On percussion, Ebrahim Ahmadi is a Kurdish-Iranian musician who plays the daf, dayereh, dahol and bendir (traditional frame and bass drums), as well as the setar (a three-stringed lute). Born in Iran’s Kermanshah province during the Iran-Iraq war, Ebrahim grew up immersed in the sound of Sufi music echoing through the Kurdish mountains, where he began his formal training on the daf and setar with masters Jawad Aziz and Hosseyn Rostami.

He later moved to Tehran to study psychology while refining his daf technique under the guidance of master Farshid Gharibnejad. There, he joined several musical ensembles – 40Daf, Tarang, and Mehrvarzan – with whom he toured in India, Azerbaijan, Iraqi Kurdistan, the United Arab Emirates, and France. Ebrahim went on to complete two doctoral theses: the first on the history of music therapy in the Middle East, and the second on the effects of traditional Iranian music on anxiety and depression. He practiced as a psychologist in Tehran for several years, juggling between his work, teaching music therapy at the university, and pursuing his musical career.

Forced to flee Iran, he settled in France in 2016. TToday, he continues to share his art through the cultural organization Jamira, performs with the band Miksi, and leads daf workshops in Bègles and Blanquefort. He became part of Harkan in 2022, turning the original duo into a fully-fledged trio.