Tahirovic Irfan , born on 07/02/1983 in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a musician and a composer who entered the music world at the time of the war in Bosnia, during which he was a refugee in several countries (Former Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Turkey, Sweden and Germany).
He mainly plays percussion instruments (Darbuka, Djembe, Congas, Bongos, Repenique, Caicha, Surdo, Cajon and Udu) and combines them at the same time.
His professional music career started in Munich with the band Trilogie der Lust“ After his return to Sarajevo in 2006 he joined the “Sarajevo Drum Orchestra“ (www.sdo.ba) with which he played, until May 2007, Samba, African, Latino-American and Oriental rhythms. In May 2007 he joined the cover band “Lana & Exhale“ (www.lanahamza.com) and performed with them in Sarajevo's and Bosnia's most popular clubs turning some world hits into Afro-Cuban, reggae or Latino-house rhythms. At the same time he started to study the Balkan music and devoted himself in understanding and feeling the music he was playing. He attended many workshops in Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia and had the honour to play and create music with remarkable musicians such as: Izzet Kizil (percussion, Turkey), Giovani Falzone (trumpet, Italy), Francesco Berzatti (saxophone, Italy), Toni Kitanovski (guitar, Macedonia)
Soon after, he started to play with one of the most popular folk-singers in the Former Yugoslavia, Halid Beslic. After the 2009/10 winter tour with Halid Beslic (Zenica 10.000 people, Zagreb - 2 nights in a row - 50.000 people, Banja Luka 7.000 and Karlovac 6.000) he was called as a guest percussionist by one of the greatest Pop-Rock bands in the Former Yugoslavia, “Crvena Jabuka“ and played with them in Sarajevo's Olympic Hall “Zetra“ in front of 20.000 people.
At the moment he is recording an album "dert" with his Sevdah band “Divanhana“ and works with his Irfan Tahirovic Trio (www.irfantahirovictrio.com.ba) that was founded in November 2009.
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Tahirovic Irfan , born on 07/02/1983 in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a musician and a composer who entered the music world at the time of the war in Bosnia, during which he was a refugee in several countries (Former Yugoslavia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Turkey, Sweden and Germany).
