and internationally known musician. In 1996 he was invited to spend a semester at the University of Toronto. In 1998 he was named professor and director at the House of Culture and Music of the island of Kish (Iran). In 2001 the French Montalvo/Hervieu Company invited him to participate in creating and touring with the "Babelle Heureuse" show, which was performed more than two hundred times in France, Europe and Brazil. He also composed film scores and acted for a variety of film directors, such as Mohssen Makhmalbaf for the film "Dar" ("The Door"), Bahram Bayzai for "Gouf te gou ba bad" ("Speak with the Wind") and Rakhshan Banietemad for "Baran va boumi" ("Baran and the Citizen"). 'Naghib Shanbehzadeh : Tombak, Zarbetempo Young skilled percussionist, Naghib began playing music in Boushehr and Kish with his father at the age of three. He learnt traditional percussions from the south of Iran (Dammâm, Doholgap, Pipè, Kesser, Tempo) and classical ones (Zarb). From the age of 10, he played concerts with famous musicians such as Billy Cobham, Manu Codja and Matthieu Donarier. Now he studies occidental percussions at the « Conservatoire de Créteil ».Collaborators''' Matthieu Donarier: Saxophones (soprano, tenor) He shares his time between various groups : Daniel Humair's "Baby Boom," Gabor Gado Quartet, Le sacre du Tympan, Caratini Jazz Ensemble, Stephan Oliva quintet, etc. Manu Codjia: Electric guitar Musical partner of Erick Truffaz, he has also played with Daniel Humair's "Baby Boom," Henri Texier, Aldo Romano, Moniomania and has participated in a dozen of other musical projects. Joe Quitzke: Drums Joe is Swedish and grew up in Andalusia. He traveled extensively before settling in France. For the last three years, he's been associated with all of Francois Jeanneau's projects (trio, quartet, orchestra). He is a member of the Gabor Gado Quartet. See also Persian traditional music Music of Iran References External links Iranian musical groups Musical groups established in 1990 Folk music groups Iranian people of Tanzanian descent