TEHRAN -- The dohol (drum) virtuoso Barat-Ali Nurani known as Ka Barat died Sunday in Sanandaj in his homeland in Kordestan Province. He was 81.
He had been suffering from a physical disability for the past two years, a number of Persian news agencies announced.
Ka Barat and the sorna (Persian oboe) player Abdollah Shariati, who died five days ago, had several duet performances in France, Germany, Russia, Iraq and several other countries.
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