Haj Ghorban Soleimani (1920 – January 20, 2008) was an Iranian celebrated dotar player and vocalist. Dotar or Dutar is a form of Central Asian lute Soleimani was born in 1920 to Turkish parents in Aliabad village in the northern part of Qouchan in northeastern Iran. His father, Karbalaii Ramezan, an accomplished musician taught him the dotar from a young age. Following his fathers death he continued learning the dotar and sought singing lessons from singers such as Avaz Bakhshi, Gholamhossein Bakhshi Jafarabadi and Mohammad Qeitaqi. By his early twenties he had mastered the traditional Iranian instrument, the dotar, and at the age of 21 he received the coveted Bakhshi title, given to people of musical excellence in Khorasan province. Soleimani once spoke about the award; In the Khorasan region Bakhshi is the title given to a musician who is perfect. He must be able to compose, sing, play, make musical instruments and even know stories and narrate tales. One can hardly find any such artists these days. Soleimani sang in the three languages spoken in Khorasan province, namely Persian, Turkic.
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