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Hossein Alizâdeh
12+ albums
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Hossein Alizâdeh (b. 1950) is an Iranian musician and composer. Born in Tehran, he was traditionally trained. He learned the Radif of Persian classical music with various masters of the tradition including Houshang Zarif, Ali Akbar Shahnazi, NurAli Borumand, Mahmood Karimi, Abdollah Davami, Yousef Foroutan, and Saied Hormozi, and later recorded the entire body of the Radif based on the interpretation of Mirza Abdullah for tar and setar. He also received a B.A. in Music Composition and Performance from the University of Tehran, and later studied Composition and Musicology at the University of Berlin. He has taught at the University of Tehran and the Tehran Music Conservatory. Alizâdeh has led a solo career, performing both in Iran and throughout North America, Europe and Asia. He was the conductor and soloist in the Iranian National Orchestra of Radio and Television, established the acclaimed Aref Ensemble and worked with the Shayda Ensemble. His first professional experience in Europe was playing in the orchestra of the famous Bejart Ballet Company in Maurice Bejart's ballet, Gulistan. Some of Alizâdehs most noted compositions are Ney Navâ (1983), Torkaman (1986), Turtles can Fly (2004), Endless Vision (2004), Under the Cutting Blade (2007) and Ode to Flowers (2007). The album, Endless Vision has been nominated for the Best World Music Album of the Year 2006 in the 49th Edition of the Grammy Awards. Alizâdeh established the Hamavayan Ensemble in 1989 with a new approach t
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