Hamid Motebassem

Hamid Motebassem was born in 1958 in Mashad, Iran. He was raised in a musical family, where his brother was a violinist and his first teacher was his father, Ali Motebassem who played the Tar. His subsequent teachers included the masters: Ali Motebassem Habiballlah Salehi Zeydallah Toloie Hooshang Zarif Hossein Alizadeh Mohammad Reza Lotfi Motebassem studied in the Tehran School of Art and the Conservatory of Persian Music. He was a member of the Chavosh Cultural Center where he taught music. One of the original members of Aref Ensemble, he founded Dastan Ensemble as well as Ensemble Chakavak upon immigration to Germany in 1986. Hamid Motebassem is the founder of the Society of Tar and Setar and has since 1994 organized annual seminars dedicated to the two instruments. He has performed on numerous albums of contemporary Iranian composers. His own works include compositions for traditional instruments, the recordings Bamdad; The Scent of Norooz; The Song of the Sea; Saz-e No, Avaz-e No, Dastan Trio; Dastan Duet; Hanaie and Shurideh, which won the title“Musical Shock“ in the music journal, Le Monde and received the 2003 Best Music of the Year Award from the French Ministry of Culture. Cooperation with the following Festivals & Organizations: 20.03.1992 27.05.1997 01.08.1998 26.10.1998 28.10.1998 09.10.1999 21.10 1999 17.07.2000 17.08.2000 06.10.2000 23.10.2000 27.10.2001 17.11.2001 2003 31.10.2005 06.11.2005 02.03.2007 DW ( Internationales Radio Köln ) Fes- Festival ( Marocco ) Sfinks- Festival ( Antwerpen ) Theatre de la Ville ( Paris ) Musica dei Popoli ( Firenze- Italia ) World Festival of Sacred Music the Americas ( Los Angeles ) Verdeni Norden ( Oslo ) Stimmen- Festival ( Lörrach ) Images of the World byen ( Kopenhaven ) Romaeuropa- Festival ( Roma – Parma )