HAM AVAYAN ENSEMBLE
Appearing in Endless Vision (Hossein Alizadeh-Jivan Gasparyan)

RASAEE, Afsaneh:
   Born in Tehran. Graduated in Psychology. Passed the early stages of Persian Music and Vocal style under his father's supervision and completed her stdies under the guidance of late Mahmoud Karimi. and Mohammad Reza Shajarian. In 1989, Rasaee joined the Ham Avayan Ensemble and collaborated with Hossein Alizadeh in numerous recordings and concerts.

BIABANI, Hoorshid:
   Born in 1951 (Rasht, Iran), studied music, radif and Persian traditional singing style under the guidance of late Mahmoud Karimi since 1966. During her stay in Sweden, she performed Iranian Vocal Music repertoires across Europe and had also some experiences with Swedish musicians and vocalists.

MARKARYAN, Vazgen:
  Born in Yerevan (1955), learned to play the Duduk under the guidance of his present Master Jivan Gasparyan. He teaches at the Yerevan Conservatoire and accompanies his master in concerts and recordings.

BOUSTAN, Ali:
   Born in Tehran (1969), started playing the Setar at the age of 14 by Mohammad Firouzi and studied the theories of Iranian Music under the supervision of Mohammad Reza Lotfi , Parviz Meshkatian and Ahmad Ebadi. He continued his advance level studies in playing Setar with Hossein Alizadeh assisted him in recordings and live performances.


GHAZARYAN, Armen:

  Born in Yerevan (1969), learned to play the Duduk under the guidance of his present Master Jivan Gasparyan. He teaches at the Yerevan Conservatoire and accompanies his master in concerts and recordings.

SAMADPOUR, Ali:
   Born in 1970, has been graduated in Persian literature from the Tehran University. He studied music and tar under the guidance of Jahanshah Saremi, Siamak Ne’mat Nasser, Houshang Zarif and afterwards with Hossein Alizadeh and Dariush Talaee.
    He plays percussions and sings in persian traditional style. Ali has participated in most of  Hossein Alizadeh’s concerts and recordings and is a key figure of the Ham Avayan Ensemble.

EBRAHIMI, Mohammadeza:
  Mohammad Reza Ebrahimi (1971) learned to play the Tar under the guidance of Majid Derakhshani, Arshad Tahmassebi, Mohammadreza Lotfi and Hossein Alizadeh. He learned the art of Oud by himself and is teaching at the Tehran Conservatory of music.

MIRZAEE, Behzad:

   Born in 1977 (Tehran), studied Indusrial Design. Learning the Santur was Behzad's first step to get closer to Iranian Traditional Music. Soon he found his passion for the Tombak and under the guidance of late Dariush Zargari and Morteza Momtaz he started to learn playing the most important percussive instrument of Iranian Music.

AHADI, M
ohammadali:
  Born in Ardebil (1971). Started to learn the radif and iranian vocal techniques since 1991 with late Sarvestani. He was one of the  members of Hossein Alizadeh's Ham Avayan Ensemble during their concert with  Jivan Gasparyan in September 2003.