Next Concert: May 31, 2008 Glen Echo Park, MD

The Sama Ensemble was founded by Ali Analouei and formed from students of the Center for Classical Persian Music (CPCM) in 1998.

The Ensemble's name is adopted from the ritual 'Sufi dance', and has performed a variety of annual concerts and monthly recitals during the past seven years in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area; including the renowned Kennedy Center of performing Arts, and The Corcoran Gallery for the arts.