Keivan Saket () (born 1961 in Mashhad) is an Iranian composer and university professor and Tar and

Setar A setar (, ) (lit: "Three String (music), Strings") is a stringed instrument, a type of lute used in Persian traditional music, played solo or accompanying voice. It is a member of the tanbur family of long-necked lutes with a range of more than ...

Player, and author of 12 books for Tar and Setar.

Early life

Keivan Saket was born in 1961 to a family 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. ...

. He began music and painting from childhood with the support of his parents. He was a pupil of painting masters such as Sadegh Pour in drawing, Master Pirasteh in coloration and Master Davvalo in

watercolor Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (Commonwealth English; see American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin 'water'), is a painting metho ...

. His first music lessons came from his uncle, Manochehr Zamanian, in Children and Teenagers’ Music Workshop founded in Mashhad by National Broadcasting Organization under the management of Morteza Delshab. After a short time Manochehr Zamanian left Mashhad in order to pursue his education. Some time later, his townsman and his uncle's friend Hamid Motabassem, came to Mashhad and started teaching in the same workshop. He had taught music in Arts Academy of

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. ...

, and for two successive summers before the Islamic Revolution he continued teaching there. After the Islamic Revolution Motabassem moved to Mashhad and became friends with Saket. After some time he returned to Tehran and then went overseas.

Career

Keivan Saket founded the Vaziri Band in 1996 and performed many works with this band. In 1990 he was invited as a musician and a soloist to Aref band by

Parviz Meshkatian Parviz Meshkatian (Persian: پرويز مشكاتيان; May 15, 1955 – September 21, 2009) was an Iranian musician, composer, researcher and university lecturer. Biography Born in Neyshabur, Meshkatian entered the Tehran Academy of Ar ...

. The result of this cooperation is works like Afshari Morakkab, Ofoqe Mehr, Vatan Man sung by

Iraj Bastami Iraj Bastami () (November 22, 1957 — December 26, 2003) was a Persian classical music Persian traditional music or Iranian traditional music, also known as Persian classical music or Iranian classical music, refers to the art music, classica ...

, and Magham-e Sabr composed by Master Meshkatian with Saket's tar and setar solo. Concerts inside and outside of

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were among Saket's activities. He founded The Big Orchestra of Keivan Saket with more than 60 musicians and singers. The group had many successful concerts in Tehran.

Works

Albums and performances

*Jãmeh-Darãn

Tar Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation. Tar can be produced from coal, wood, petroleum, or peat. "a dark brown or black b ...

and

soloing in Esfahan, Shoor and chãrgãh *Sabokbãl 18 Chãhãr Mezrãb written in the book of Sabokbal * Ey Vatan remaking and performing some of the works of

Alinaghi 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 a ...

with singing of Fazel Jamshidi and piano playing of

Hooman Khalatbari Hooman Khalatbari () is an Austrian- Iranian music conductor and pianist. He started playing piano from age 6 and earned his B.Mus. from Tehran University of Art in 1996. Between 1988 and 1996, he was the principal pianist of Tehran Symphony Orc ...

*Becoming familiar with Dashti melody, performing some lessons of second book new teaching styles of Tar and Setar *Fasaneh performing Abo Ata, Rast Panjgah with Vaziri Orchestra with singing of

* Didare Shargh Va Gharb performing Morgh-e Sahar with singing of Fazel Jamshidi and performing 8 famous songs of the world composed by West stars with Tar and piano accompanying of Maziar Heydari *Ghasedak Setar soloing accompanying vocalizing poem by Zhale Sadeghian one of the contemporary poets * East of Sorrow performing Tar and stringed orchestra in the first two sections: Iranian and then music of West different eras with cooperation of Omid Nikbin, Navid Mostafa Pour and Behnam Abolghasem * Bi Carvan koli performing works composed by Saket with Vaziri Orchestra with singing of

in tune of Shooshtari and

Shoor The ''tsuur'' ( цуур, Mongolian), ''choor'' (Kyrgyz), ''chuur'' ( шоор, Tuvan), ''sybyzgy'' (Kazakh), or '' kurai'' (Bashkir) is an end-blown flute of varying lengths that is common among Inner Asian pastoralists. In western Mongolia ...

* Mah Banoo old popular songs Sadigh Tarif melody *Shargh Andooh *Illuminations *Ballad of Cypress *Naghmehye Mehr (Not released in Iran) *Composition, making and performing ten programs in the style of Golhaye Javidan. Naghmehaye Javidan ordered by Music Unit of National Broadcasting Organization, vocalized by Zhale Sadeghian and Saket soloing and Hasan Nahid (reed) and Mahmood Mohammadi (clarinet) and Sina Jahanabadi (Kamancheh) and performing of Vaziri Orchestra and singing of Salar Ahgili – Reza Rezaee – Mohsen Roh Afza – Amir Tafti and Fazel Jamshidi *Making 15-minute programs under the title of Ghowl va Ghazal (Word and Lyric), performing with Setar for recognizing and decomposition and analysis of Iranian music row in two description: one what he has written in his books one and the other

Mirza Abdollah Mirza Abdollah, also known as Agha Mirza Abdollah Farahani (‎; 1843–1918), was a tar and setar player. He is among the most significant musicians in Iran's history. Born in Shiraz, he and his younger brother Mirza Hossein-Qoli started learn ...

’s one. *Mitaravad Mahtab with

Salar Aghili Salar Aghili (, ; born 2 December 1977), known by his full name Mir Salar Moslemi Aghili, is a classical and Persian traditional singer.روزنامهٔ ایران �/ref> (). His spouse, Harir Shariat–Zadeh is a Persian musician who plays p ...

’s singing *Raghse Angoshtan (memorial of Moscow trip captured in Chaikovsky Conservatory) *Key Miresad Baran with Sina Sarlak's singing and Hormoz Naser Sharifi's poems

Books

* ''

'' in 12 volumes, 6 of which has been published * ''Allegre'' 18 four plectrums for Tar and Setar * ''The Wave'' the note of a number of songs of East of Sorrow and Illuminations albums * ''Perpetual Movement'' 20 Useful Studies for the Tar and Setar * ''Charkhe-E-Niloofari'' 20 Useful studies for Tar and Setar * ''Eight Famous Song of the World'' notes of classic songs in the album of Sharg va Gharb (East and West) * ''The Solace of the Willow'' (15 simple four plectrums) * ''Practical radif of Iranian Classical Music''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saket, Keivan 1961 births Living people Iranian composers Iranian setar players Iranian tar players Iranian music educators Musicians from Mashhad