Shahriyar Jamshidi

Shahriyar Jamshidi (Kurdish: Şehrîyar Cemşîdî, Persian: شهریار جمشیدی, Sorani Kurdish: شەهریار جەمشیدی) (born 1971) is a Kurdish-Canadian kamānche player and composer.

Due to limitations following the Iranian Revolution in 1978, he was not able to study music until age 17.

He received private music lessons under the supervision of Mahmoud Merati for two years before studying music at Tehran University of Art.

He continued his music studies under various teachers including Ahmad Pejman, Houshang Kamkar, Ardeshir Kamkar and Taghi Binesh.

He also worked under the directorship of the well known Kurdish Kamancheh player Mojtaba Mirzadeh.