Ali-Asghar Bahari () (b. 1905 – d. June 10, 1995) was an Iranian musician and

kamancheh The kamancheh (also kamānche or kamāncha) (, , , ) is an Iranian bowed string instrument used in Persian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Kurdish, Georgian, Turkmen, and Uzbek music with slight variations in the structure of the instrument. Th ...

player. He was born in

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

from Baharian parents and started his music lessons under his grandfather Mohammad Taghi Khan, who was a

player as well. He started his own music school in

Mashhad Mashhad ( ; ), historically also known as Mashad, Meshhed, or Meshed in English, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. ...

, then moved back to

and became a

instructor in Honarestan under

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. Ea ...

. He toured

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, Italy, England and the United States. He died in

on June 10, 1995. There is a photo of Bahari a
this site
he is in the center of the photo.

References

*Haghighat, A., Honarmandan e Irani az Aghaz ta Emrooz, Koomesh Publication, 2004, (in Persian)
Ali Asghar Bahari on Iran Chamber Society

External links

* 1905 births 1995 deaths Iranian kamancheh players People from Hamadan province Burials at Emamzadeh Taher Musicians from Tehran 20th-century Iranian people {{string-musician-stub