Music > Persian Musicians > GREAT DAF MASTER PASSES AWAY BY PEYMAN NASEHPOUR
Iranian Legend of Music
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The outstanding master of daf and Sufi music, Haj Khalifeh Mirza Agha Ghosi passed away on July 17, 2007, as Iranian news agencies reported.
Ostad Mirza Agha Ghosi was born in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province of Iran, 1928. He learned the art of daf playing and Sufi vocal music during his teenage from his father the late Haji Ghosi and later Darvish Karim. He was appointed 'Khalifeh' (spritual leader) by Sheikh Abdolkarim Kasnazani of Kirkuk, a city in Kurdistan of Iraq. He was one of the oldest daf players of Iran and he had a very nice vocals. He performed in many festivals in Iran, France, Colombia, Turkey, Panama, Peru and Ecuador.
In the famous Avignon Festival he was entitled to 'Rare Bird'.
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