Mazhar Khaleghi

Mazhar Khaleghi (Kurdish: مەزهەری خالقی‎; born August 1938) is a Kurdish singer of Iran's Kurdistan region, famous for his folklore Kurdish music. Khaleqi was born in 1938 in the city of Sanandaj, Iran. He started to sing when he was in primary school at the age of eight. The school music teacher gave him extra courses to teach him to read notes, and also learn Kurdish and Persian modes (Maqam). He got more music lessons from Kurdish master musician Hassan Kamkar, the father of the renowned musicians and performers, the Kamkars.