Saeid Shanbehzadeh

Saied Shanbehzadeh, who traces his ancestry to Zanzibar in East Africa, was born in Bushehr, Iran, where he started playing music at the age of 7 with the old masters of the music of the region. He began with percussions, singing, and traditional dance. At 20 he founded the group of Shanbehzadeh Ensemble and won the 1st prize at the Fajr Music Festival in Tehran in 1990. In 1996 he was invited by the University of Toronto to teach a half-a-year course. In 2007 he was invited again by La Cité de La Musique of Paris to teach dance, singing and music. In 1998 he was named the professor and director of the House of Culture, Music and Dance of the Isle of Kish in Iran. That same year he portrayed himself in Talking with the Wind by Bahram Beyzaei.

Saeid Shanbehzadeh left Iran in 2002 and now lives in Paris.

Past Events

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Saeid Shanbehzadeh

Past Events

The Eternal Persian Gulf

TWILIGHT Jazz Concert @Camden Centre

Shanbehzadeh in San Francisco: Afro-Iranian Music

Saeid Shanbehzadeh & Rostam Mirlashari

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