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Because of its structure, the kamancheh probably does the talking better,” he laughs.

The sound of the kamancheh is “warm and very close to the human voice,” he said by phone from Tehran, where he now lives.

He then took up pipe, kamancheh and eventually tar.

Sayat-Nova was skilled in writing poetry, singing and playing the kamancheh.

Kayhan Kalhor spoke a little more about his kamancheh.

This article is about the Iranian kamancheh.

The name Kemençe derives from the Persian (kamancheh) and means small bow.

“My intrument Kamancheh is a bowed instrument,” he explained.

Pournazeri's primary performance instruments are kamancheh and tanbour.

Mr. Kalhor was also heard on his own in an involving, often soaring kamancheh improvisation that opened the second half.

A musician this brilliant should not have to play second fiddle - or, in this case, second kamancheh.

He plays the Kamancheh, a Persian stringed instrument they call the spike fiddle.

It is used primarily in Xinjiang province of western China, and is notably similar to the kamancheh.

He plays Kamancheh and tanbour.

My parents moved to Austria 40 years ago from Iran, so I also tried a traditional Persian instrument called the kamancheh.

The name kemençe comes from Iranian Music Instrument Kamancheh.

He learned to play the Kamancheh by Maestro Ardeshir Kamkar.

He inspired Israeli Mizrahi musician Mark Eliyahu to play kamancheh.

He is best known for writing the first concertos for the Azeri stringed folk instruments tar and kamancheh.

There is also an instrument called kabak kemane used in the Turkish music which is only slightly different from the Persian kamancheh.

Kayhan Kalhor plays the Kamancheh.

Ardeshir has always been keen to explore the range and capabilities of the kamancheh, for which he has written a number of pieces and books.

That said, the sound — Mr. Kalhor’s kamancheh, particularly — benefited from a hefty overlay of electronic reverberation.

From the bottom protrudes a spike to support the kamancheh while it is being played, hence in English the instrument is sometimes called the spiked fiddle.

Sohrab's first choice was the folk instrument of tanbour due to his orientation, but he added kamancheh to improve his career as Iranian classical musician.