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Artist
Parviz Meshkatian
12+ albums
santurIranianPersianpersian traditionalinstrumental
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Parviz Meshkātiān (Persian: پرویز مشکاتیان) (May 13, 1955 – September 21, 2009) was an Iranian musician, composer and legendary santur player. Meshkatian was born in the year 1955 in the city of Neyshābūr, Iran. He started his musical training at the age of six with his late father, Hassan Meshkatian. The late Meshkatian played the tar and the santur masterfully and was also familiar with the violin and the setar, having himself learned music from his father. At an early age, Meshkatian entered the Tehran Academy of Arts, where he studied music theory and technique and was introduced to Radif (the Persian classical music repertoire) by the masters Noor Ali Boroomand, Dariush Safvat, Mohammad Taghi Massoudieh, and Mehdi Barkeshli. He focused on the Radif of Mirza Abdollah for santur and setar and chose the Radif of Mirza Abdollah as his main topic of research. After finishing his academic studies, Meshkatian continued the study of music with such masters as the late Abdollah Davami, Saied Hormozi, and Yusef Forutan. He has won the first prize in santur performance at the Barbad competition. Meshkatian taught santur at the Center for the Preservation and Dissemination of Music where he also served as ensemble leader. In 1977, Meshkatian founded the Aref Ensemble, which has brought a number of vocalists and musicians to prominence. He has composed numerous songs and pieces of music, all of which the ensemble has recorded and performed at concerts in Europe and America. The e
