Keivan Saket ( fa, کیوان ساکت) (born 1961 in Mashhad) is an Iranian composer and university professor and Tar 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, and author of 12 books for Tar and Setar.
Early life
Keivan Saket was born in 1961 to a family in
Mashhad
Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...
. He began music and painting from childhood with the support of his parents. He was a pupil of painting masters such as Sadegh Pour in drawing, Master Pirasteh in coloration and Master Davvalo in
watercolor
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.
His first music lessons came from his uncle, Manochehr Zamanian, in Children and Teenagers’ Music Workshop founded in Mashhad by National Broadcasting Organization under the management of Morteza Delshab. After a short time Manochehr Zamanian left Mashhad in order to pursue his education. Some time later, his townsman and his uncle's friend
Hamid Motabassem, came to Mashhad and started teaching in the same workshop. He had taught music in Arts Academy of
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
, and for two successive summers before the Islamic Revolution he continued teaching there. After the Islamic Revolution Motabassem moved to Mashhad and became friends with Saket. After some time he returned to Tehran and then went overseas.
Career
Keivan Saket founded the Vaziri Band in 1996 and performed many works with this band. In 1990 he was invited as a musician and a soloist to Aref band by
Parviz Meshkatian
Parviz Meshkatian (Persian: پرويز مشكاتيان; May 15, 1955 – September 21, 2009) was an Iranian musician, composer, researcher and university lecturer.
Biography
Born in Nishapur, Meshkatian entered the Tehran Academy of Art ...
. The result of this cooperation is works like Afshari Morakkab, Ofoqe Mehr, Vatan Man sung by
Iraj Bastami
Iraj Bastami ( fa, ایرج بسطامی ) (November 22, 1957 — December 26, 2003) was a Persian classical musician and vocalist. Bastami died in the Bam earthquake
The 2003 Bam earthquake struck the Kerman province of southeastern Iran at ...
, and Magham-e Sabr composed by Master
Meshkatian with Saket's tar and setar solo.
Concerts inside and outside of
Iran
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were among Saket's activities. He founded The Big Orchestra of Keivan Saket with more than 60 musicians and singers. The group had many successful concerts in Tehran.
Works
Albums and performances
*Jãmeh-Darãn
Tar
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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 ...
soloing in Esfahan, Shoor and chãrgãh
*Sabokbãl 18
Chãhãr Mezrãb written in the book of Sabokbal
*
Ey Vatan remaking and performing some of the works of
Alinaghi Vaziri
Ali-Naqi Vaziri, also transcribed as Ali Naghi Vaziri (Persian: علی نقی وزیری) (October 1, 1886 in Tehran, Persia – September 9, 1979) was a composer, thinker and a celebrated player of the tar. He is considered a revolutionary ic ...
with singing of Fazel Jamshidi and piano playing of
Hooman Khalatbari
Hooman Khalatbari ( fa, هومن خلعتبری) is an Austrian- Iranian music conductor and pianist.
He started playing piano from age 6 and earned his B.Mus. from Tehran University of Art in 1996. Between 1988 and 1996, he was the principal p ...
*Becoming familiar with Dashti melody, performing some lessons of second book new teaching styles of Tar and Setar
*Fasaneh performing
Abo Ata,
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with Vaziri Orchestra with singing of
Iraj Bastami
Iraj Bastami ( fa, ایرج بسطامی ) (November 22, 1957 — December 26, 2003) was a Persian classical musician and vocalist. Bastami died in the Bam earthquake
The 2003 Bam earthquake struck the Kerman province of southeastern Iran at ...
*
Didare Shargh Va Gharb performing
Morgh-e Sahar with singing of Fazel Jamshidi and performing 8 famous songs of the world composed by West stars with Tar and piano accompanying of Maziar Heydari
*Ghasedak Setar soloing accompanying vocalizing poem by
Zhale Sadeghian one of the contemporary poets
*
East of Sorrow performing Tar and stringed orchestra in the first two sections: Iranian and then music of West different eras with cooperation of Omid Nikbin, Navid Mostafa Pour and
Behnam Abolghasem
*
Bi Carvan koli performing works composed by Saket with Vaziri Orchestra with singing of
Iraj Bastami
Iraj Bastami ( fa, ایرج بسطامی ) (November 22, 1957 — December 26, 2003) was a Persian classical musician and vocalist. Bastami died in the Bam earthquake
The 2003 Bam earthquake struck the Kerman province of southeastern Iran at ...
in tune of
Shooshtari and
Shoor
The tsuur (Mongolian), choor (Kyrgyz) or chuur (Tuvan) is an end-blown flute of varying lengths that is common among Inner Asian pastoralists.
It is similar to the sybyzgy (Kazakh) and kurai (Bashkir). In western Mongolia it is mainly used by t ...
*
Mah Banoo old popular songs Sadigh Tarif melody
*Shargh Andooh
*Illuminations
*Ballad of Cypress
*Naghmehye Mehr (Not released in Iran)
*Composition, making and performing ten programs in the style of
Golhaye Javidan. Naghmehaye Javidan ordered by Music Unit of National Broadcasting Organization, vocalized by
Zhale Sadeghian and Saket soloing and
Hasan Nahid (reed) and Mahmood Mohammadi (clarinet) and
Sina Jahanabadi (Kamancheh) and performing of Vaziri Orchestra and singing of Salar Ahgili – Reza Rezaee – Mohsen Roh Afza – Amir Tafti and Fazel Jamshidi
*Making 15-minute programs under the title of Ghowl va Ghazal (Word and Lyric), performing with Setar for recognizing and decomposition and analysis of Iranian music row in two description: one what he has written in his books one and the other
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 ...
’s one.
*Mitaravad Mahtab with
Salar Aghili
Salar Aghili ( fa, سالار عقیلی, Sâlâr Aqili, ; born 2 December 1977), known by his full name Mir Salar Moslemi Aghili, is a classical and Persian traditional singer.روزنامهٔ ایران /ref> ( fa, میرسالار مسلم ...
’s singing
*Raghse Angoshtan (memorial of Moscow trip captured in Chaikovsky Conservatory)
*Key Miresad Baran with Sina Sarlak's singing and Hormoz Naser Sharifi's poems
Books
* ''
Tar
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&
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 ...
'' in 12 volumes, 6 of which has been published
* ''Allegre'' 18 four plectrums for Tar and Setar
* ''The Wave'' the note of a number of songs of
East of Sorrow and Illuminations albums
* ''Perpetual Movement'' 20 Useful Studies for the Tar and Setar
* ''Charkhe-E-Niloofari'' 20 Useful studies for Tar and Setar
* ''Eight Famous Song of the World'' notes of classic songs in the album of Sharg va Gharb (East and West)
* ''The Solace of the Willow'' (15 simple four plectrums)
* ''Practical radif of Iranian Classical Music''
References
External links
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1961 births
Living people
Iranian composers
Iranian setar players
Iranian tar players
Iranian music educators
Musicians from Mashhad