Davud Ganjei
Davud Ganjei was born in 1943 in Shahr-e Rey and began his early music studies at the age of 13, when he was taught violin by an Austrian master, Wolfgang Walisch. After graduating from high school in 1947, he entered the Tehran University to study music, and at the same time attended at classes by Otad Nur-Ali Borumand, Ostad Daryush Safvat, and many others. By receiving his BA in music, he went to the famous Center for Preservation and Propagation of Music, and there he was a researcher as well as an apprentice to great masters of Persian classical music like Ostad Saeed hormozi, Ostad Yusef Forutan, and Ostad Mahmud Karimi. Ganjei learned kamancheh from Asghar Bahari, and in Iranian violin playing he regards himself as the heir to School of Saba. Though his principal instrument is violin, he has contributed largely to preservation of traditional kamancheh playing, working with Mahmud Karimi on instrumental and vocal gushehs of radif of Persian classical music.
Ganjei had extensive concert appearances with musicians of the ``Center'' in Iran and abroad. For years he had been a kamanche instructor and music scholar at the ``Center''and since 1979 he has appointed in several key positions, like the member of the High Council of Music, artistic consultant, etc. by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.
Kambiz Ganjei
The son of Davud Ganjei, the renowned kamanche player. He was born in 1968 in Shahr-e Rey near Tehran. In basic principles of music his first teacher was his father. Then he went for learning tombak with Mahmud Farahmand. He has played in many concerts in Iran and abroad with ensembles Sama' and Mowlana. He began his teaching courses in the Center for Preservation and Propagation of Music from 1987. He has attended the class of many Iranian masters such as Naser Farhangfar and Bahman Rajabi to perfect and improve his musical knowledge.