Sharif Lotfi (

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: شریف لطفی, born 16 May 1950) is an

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, composer,

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and Music pedagogue. He is the founder of the Faculty of Music of Tehran University of Arts and one of the professors of this university.

Biography

Sharif Lotfi was born on May 16, 1950 in the city of

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. He left for

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is th ...

at the age of ten due to a change in his father's job. At the age of twelve, he entered the Tehran Conservatory of Music with the encouragement of his father, who was a student of

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, and studied the horn as a specialized instrument under Morteza Hananeh. After receiving a

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in music, Sharif Lotfi worked simultaneously with the

Tehran Symphony Orchestra The Tehran Symphony Orchestra (TSO, fa, ارکستر سمفونیک تهران), founded in 1933, is Iran's oldest and largest symphony orchestra. It was founded as the ''Municipality Symphony Orchestra'' by Gholamhossein Minbashian, before enteri ...

, the Tehran

Opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libre ...

Orchestra and the

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Orchestra as a

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player. After completing a bachelor's degree in music at the Tehran Conservatory of Music, he was awarded a government

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by the

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and Arts as an honorary student. He continued his studies at the Academy of Music in

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in the field of

music pedagogy Music education is a field of practice in which educators are trained for careers as elementary or secondary music teachers, school or music conservatory ensemble directors. Music education is also a research area in which scholars do origin ...

and

orchestra conducting Conducting is the art of directing a musical performance, such as an orchestral or choral concert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture." The primary duti ...

, and at the same time joined the

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and the

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as a French horn player. He studied with professors such as Bruckner Rogerberg, Schrutter and

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. Sharif Lotfi returned to Iran in 1977 after completing his postgraduate studies in the fields of music pedagogy and conducting an orchestra. He first became a member of the faculty of the Higher Conservatory of Music and later a member of the faculty of Tehran University of Arts. For a while, he was the director of the Tehran Conservatory of Music, and after that, he founded and led the

Tehran University The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching p ...

Symphony Orchestra. After planning and compiling music studies, in 1991, he founded the Free Music Education Center of the University of Arts, and finally in 1994, he succeeded in establishing the first music school in Iran, entitled "Music School of Tehran University of Arts" on the

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campus of the University of Arts. He was the conductor of the Bahman Cultural Center Symphony Orchestra, the re-registration and re-establishment of the Iranian Philharmonic Association, the establishment of the

Gilan University The University of Guilan ( fa, دانشگاه گیلان, ''Danushgah-e Gilân'') is an institute of higher education and graduate studies in Rasht, a large city in the province of Guilan, in Northern Iran, bordering the Caspian Sea. It has near ...

Music Ensemble, and the conductor of the Tehran Philharmonic Orchestra after the 1957 Revolution. Sharif Lotfi, the founder, a member of the faculty and one of the professors of the Faculty of Music of Tehran University of Arts, was the dean of the Faculty of Music of the University of Arts until the end of 2010. By the end of his presidency at the Faculty of Music, he succeeded in launching the following disciplines: composition, playing Iranian music, playing world music (classical) and military music at the undergraduate level, as well as disciplines: composing, playing Iranian music, playing world music (classical) and

ethnomusicology Ethnomusicology is the study of music from the cultural and social aspects of the people who make it. It encompasses distinct theoretical and methodical approaches that emphasize cultural, social, material, cognitive, biological, and other dim ...

. He received his master's degree. The soundtrack of the film ''Madian'' is one of his works, which in 1985, won the Golden Tablet Award and the Diploma of Honor for the best soundtrack of the fourth

Fajr Film Festival Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بین‌المللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. T ...

. The book ''The New Method of Basics of Music Performance'' by him was selected as the book of the year in 2003. His brother Ebrahim Lotfi is a famous

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and teacher.

Artwork

Among the works of Sharif Lotfi, the following can be mentioned:

Composing

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for

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and Orchestra * Silk Road * Etude for Horn * Soroush for violin and orchestra * Color Mahour * National Student Olympiad Anthem * Arranging music of Iranian regions for Iranian instrumental orchestra (local 1, 2, 3 and 4) * A piece for

singer Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...

, piano and

choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which s ...

* Nava, for four Iranian instruments * ''Local music'' album (with score) * ''Dafineh'' Music Album, (2021)

Movie and TV series Music

* ''Madian'' (Ali Zhakan) * ''Saman'' (Ahmad Nik Azar) * ''Beside the ponds'' (Yadollah Novonsori) * ''The girl by the swamp'' (Ali Zhakan) * ''Iron Bird'' (Ali Shah Hatami) * ''Travelers of Anar Valley'' (Yadollah Novonsori) * ''Wild Deer'' (Hamid Khairuddin) * ''Two companions'' (Asghar Hashemi) * ''Mountain Silence'' (Yadollah Novonsori) * ''Rana'' Series (Davood Mirbagheri) * ''Jasmine perfume'' series (Bahman Zarrinpour)

Books

* ''Musical Thoughts - Dibayeh Publishing'' - 2013 * ''New method of music performance principles'' - University of Arts Publications - 2002

Awards

* Special commendation plaque and statuette of the Science Promotion Award from the twelfth Iranian Science Promotion Award, 2011 * Winner of the 21st edition of the Book of the Year for writing the book The New Method of the Basics of Music Performance, 2003 * Placing a statue of Sharif Lotfi in the passage of Kish Island artists, 2000 * Selected Professor of Tehran University of Arts, 1995 * Receive the Golden Plate and the Diploma of Honor for the best soundtrack from the 4th Fajr Film Festival for the music of the film Madian, 1985

References

External links

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Sharif Lotfi at scribdSharif Lotfi's website
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