Baloch form a nation without State which one can evaluate the population with a dozen million, distributed on a vast territory, mainly in Pakistan and in Iran, like in Afghanistan and in the Arab Emirates. Their music is remarkable by his originality and its professionalism. It can get along like a synthesis of Indian elements and Iranian carrying the mark of esthetics Tzigane, particularly significant in the play of the vièle sorud, instrument of predilection of the musicians Baloch, always accompanied by the rhythmic bumblebee provided by the large lute tanburag.

The music plays an important part at the time of the festivals of weddings and circumcision, which are social and cultural events important. The most eminent kind of the professional music is the shervandi, the art of the bard-poets. Less erudite but not less attractive, is the music of fright called guâti damâli (or qalandari), central element of a therapeutic ritual which integrates elements chamanic into traditions of the popular Sufism. Its melodies are of simple structure, but learnedly decorated, inspired of the litanies soufies (zekr) and the invocations of the saints.

The Makran unit

Ali Mohammad Baloch: vièle sorud
Es' haq Baloutch-Nasab: singer, lute tamburag
Shemshok Behrouz: singer
Musa Baloch: flute doubles doneli
Abolqasem Hoseyni-Nejad: zither benju
Ahmad Hoseyni-Nejad: drum dholak

This unit joins together some of the best specialists in the area of Chahbahar, in the south-east of Iran. Each one can quote at least seven musicians among its aïeux; but any door to believe that also far one goes up in the centuries, the classical music was always the prerogative of the clans to which they belong.

Among all the players of sorud of Iranian Balochistan, Aliok (Ali Mohammad Baloch) is characterized by its perfect technique, the extent of its repertory and its control of all the kinds. The singer and player of tanburag Es' haq Baloch-Nasab are a specialist in the vocal kind and the ritual one of fright guâti damâli; as for the singer Shemshok Behrouz, they one of the rare female interpreters is largely recognized area of Makran. They will be accompanied by three remarkable instrumentalists: Musa Baloch, virtuoso of the flute doubles doneli, Abolqasem Hoseyni-Nejad, specialist in the benju, a small zither with keyboard of typewriter, and Ahmad Hoseyni-Nejad, one of the best players of drum dholak of the area.
 

Source: translated from a French article found at the following link: http://www.adem.ch/Iran/baloutchistan.html