Paul Ajian has been playing Middle Eastern hand drums for over
25 years. After studying and performing a wide range of western
classical and popular music, he was introduced to Persian classical
music by Bahram Sadegian, with whom he has been performing on
the Daf in
the Chakavak
Ensemble. He has studied hand drum playing with Glen Velez, and
Persian
Tombak with Djamchid Chemerani. He also performs Armenian
music with Richard and
Harold Hagopian, playing
the Daf,
the Ghaval
(Dayereh), and the Riq.
