 He started music at a very early age, and learned the Kurdish "maqam" repertoire and tanbur (Kurdish lute) under the supervision of Kurdish masters such as Mirza Sayyed Ali Kafashyan, Kaki Allah Morad Hamidi and Sayyed Vali Hosseyni.He gave his first recital in 1971 in Kermanshah.In 1981, he began collaborating with the Kurdish singer Shahram Nazeri, and performed throughout Europe and North America.