- Hossein Alizadeh
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Hossein Alizadeh
Img_size = 150
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Born = 1951
Origin =Tehran ,Iran
Instrument = Sallaneh, [Tar] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_%28lute%29] ,Setar
Genre =Persian music ,Sound track
Occupation =Composer , Setar and Tar player
Years_active = 1973–presentHossein Alizadeh (PerB|حسین علیزاده), is a distinguished [ [http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/News/?id=51431 همشهری آنلاین ] ] Iranian
composer , Radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and excellent tar and setarinstrumentalist andimprovisor , dubbed by many as anOstad (Master) ofPersian music . He is considered by critics to be one of the most influential artists of his generation.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-stringedAzeri 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 inTabriz andUrmiya , two major cities of theAzerbaijani region ofIran . Tuning into a radio station from SovietAzerbaijani , he became enchanted byAzeri music .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 toTabriz to study withAli 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
[http://cdbaby.com/cd/hamavayan]
*"Endless Vision"
2006
Hossein Alizadeh: Shoor-AngizDjivan Gasparyan :Duduk
[http://www.worldvillagemusic.com/anglais/album.php?album_id=64 World Village Music]
*"Faryad (The Cry)"
2005
MR Shajaian: Vocals
Hossein Alizadeh: TarKeyhan Kalhor :Kamancheh
H Shajarian: Vocals &tombak
[http://www.worldvillagemusic.com/anglais/album.php?album_id=31 World Village Music]
*"Sallaneh"
2003
Hossein Alizadeh: Sallaneh
[http://www.mahoor.ir/product_detail.asp?Pic_id=130 Mahoor Institute]
*"Bi To Be Sar Nemishavad (Without You)"
2002
MR Shajaian: Vocals
Hossein Alizadeh: TarKeyhan Kalhor :Kamancheh
H Shajarian: Vocals & tombak
[http://www.worldvillagemusic.com/anglais/album.php?album_id=22 World Village Music]
*"Iran: Les Maitres de L'Improvisation"
2000
Hossein Alizadeh: TarMadjid Khaladj : Tombak
[http://www.budamusique.com/ Buda Records]
*"Zemestan ast (It's Winter)"
2000Mehdi Akhavan Sales :Poems
MR Shajaian: Vocals
Hossein Alizadeh: TarKeyhan Kalhor :Kamancheh
H Shajarian: Vocals & tombak
[http://www.soroush.co.uk/viewitem.asp?idproduct=269 Soroush Co.]
*"Raz-e No (New Secret)"
1999
Hossein Alizadeh: Composer, Tar,Tanbur Mohsen Keramati ,Afsaneh Rasayi ,Homa Niknam ,Ali Samadpour : VocalsDaryush Zargari : Tombak
[http://www.mahoor.ir/product_detail.asp?Pic_id=50 Mahoor Institute]
*"Paria, Qesseh-ye Dokhtara-ye Nane Darya (Paria, Tale of Daughters of the Mother Sea)"
*"Sobhgahi"
Hossein Alizadeh: ComposerMohsen Karamati : Vocals
[http://www.mahoor.ir/product_detail.asp?Pic_id=18 Mahoor Institute]
*"No Bang-e Kohan (Ancient Call-Anew)"
[http://www.mahoor.ir/product_detail.asp?Pic_id=28 Mahoor Institute]
*"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 GroupsShahram Nazeri : Vocals
[http://www.mahoor.ir/product_detail.asp?Pic_id=10 Mahoor Institute]
*"Raz-o-Niaz"
1986
Hossein Alizadeh: Composer
Sheyda and Aref GroupsAlireza Eftekhari : Vocals
[http://www.mahoor.ir/product_detail.asp?Pic_id=16 Mahoor Institute]
*"Torkaman"
1986
Hossein Alizadeh: Setar
[http://www.mahoor.ir/product_detail.asp?Pic_id=12 Mahoor Institute]
*"Dream"
1986
*"NeyNava"
1983
Hossein Alizadeh: Composer
String Orchestra of the National Radio and Television of IranDjamshid Andalibi :Ney Solist
*"Osyan (Revolt)"
1983
*"Hesar"
1977
*"Hamnavayi"
Hossein Alizadeh: TarArshad Tahmasbi : TarDariush Zargari : Tombak
[http://www.mahoor.ir/product_detail.asp?Pic_id=23 Mahoor Institute]
*"Savaran-e Dasht-e Omid (Riders of the Plain of Hope)"
1977
*"Chahargah & Bayat-e Tork"
Hossein Alizadeh: Tar, SetarHossein Omumi :Nei , Vocals
M Ghavihelm: Tombak
[http://www.mahoor.ir/product_detail.asp?Pic_id=93 Mahoor Institute]
*"Paykubi"
Hossein Alizadeh: SetarDaryush Zargari : Tombak
[http://www.mahoor.ir/product_detail.asp?Pic_id=24 Mahoor Institute]
*"Nava"
1976
Hossein Alizadeh: TarMajid Khalaj : Tombak
[http://www.mahoor.ir/product_detail.asp?Pic_id=25 Mahoor Institute]
*"Homayun"
Hossein Alizadeh: SetarMajid Khalaj : Tombak
[http://www.mahoor.ir/product_detail.asp?Pic_id=26 Mahoor Institute]References
* Laudan Nooshin, in "The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians", edited by Stanley Sadie, second edition (Macmillan, London, 2001). ISBN 1561592390. (Oxford University Press, 2001). ISBN 0195170679.
Film scores
* "
Half Moon ", 2006.
* "Turtles can fly", 2004.
* "Abjad" ("First Letter"), 2003, composed byAbolfazl Jalili .
* "Zamani baraye masti asbha" ("A Time for Drunken Horses "), 2000.
* "Doxtarân e xorshid" ('Daughters of the Sun") directed by Maryam Shahriyâ, 2000.
* "Gabbeh", 1995.
* "Del Shodegân" directed byAli Hatami , 1992.
* "Az A'sar", ("From Eons Ago")External links
* [http://www.iranchamber.com/music/halizadeh/hossein_alizadeh.php Hossein Alizadeh at Iran chamber society]
* [http://www.parstimes.com/musicians/hossein_alizadeh/ Hossein Alizadeh and Hamavayan Ensemble at Parstimes.com]
* [http://www.iranian.com/Sep96/Arts/Alizadeh/Alizadeh.html Hossein Alizadeh at Iranian.com]
* [http://www.setar.info/Alizadeh.htm Hossein Alizadeh at Setar.info]
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