Kourosh Yaghmaei
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Iranian guitarist, singer and composer
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Iran
- Active from
- 1946-12-03
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Discography
- Gole Yakh / Del Dareh Pir Misheh1973
- Hajm-e Khali1973
- Eshghe Iran1977
- Sarab-e To1977
- Sol-e 1 (Live)1979
- Sol-e 2 (Live)1980
- Diar1987
- Gorg Haye Ghorosneh1990
- Gol-e Yakh1991
- Sib-e Noghreii1994
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 61,729
- Total plays
- 931,035
Tags
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Kourosh Yaghmaei (Persian: کورش يغمائي) is one of the first Iranian rock musicians. Kourosh was 10 when his father gave him a gift that revealed his talent for music. It was a Santour (the Persian traditional string-percussive dulcimer). According to his mother, when he opened his present, after a few tries, he started to play a tune. Not to mention that he had never touched a Santour before. After 5 years of practice he gained precious knowledge of Iranian traditional music along with excellent
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Iran
- Place of birth
- Shahrud
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Educated at
- Shahid Beheshti University
- Languages spoken
- Persian
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.kourosh-yaghmaei.com
- Image
- KouroshYaghmaei.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- date of birth
- 1946-12-03
- Commons category
- Kourosh Yaghmaei
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
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