Bamdad Fotouhi

Born in Paris and growing up in Tehran Bamdad Fotouhi has studied music fromchildhood. He studied tombak with Majid Saadat and maestro Kambiz Gangiei, daf with Sadegh Tarif and santur with maestro Masoud Malek and Mehdi Setayeshgar and Kourosh Zolfagharkhani.
As a Tonbak player he has extensively worked with a number of ensembles in Iran and in Canada such as Iran's National Orchestra, Mezrabi Orchestra, Khorshid, Khamoush, Vesal, Sarv and Baarbad. Bamdad has performedwith a number of Masters in Iran and in Canada such as Hossein Dehlavi, Hossein Alizadeh, Keivan Saket,Majid Derakhshani, Davood Azad,Salar Aghili and Dr George Sawa. He is currently a member of Baarbad Ensemble and teaches tonbak and daf in the cities of Toronto and Waterloo.