Āghā Ali-Akbar Farāhāni ( fa, آقا علىاكبر ) was a notable and well known musician of
Persian Traditional Music and
Tar
Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation. Tar can be produced from coal, wood, petroleum, or peat. "a dark brown or black bit ...
and
Setar
A setar ( fa, سهتار, ) is a stringed instrument, a type of lute used in Persian traditional music, played solo or accompanying voice. It is a member of the tanbur family of long-necked lutes with a range of more than two and a half octa ...
player during the last century in
Persia
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. He was leading the musicians in the court of Naser al-Din Shah in the early years of Naser al-Din Shah`s reign. He was the father of two significant musicians,
Mirza Abdollah
Mirza Abdollah, also known as Agha Mirza Abdollah Farahani ( fa, میرزا عبدالله فراهانی) (1843–1918), was a tar and setar player. He is among the most significant musicians in Iran's history. Born in Shiraz, he and his young ...
and
Mirza Hossein Gholi
Mirza Hossein-Qoli ( fa, میرزا حسینقلی), also known as ''Agha Mirza Hosseingholi Farahani'' (1853 in Tehran – 1916 in Tehran) was a musician and tar player. He and his older brother Mirza Abdollah started learning music
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, and the paternal grandfather of another outstanding musician,
Ahmad Ebadi
Ahmad Ebādi (1906 – 1993) (Persian: احمد عبادی) was an Iranian musician and setar player. Born in Tehran, he was a member of the most extraordinary family of Iranian music. Ahmad's father, Mirza Abdollah, is arguably the most influe ...
, Mirza Abdollah's son and
Ali Akbar Shahnazi
Ali-Akbar Shahnazi () (12 May 1897 – 17 March 1985) was an Iranian musician and master of the tar.
Biography
Ostad Ali Akbar Shahnazi was born in Tehran, Iran in 1897. His father, Mirza Hossein Gholi, another master of tar, named him Ali ...
. He died in Iran in 1862 January.
References
*Farahani, Mehdi, A glimpse to Agha AliAkbar's life, Mahoor Music Quarterly, Vol.21, No 82, Winter 2019, P. 100
*Haghighat, A., Honarmandan e Irani az Aghaz ta Emrooz, Koomesh Publication, 2004, (in Persian)
*Khaleghi, R., Sargozasht e Musighi e Iran, Ferdowsi Publication, 1955, (in Persian)
Iran submits two documents for registration on UNESCO list ''Tehran Times''.
Iranian tar players
Year of death missing
Year of birth missing
Qajar courtiers
19th-century Iranian musicians
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