Yashar Behnoud was born in 1976 in Tabriz, Iran. He was taught to play Tanbour by his grandfather, Master Javad Doosti. Maestero Javad Doosti, learned from Maestro Abedin Khademi and in his performances of Maqqamaat’e Haqqani, followed Gorani manners of playing Tanbour.
Yashar Benoud met Maestro Pirnia (Spiritual leader of Chehel-Tanaan, Northwestern Alevi of Iran) when he was in his teen years. Under the Maestro’s instructions, Yashar began learning Chamber Maqqams and Virtual Maqqams under Mr. Nader Ghazanfari.
Mr. Nader Ghazanfari is a disciple of Maestro Seyed Amrollah Shah Ebrahimi, and follows Stage Tanbur Performance. Behnoud was granted leadership of Moshtagh Tanbour Ensemble on 1980, by Mr. Nader Ghazanfari, and to date, as the head of the group, he has orchestrated several Concerts inside Iran and abroad.He is a Mechanic Engineering graduate from Tabriz University, but has made a vocation of Teaching Music and Performing Concerts.
Under his penmanship three books have published:
-Teaching Tanbour (Basics) – Naay & Ney Publishing House – 2013 – Tehran
-Teaching Tanbour (Songs and Recitations)– Naay & Ney Publishing House 2014 – Tehran
-Teaching Tanbour (Virtual Order) – Naay & Ney Publishing House 2017 – Tehran
he worked together with Nihat Yalcin about ahl-e haqq taraditional music and they published this research in 13. no of ALEVİLİK-BEKTAŞİLİK ARAŞTIRMALARI DERGİSİ:
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