The Shanbehzadeh Ensemble offers a rare aspect of the traditional music and dance of the Persian Gulf, more specifically of the province of Boushehr, a little known region in the south of Iran. The main instruments they play include the Neyanbânn (Iranian bagpipes), the Neydjofti (a double flute), the Dammâm (two-sided drum), the Zarbetempo (percussion), the traditional flute, the Senj (a sort of cymbal) and the Boogh (a goat's horn).

Saeid Shanbehzadeh: Neyanbânn, Neydjofti, Dammâm - He started playing music at the age of seven in his native town of Boushehr in the south of Iran, with the old masters of the music of the region. He began with percussion, singing, then learning the Neyanbânn (pipes), Neydjofti (double flute) and traditional dance. At 20 he founded the group the Shanbehzadeh Ensemble and won the first prize at the “Fajr” Festival in Tehran in 1990. He also continues to do research and write articles on the music of Southern Iran, which are published in Iranian newspapers. In 1996 he was invited by the University of Toronto to teach for six months and he was named in 1998 the professeur and director of the House of Culture, Music and the Arts of the Isle of Kish in Iran. He has composed music for and acted in several Iranian films.

Mahmoud Barak Nia: Dammâm, Boogh - He was born into a family of musicians: his father, grandfather and uncle were all great musicians, well-known players of the Dammâm and Neyanbânn in Boushehr. The “Dammâm” has stayed alive musically thanks to this family whose members have always played it with great talent. At present Mahmoud is one of the best players of the Dammâm in Iran. He has worked with the Shanbehzadeh Ensemble for six years.

Habib Mefhtaboushehri: Dammâm, Zarbetempo, Flute - He started playing in religious ceremonies from an early age. He learned the flute from his father and taught himself to play the Zarbetempo, benefiting from the experience and advice of the old masters in the town. At the age of twenty he was invited by Saeid Shanbehzadeh to join his ensemble and to teach at the House of the Arts in Kish.

Abdollah Maoghateli Motlagh: Singing - He started to sing at the age of ten with an old master of “Charveh”; he has continued to sing in the style of the great singer Bakhshu. Charveh is a melodic style of singing that is very ornamented and specific to this region. He knows all the different styles of singing of the region (sea songs, trance, charveh, religious music) He has worked with the group for ten years.

Naghib Shanbehzadeh: Tombak, Zarbetempo - He started to learn music in Boushehr and in Kish with his father at the age of three and plays the traditional percussion of Southern Iran (Dammâm, Doholgap, Pipè, Kesser, Tempo). He has worked for two years on the Tombak in Tehran with the master Mahmoud Farahmand. He is currently a student of western percussion at the Conservatoire in Créteil.