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List Of Persian Violinists
This is a list of notable Persian and Iranian violinists. Persian violinists *Abolhasan Saba (1902–1957) *Parviz Yahaghi (1936–2007) *Ruhollah Khaleghi (1906–1965) *Ali-Naqi Vaziri (1887–1979) *Ali Tajvidi (1919–2006) *Homayoun Khorram (1930–2013) *Shahrdad Rohani (born 1954) *Khachik Babayan (born 1956) *Mojtaba Mirzadeh (1945–2005) *Arsalan Kamkar (born 1960) *Mahmoud Zolfonoun (1920–2013) *Reza Mahjubi (1898–1954) *Bijan Mortazavi (born 1957) References {{reflist Lists of violinists, Persian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abolhasan Saba
Abolhasan Saba (; April 15, 1902 – December 19, 1957) was a renowned Iranian composer, violinist, and setar player. Biography He was born in Tehran to Abul Qasim Khan ''Kamal ol-Saltaneh'', son of Mohammad Jafar Khan ''Sadr ol-Hekma'', son of Mahmud Khan Kashi ''Malak ol-Shoara'' ''Sadr ol-Shoara'' ''Saba ol-Shoara'', son of Mohammad Hossain Khan ''Malak ol-Shoara''. He studied several Iranian musical instruments, Iranian and non-Iranic musical instruments and became an Ostad in Radif (music), Radif, but he selected violin and setar as his specific instruments. He was a student of Mirza Abdollah as well as Darvish Khan. Saba is one of Iran's most influential traditional and instrumental Persian traditional music, Persian music figures. His first radio recording was in 1927 when he played violin alongside Iran's famous singer Ruhangis. Notable Pupils Amongst his many students who went on to become great masters of Persian traditional music were Faramarz Payvar, Manoochehr S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parviz Yahaghi
Parviz Yahaghi (; September 23, 1935 – February 2, 2007) was a distinguished Iranian composer and violinist. He resided in Tehran for practically his whole life, and was born and died there. Biography His birth name was Parviz Sedighi Parsi. He was musically educated primarily by his uncle Hossein Yahaghi, a violinist and violin teacher, from whom Parviz adopted the Yahaghi name. During his youth Parviz was exposed to many highly professional musicians in Tehran who were friends of his uncle. A notable visitor at his uncle's house was the violin teacher, composer, and musicologist Abolhasan Saba, who is credited with making improvements in violin playing technique in the Persian tradition. Saba published a two-volume training manual for the violin in 1944-45. Works Starting from about 20 years, Parviz Yahaghi was employed for a little over two decades as a musician with the Iranian government-financed radio station. In the 1960s and 1970s at the radio station he compo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruhollah Khaleghi
Ruhollah Khaleqi ( ; 1906 – 12 November 1965) was a prominent Iranian composer, conductor and author. He is best known for composing the patriotic song " Ey Iran". He was the father of Golnoush Khaleghi—Iran's first female conductor. Early life and education Khaleqi was born in Mahan, a small town near Kerman, in a musically minded family. He first became acquainted with the tar, but later started to learn to play the violin. As soon as Ali-Naqi Vaziri established his school of music, Khaleqi left school and joined Vaziri's school, where he studied for eight years. Soon he became his master's assistant and was placed in charge of teaching music theory. He later continued his education and obtained a BA in Persian language and literature at the University of Tehran. Career In 1944, Khaleqi established the National Music Society. In 1949, he founded the School of National Music and established the Tehran-based National Music Society and Persian National Music Cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali-Naqi Vaziri
Ali-Naqi Vaziri (; October 1, 1886 in Tehran – September 9, 1979) was a composer, thinker and a celebrated player of the tar. He is considered a revolutionary icon in the history of 20th-century Persian music. His name was also transcribed as Ali Naghi Vaziri. Ali-Naqi Vaziri was born in October 1, 1886, in Tehran, Qajar Iran. He was one of the seven children of Musa Khan Vaziri (a prominent official in the Persian Cossack Brigade) and Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi, a notable Iranian writer, satirist and one of the pioneering figures in the women's movement of Iran; her book ''Ma'ayeb al-Rejal'' (Failings of Men, also translated as Vices of Men) is considered by some as the first declaration of women's rights in the modern history of Iran. The celebrated painter Hassan Ali Khan Vaziri was his brother. Ali-Naqi Vaziri was a master of Persian classical music, so he was able to play the tar in a style very reminiscent of that of Mirza Abdollah. He always looked for new dimensions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Tajvidi
Ali Tajvidi (; November 7, 1919 – March 15, 2006) was an Iranian musician, composer, violinist, songwriter, and music professor at the School of National Music and Tehran University. He composed more than 150 songs and discovered and produced for many Persian performers such as Delkash and Hayedeh. He was born in Tehran, where his father was active as a painter in the style of Kamal-ol-Molk. In his youth he took violin lessons for two years under Hossein Yahaghi (uncle of Parviz Yahaghi) and for many years was under the tutelage of Abol-Hassan Saba for the violin as well.See biography of Ali Tajvidi at the Rouhollah Khaleghi Artistic CenterRKAC.com/ref> also took Harmony lessons under Houshang Ostovar. After 1941, having developed his violin technique considerably, Tajvidi performed regularly as a violin soloist in Radio Iran programs. In later years, he conducted two orchestras, for which he wrote numerous compositions. Asheqi Sheyda, Be Yad-e Saba, Atash-e Karevan, Didi ke Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homayoun Khorram
Ostad Homayoun Khorram (), (June 30, 1930 – January 17, 2013) was an Iranian musician, composer, violinist, and a member of the high council of Iran's house of music. Khorram began his music career as a violinist at the age of 10 by participating in master Abolhassan Saba violin and Radif classes. After four years of lessons, Khorram entered the State National Radio Orchestra as a violin soloist and afterwards as a concert maestro. Due to the genius musical talent and passion he start to work as a leading composer of the National Radio at the age of 21. At the same time with music education, he followed up academic education and acquired MSc degree in electrical engineering. On one occasion, Khorram commented that he found music and engineering complementary rather than contradictory, both having roots in mathematics. During his career specially as soloist and composer in the famous radio musical program Golha Khorram composed many songs for notable singers including Hoss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahrdad Rohani
Shahrdad Rohani, also known as Shardad Rohani (; born 27 May 1954), is an Iranian-American composer, violinist/pianist, and conductor. His style is contemporary and he is well known for composing and conducting classical, instrumental, adult contemporary/new age, film soundtrack as well as pop music. He was the principal conductor and music director of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra from 2016 to 2020. Early life He was born in 1954 in Tehran, Iran. His father, Reza Rohani, was an accomplished musician and as a result, Shahrdad and all of his brothers including Anoushiravan Rohani and Ardeshir Rohani followed in their father's footsteps. He began playing the piano at age 6, like many of his other brothers. As a child, he was a student to a well-known Persian violinist, Ebrahim Rouhifar. At age 10 he attended the Persian National Music Conservatory of Tehran. By 1975, he was studying Composition and Orchestra Conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. In 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khachik Babayan
Khachik Babayan is an Iranian-Armenian violin player. He was a student of Manoug Parikian. Life Khachik Babayan was born in 1956 in Tabriz, Iran. He began to play the violin when he was four. At the age of seven, he began violin studies with his first violin teacher, Zaven Yedigarian. In 1972, he entered the Tehran Conservatory of Music. In 1974, Babayan was awarded first place in the Iranian Violinists Competition and was offered a scholarship to study music in England. In 1975, he began his musical studies at the Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the firs ... with Manoug Parikian. He graduated in violin performing with honors, and became an associate of The Royal College of Music in 1979. While living in England, he resided at 54 Sterndale Road, Londo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mojtaba Mirzadeh
Mojtaba Mirzadeh (; March 18, 1946 – July 17, 2005) was an Iranian – Kurdish violin, kamancheh, and setar master who was influential in Persian classical music, classical and folk Kurdish music, and also in Iranian pop music. He played, composed and Arrangement, arrangement music for many famous Kurdish and Iranian singers such as Hasan Zirak, Mazhar Khaleqi, Hayedeh, Moein (singer), Moein, Nader Golchin, Shahram Nazeri, Shahab Jezayeri, Googoosh, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Dariush Eghbali, Homeyra, Golpa, Alireza Eftekhari and Reza Saqaee. He was known by the music community as "the genius". Iranian classical and pop composer, says that Mirzadeh was the greatest musician that he ever saw in his life. He was also the composer for many films. Biography Mojtaba Mirzadeh was born on 18 March 1946 in the city of Ilam, Iran, Ilam. He grew up in a poor family. At the age of 9 he moved to Kermanshah, Iran with his family. He later moved to Tehran. He would make sounds from p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsalan Kamkar
The Kamkars (, ) is a Kurdish Iran musical family group of seven brothers and a sister, all from the city of Sanandaj, the capital of the Kurdistan province of Iran. The group has performed numerous concerts around the world, including their performance at the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony honoring Shirin Ebadi. After six years of absence, the Kamkars returned to the stage on January 11, 2024, with a concert titled ''Living Fire'' at Tehran's Espinas Hall. Blending Kurdish music, classical Iranian pieces, and global influences, the performance featured their signature fusion of traditional melodies with Western string and wind instruments. Group Members * Hooshang Kamkar - (director and composer of the group) *Bijan Kamkar - (lead singer and Tar, Rubab, Tombak, Dohol and Daf player) * Pashang Kamkar - (Santoor player) * Ghashang Kamkar - (Setar player) * Arjang Kamkar - (Tonbak player) * Arsalan Kamkar - ( Barbat, Oud and Violin player) *Ardeshir Kamkar - (Kamancheh and Gh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmoud Zolfonoun
Ostad (“Master”) Mahmoud Zoufonoun (Persian: محمود ذوالفنون, sometimes pronounced "Zolfonoon" or "Zolfonun"; 1 January 1920 – 19 October 2013) was an Iranian-born American musician accomplished in the art of Persian traditional music. Life and career Zoufonoun's interest in music began after he secretly listened to his father (Habib Zoufonoun) playing and teaching the tar. Habib began teaching his son the instrument at age 8. Aged twelve, already having become a local teacher for tar, Zoufonoun became interested in the violin. Since he was unable to obtain an instrument of his own he designed and made his own instrument. In the 1930s Zoufonoun moved to Shiraz where he learned musical notes from a clarinet teacher and took lessons in the violin. In 1936 (aged 16) Zoufonoun, at the prompting of his first violin teacher Mr. Vaziritabar, moved to Tehran where he took lessons from Rouben Gregorian. In the early 1940s Zoufonoun began playing solo's on Radio Iran. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reza Mahjubi
Reza Mahjubi (), (1898 – 14 July 1954) was a Persian (Iranian) composer and violinist. Biography Birth and Childhood Reza Mahjubi was born in 1898 in Tehran, into a musical family. His father, Abbasali Nazer, used to play ney, and his mother, Fakhrosadat, played piano. Both Reza and his younger brother, Morteza, therefore developed an early interest in music and later pursued careers as musicians. Teachers Mahjubi's first teacher was Hossein Hang Afarin, an army music officer. He was later taught by Ebrahim Ajang, but left these lessons after disagreeing with Ajang's emphasis on musical theory over less formal learning. Instead, he trained with Hossein Khan Esmail Zade, a master player of kamancheh, from whom Mahjubi also learned to play the violin. Professional life When Mahjubi was 16 his father opened a cafe in Tehran's Lalezar Street. Mahjubi and his brother played to entertain the customers, and quickly attracted attention. At 25 Mahjubi began to teach music classes; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
