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Hossein Alizadeh
(Persian: ???? ???????), is a distinguished [1] Iranian composer, Radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and excellent tar and setar instrumentalist and improviser, dubbed by many as an Ostad (i.e. Maestro) of Persian music. He is considered by critics to be one of the most influential artists of his generation.
He has made numerous recording with prominent musicians including Shajarian, Nazeri, Khaladj, Gasparyan, etcetera.
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Biography
Alizadeh was born in 1951 in
Tehran.Hossein Alizadeh is one of Iran's leading classical composers and musicians. A virtuosic player of the six-stringed
Persian tar, four-stringed Persian sehtar and eleven-stringed
Azeri tar, Alizadeh has continued to extend the musical traditions of his homeland. In addition to composing orchestral pieces such as "Riders of the Plains of Hope," "Revolt," "Ney Nava," "Torkaman," "Raz-O-Niaz" and "Song of Compassion," Alizadeh has recorded the entire
Radif, based on an interpretation by Mirza Abdullah.
Alizadeh was destined to become a musician. His mother, a
Persian from Arak, and his father, an
Azeri from Urmia, both loved music. In 1962, shortly after seeing his first tar in a Tehran music store, Alizadeh began taking lessons in the instrument. By his late teens, he had mastered the stringed instrument. His knowledge of music was further expanded during the childhood summers that he spent in
Tabriz and
Urmiya, two major cities of the
East Azarbaijan and
West Azarbaijan provinces respectively.
Following his graduation from a high school-level music conservatory, Alizadeh worked as a composer at the Center for the Intellectual Development of Children in Tehran, studied at the Center for the promotion of Classical Persian Music and attended art college. After earning a bachelor's degree in music composition and performance from the School of Music at the University of Tehran, he continued with graduate studies at the University of Fine Arts in Tehran. In the aftermath of the Islamic revolution of 1979, Alizadeh became increasingly interested in
Azeri music and went to
Tabriz to study with
Ali Salimi.
Alizadeh began his professional musical career with the Iranian National Orchestra, rising to the position of conductor and soloist of the National Orchestra of Radio and Television of Iran. He continued to promote Persian classical music with the Aref Ensemble and the Shayda Ensemble. Alizadeh's first professional experience in Europe came when he joined the orchestra of the Bejart Ballet Company for performances of the Maurice Bejart ballet, Gulistan." In the early 1980s, Alizadeh studied composition and musicology at the University of Berlin. Alizadeh has taught at the University of Tehran and the Tehran Music Conservatory. In the fall of 1997, he taught world music at Cal Arts in Velencia
Awards
He has been nominated for the 2007 Grammy Award along with Armenian musician,
Djivan Gasparyan, for their collaboration album,
The Endless Vision
.
In 2008, he was voted as "Iran's most distinguished musician of the year".
Inventions
- Dâd o Bidâd
: A new maqâm in Persian music, through combining the gusheh of dâd in dastgah of Mahour and the gusheh of bidâd in dastgah of Homayoun.
- Sallaneh
and Shoor-Angiz
: Two new musical instruments derived from the ancient Persian lute barbat
.
Works
- Ode to Flowers
2007
H Alizadeh: Shoor-Angiz
A Rassai: Vocals
M Khaladj: Tombak & Daf
A Boustan: Setar
P Akhavas: Vocals
N Alizadeh: Robab
S Alizadeh: Kamancheh
- Endless Vision
2006
Hossein Alizadeh: Shoor-Angiz
Djivan Gasparyan:Duduk
- Faryad (The Cry)
2005
MR Shajaian: Vocals
Hossein Alizadeh: Tar
Keyhan Kalhor: Kamancheh
H Shajarian: Vocals & tombak
- Sallaneh
2003
Hossein Alizadeh: Sallaneh
- Bi To Be Sar Nemishavad (Without You)
2002
MR Shajaian: Vocals
Hossein Alizadeh: Tar
Keyhan Kalhor: Kamancheh
H Shajarian: Vocals & tombak
- Iran: Les Maitres de L'Improvisation
2000
Hossein Alizadeh: Tar
Madjid Khaladj: Tombak
- Zemestan ast (It's Winter)
2000
Mehdi Akhavan Sales: Poems
MR Shajaian: Vocals
Hossein Alizadeh: Tar
Keyhan Kalhor: Kamancheh
H Shajarian: Vocals & tombak
- Raz-e No (New Secret)
1999
Hossein Alizadeh: Composer, Tar, Tanbur
Mohsen Keramati, Afsaneh Rasayi, Homa Niknam, Ali Samadpour: Vocals
Daryush Zargari: Tombak
- Paria, Qesseh-ye Dokhtara-ye Nane Darya (Paria, Tale of Daughters of the Mother Sea)
- Sobhgahi
Hossein Alizadeh: Composer
Mohsen Karamati: Vocals
- No Bang-e Kohan (Ancient Call-Anew)
- Ava-ye Mehr (Song of Campassion)
1991
Hossein Alizadeh: Composer
Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments of Iran
- Shourangiz (Song of Campassion)
1988
Hossein Alizadeh: Composer
Sheyda and Aref Groups
Shahram Nazeri: Vocals
- Raz-o-Niaz
1986
Hossein Alizadeh: Composer
Sheyda and Aref Groups
Alireza Eftekhari: Vocals
- Torkaman
1986
Hossein Alizadeh: Setar
- Dream
1986
- NeyNava
1983
Hossein Alizadeh: Composer
String Orchestra of the National Radio and Television of Iran
Djamshid Andalibi: Ney Solist
- Osyan (Revolt)
1983
- Hesar
1977
- Hamnavayi
Hossein Alizadeh: Tar
Arshad Tahmasbi: Tar
Dariush Zargari: Tombak
- Savaran-e Dasht-e Omid (Riders of the Plain of Hope)
1977
- Chahargah & Bayat-e Tork
Hossein Alizadeh: Tar, Setar
Hossein Omumi: Nei, Vocals
M Ghavihelm: Tombak
- Paykubi
Hossein Alizadeh: Setar
Daryush Zargari: Tombak
- Nava
1976
Hossein Alizadeh: Tar
Majid Khalaj: Tombak
- Homayun
Hossein Alizadeh: Setar
Majid Khalaj: Tombak
References
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