Babak Sharifi

Babak Sharifi was born in 1978 in the city of Sanandaj, Iran. Through his famous Kurdish singer father, Hossein, he was introduced to music and started with the percussion instrument tombak. His passion for music propelled him to pick up other musical instruments but none attracted him as much as baglama, which he has been playing for the past 15 years. He plays it in a unique way, which is based on traditional methods but different from the way this instrument is played today in Turkey, where it was originated.

Babak Sharifi was born in 1978 in the city of Sanandaj, Iran. Through his famous Kurdish singer father, Hossein, he was introduced to music and started with the percussion instrument tombak. His passion for music propelled him to pick up other musical instruments but none attracted him as much as baglama, which he has been playing for the past 15 years. He plays it in a unique way, which is based on traditional methods but different from the way this instrument is played today in Turkey, where it was originated. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..