Marvash

Marvash is an international world/jazz fusion group, led by santur player Siavash Kamkar (Teheran, IR) & drummer Martijn Soeterbroek/DrummerMartijn (Utrecht, NL). Siavash Kamkar (Teheran, 1989), son of renown santur player Pashang Kamkar, belongs to the vanguard of a new generation of virtuoso santur players in Iran. Martijn Soeterbroek (Utrecht, 1981) aka DrummerMartijn, graduated at the conservatories of Rotterdam and Utrecht, is a professional drummer, composer, teacher and producer. Together they’ve been working for over two years on debut album 'Dar Amalga' (free for 'in fusion'): 7 original compositions on a musical intersection of Western jazz fusion and Persian traditional music, enriched with pop, progressive rock and dance influences. The unconventional role of the Persian santur in this sound is unique: the instrument, typically used in monophonic traditional Persian music, has a completely new polyphonic solo role. Following a series of studio sessions at Martijn’s studio in Utrecht, NL, the duo continued their collaboration and have since created two new collections. One of them, titled Az Zagros Ta Zuiderzee, was released as an EP in 2024. They are currently working on ideas for recording the next collection.