ALIREZA GHORBANI was born in 1972 in TEHRAN-IRAN. He began his career by reciting the Holy book of Quran. Since he was very interested in old Iranian traditional music, he started learning it eagerly. In 1984, he was fascinated by compilation of poetry and music and the insight of Iranian Music under the supervision of his first honorable mentors: Mr. Khosro Soltani, Mr. Behrooz Abedini, Mr. Mahdi Fallah, Dr. Hossein Omoumi, Ahmad Ebrahimi and also Razavi Sarvestani. His acquaintance with Ali Tajvidi and Farhad Fakhre'ddini led him to new horizons of Iranian music.
Shams Ensemble:
Pournazeri formed the Shams Ensemble with a vision of bringing back the lost art of tanboor through compositions that fused the tanboor with other traditional classical mode instruments.
He invited fellow musicians who were familiar playing such classical pieces, they eventually became a popular musical in Iran. Initially, the group performed under the name of Tanboor-e-Shams, but adding traditional and Kurdish music to their performances, they took the name of the Shams Ensemble.
The Shams Ensemble has performed at over 300 international venues and was on tour in the United States in 2008 during the month of October.
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