Hamid Motebassem (Persian: حمید متبسم) (b. 1958 Mashhad) is a classical Persian musician and tar and setar player.
His first teacher was his father. Later, he studied with musicians like Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Hossein Alizadeh and Hushang Zarif. In 1991, Motebassem founded Dastan ensemblewww.dastan.net which is one of the outstanding ensembles of contemporary Persian music.
Works Simorq (based on Ferdowsi's Shahnameh) for voice, choire and orchestre of Persian instrumentsSeemorgh Project website Zemzeme-haa [Whispers], for voice and Persian instrumentsNew female-hope for Persian classical music
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