Hossein Alizadeh (Persian: حسین علیزاده), is a distinguished 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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Hossein Alizadeh (Persian: حسین علیزاده), is a distinguished 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.
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.
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