Zar, also known as The Shanbehzadeh Ensemble (Persian: گروه شنبه زاده) is an Iranian folk-jazz band, formed in Bushehr, Iran in 1990. The band offers a rare perspective on the traditional music and dance of the Persian Gulf, more specifically that of the southern Iranian coast. The principal instruments of the ensemble are the neyanbān (bagpipe), ney-jofti (flute), dammām (drum), zarbetempo (percussion), traditional flute, senj (cymbal) and boogh (a goat's horn). The ensemble has performed in front of audiences in Iran, Europe and North America.
The band was founded by internationally acclaimed Iranian musician and dancer, Saeed Shanbezadeh in 1990. Saied, who traces his ancestry to Zanzibar in East Africa, was born in Bushehr, Iran, where he started playing music at the age of 7 with the old masters of the music of the region. He began with percussions, singing, and traditional dance. At 20 he founded the group of Shanbehzadeh Ensemble and won the 1st prize at the Fajr Music Festival in Tehran in 1990. In 1996 he was invited by the University of Toronto to teach a half-a-year course. In 2007 he was invited again by La Cité de La Musique of Paris to teach dance, singing and music. In 1998 he was named the professor and director of the House of Culture, Music and Dance of the Isle of Kish in Iran. That same year he portrayed himself in Dialogue with the Wind by Bahram Beyzaei.
Saeed Shanbehzadeh left Iran in 2002 and now lives in Paris.
(2) Zar is a melodic hard rock/power metal band from Germany (Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg) . Their first release came out in 1990 titled "Live your life forever", and sounded similar to Dio, Europe and TNT.
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