France
- June : Jours de fête, Créteil, France
- September : Concerts traditionnels et Jazz à Château-Rouge, Annemasse
- October-november : Musée de la Cité de la Musique, Paris, France
- November : Tours, cinémathèque « Musiques du Monde », France

2006
- March 12th : « la cave à jazz » with the Trio Optic Topic, Friburg, Suisse
- April 22nd, 23rd : Musée de la Cité de la Musique, Paris, France
- June 24th : Festival Les Orientales, Saint-Florent-le-Vieil, France
- July 7th, 9th : Tanz-Folk-Festival à Rudolstadt, Allemagne

2007
- January 27th, 28th : Grande Salle, Cité de la Musique, Paris, France
- March 7th,11th: Womad Festival, Australia
- March 13th, 17th: Womad Festival, New Zealand
- March 29th : Festival babel med Marseille, France
- May 9th, 10th mai : Womad Festival, Cacares, Spain
- May 24th :Le Mans, France
- May 27th : Festival vivonne, France
- June 16th : Festival des cinq continents, Martigny, Switzerland
- July 13 th: Festival Womad, Italy
- July 26th, 27th: Womad Festival, charlton park, England
- July 28th, 29th :Festival sfinks, Belgique
- August 2nd :Nantes, France
- August 24th, 25th, 26th: Womad Festival,Singapour
- October 25th: Concert in show case womex, Spain
- November 2nd : Center of art manama, Bahrain

2008
- January 11th, 12th : Concert Contemporay Art Center of, Spain
- February 7th : Concert Galeria zé dos bois, Lisbonne, Portugal
- February 17th :Public dance with the Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil,
Théâtre de Chaillot, Paris, France
- March 12th :Concert with Billy Cobham, Dubaï, Emirats arabes
- March 23rd :Concert Théâtre Gymnase Marie Bell, Paris, France
- April 19th, 20th, 21th:Festival des Musiques du Monde, l’Orientale Africaine, Tozeur,
Tunisie
- May 1st : Festival International de Soupe, Lille, France
- May 3rd : Festival International Musiques du Monde, Shanghai, Chine
- May 16th :Master Class, Savigny-le-Temple, France
- May 24th : International Mawazine Festival, Rabat, Maroc
- Juin 7th: Public dance with the Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil, Musée
du Louvres, Paris
- June 28th 2008 : Respect Music Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
- July 4th, 5th 2008: Festival Forde, Norway
- July 14th 2008: Festival Les Suds à Arles, France
- July 17th, 20th 2008: Festival Yeki Boud Yeki Naboud, Toronto, Canada
- October 17th 2008:Concert Strasbourg, France






2009
-Jan global fest ,new York USA
-April 2nd ,Tropentheater-Amesterdam-nederland
-April 3rd Zuiderpershuis- Antwerpen(Belgium)
-April 4th Doelen-Rotterdam(Nederland)
-April 6th Rasa-Utrecht(Nederland)
-April 18th Eglise d’Estaimpuis, 7640 Estaimpuis -Belgium
- April 20th ITM , rue Raoul Warocqué, 7140 Morlanwelz ,Belgium
- April 21th Collège Cardinal Mercier, Chaussée de Mont Saint-Jean 83, 1420 B raine l’Alleud
- April 22th Institut Sainte Marie, rue du Président 26, 5000 Namur
- April 23th Espace Senghor, avenue du Maelbeek 18, 1040 Bruxelles,
- April 24th Centre Culturel, rue Entre Deux Tours, 4540 Amay
-April 25th Académie de Musique, Rue Ferrer 8, 7060 Soignies

-May 1th,2th ,3th –linz- austria
more information :http://www.linz09.at/en/projekt-2106340/parade.html

-May 6th ,9th May, Tallinn,Estonia
more information :www.erpmusic.com/p_Orient2009

- May 16th 2009: Concert Théâtre de la Ville, Paris

6 june : Montfaucon-Montigné 49 ,( jardin de l’eglise 11h)

6 june :Melay 49 , (jardin du cure 18h)

7 june :Maulévrier 49,(château Colbert 11h)

7 june :Pommeraye 49,(conrégation la ptovidence 17h)

26 june :Auxerre ,festival les nuits métisses (20h) http://www.myspace.com/lesnuitsmetisses

September 10th & 11th château landon et saint colombe,France
September 25th Palais des Beaux-Arts
Bruxelles
October 3th small world music festival ,Toronto ,Canada
Decmber 4th musik zentrum Hannover ,Germany

2010
Feb 12 Fabrik-Hambourg- Germany
Mars 4 Muscat_Oman
Mars 11 tehatre bertolet Montreuil - France
Mars 20 Madrid – Spania
Jun 12 chateu vallon - France
Juillet 9-12 Rainforst festival malysia
Juillet 17-23 chateu vallon – France
Agust 17 torino – Italy

Oct 7- 29 tour in USA & Canada

2011
Mars 19-20 radio France-Paris-France
May 12 tehartre chaillo impovisation avc marion levy
May 19-23 shanghai international music festival , chaina
Juin 11 cadgon hall London england
Juillet 22 tirgan festival Toronto Canada
Juillet 27- 31 stonia
Aout 6 Berlin haus of culter of the world
Decmber 3 metz france


Discography and Recordings:

- « Music from Boushehr »: 20 hours of various musical styles from the area, with
articles written for the Music Center of the Iranian Ministry of Culture.
- « Music from Boushehr » : by Mahour Company (1992)
- « Music from Boushehr » : recorded by WDR radio, Germany (1995)
- Audiovisual recording of the « Balle Heureuse » show for ARTE, Maezzo and
France 3 television channels. 3
- « ZAR »: recorded in Berlin with the « Trio Optic Topic ».
- « music of persian gulf » with Buda musique