Ivan Kirchuk is a multi-instrumentalist who specializes in the ethnology and folklore of his homeland Belarus. He owns and plays rare ancient instruments and, with…
Artist Profiles: Ivan Kirchuk
Category: Artist Profiles
Artist Profiles: Bari Siddiqui
Bari Siddiqui played North Indian Classical Music with flute and sang Baul songs as well. To add to his versatile quality, he composed and directed…
Artist Profiles: Yaghob Zoroofchi
Yaghob Zoroofchi is the greatest Azeri vocalist of our time, and shows why on his CD, “The Best of Zoroofchi”. He started his singing career…
Artist Profiles: Rufat Hasanov
Rufat Hasanov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan in 1982. He started playing the tar at the age of seven. In 1997 he was awarded a…
Artist Profiles: Rahman Asadollahi
Rahman Asadollahi, from Southern Azerbaijan, was born in 1951 and is considered the most accomplished garmon player, which is the Azerbaijani accordion. He started playing…
Artist Profiles: Fargana Qasimova
Fargana Qasimova was born April 23, 1979 in Baku, Azerbaijan. She is the daughter of celebrated mugham (Azerbaijani classical music) singer, Alim Qasimov and has…
Artist Profiles: Chingiz Sadykhov
Chingiz Sadykhov was a world-class pianist from Azerbaijan. Maestro Chingiz Sadykhov played piano as a concert pianist and accompanist to the greatest singers of Azerbaijan…
Artist Profiles: Askar Alakbarov
Born in 1953 in Ganja (Azerbaijan), Askar Alakbarov studied music in Ganja Technical Music. Later he studied at College Music Academy of Azerbaijan folkloric instruments…
Artist Profiles: Alihan Samedov
Born in 1964 in Sumqayit, Alihan Samedov is a master player of wind instruments (balaban, clarinet, tutek, zurna, saxophone) and Azerbaijani folk instruments. Samedov studied…
Artist Profiles: Marika Falk
Marika Falk was born in Vienna, in a Hungarian family of musicians. She plays numerous percussion instruments such as frame drums and hand drums,inclufding the…