Kourosh Yaghmaei

Kourosh Yaghmaei (Persian: کورش يغمائي) is one of the first Iranian rock musicians. Kourosh was 10 when his father gave him a gift that revealed his talent for music. It was a Santour (the Persian traditional string-percussive dulcimer). According to his mother, when he opened his present, he started to play a tune after only a few tries. Not to mention that he had never touched a santour before. After 5 years of practice he gained precious knowledge of Iranian traditional music along with excellent skills in playing the santour. At the age of 15 he chose to play the guitar, which he has always loved. He assembled his own Pop/Rock bands which he both composed for and played in. He mostly played the lead guitar. In fact, Kourosh...