Shahin Shahbazi is an Iranian composer, musician and poet. He is mostly renowned for his mastery of the

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and setar and his composition of the complete

Radif Radif ( fa, ردیف, meaning ''order'') is a rule in Persian, Turkic, and Urdu poetry which states that, in the form of poetry known as a ghazal, the second line of all the couplets (''s'' or ''shers'') ''must'' end with the ''same'' word/s. Th ...

works of maestro Ali Akbar Shahnazi with his band Nafir ensemble.

Biography

Shahin Shahbazi was born in Tehran and became the apprentice of

Ostad Ustād or ostād (abbreviated as Ust., Ut. or Ud.; from Persian ) is an honorific title used in West Asia, North Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is used in various languages such as Persian, , Azerbaijani, Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, Marat ...

Dariush Talai Dariush Talai plays both the Tar and Setar. Born in 1953 in Iran, he studied Persian music with masters of the Radif. His teachers include Tar player Ali Akbar Shahnazi, Nur Ali Borumand with whom he studied radio and old compositions, as well as ...

at an early age. Later he learned and worked with some of the most famous masters of Iranian music like

Mohammad-Reza Lotfi Mohammad-Reza Lotfi ( fa, محمدرضا لطفی; 1 January 1947 – 2 May 2014) was an Iranian classical musician renowned for his mastery of the tar and setar. He collaborated with singers such as Mohammad-Rezā Shajarian, Hengameh Akhavan, ...

, Manouchehr Sahbaei, Hossein Dehlavi, Farhad Fakhredini and Houshang Zarif. In 2002 he founded the Nafir Ensemble. His most famous composition with Nafir ensemble is the recording of Shahnazi's complete Radif work. This work is outstanding as it was the first time that a composer was capable to rewrite Shahnazi's Radif work for all traditional Iranian instruments. Furthermore, Nafir ensemble pioneered by becoming the first Iranian Radif orchestra. He is also music graduate of San Francisco State University(SFSU). Together with Nafir ensemble Shahbazi performed many concerts, most notably during the

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declared Rumi year in 2007 at the official celebrations in

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and highly anticipated concerts at Irans most famous concerts hall, the

Vahdat Hall The Vahdat Hall ( fa, تالار وحدت – ''Tālār e Vahdat'' means "Unity Hall"), formerly the Roudaki Hall ( fa, تالار رودکی – ''Tālār-e Rudaki''), is a performing arts complex in Tehran, Iran. History Around the 1950s and 1 ...

Albums

*Ayene va khesht 2004, Singer: Ostad Ahmad Ebrahimi *Bi man maro, 2008, Singer: Bamdad Falahati *Aberoye Ab, 2010, Singer: Bamdad Falahati *Zakhmeye La Imrovisation of Tar 2010 *Action & Oration, with cooperation of maestro Ahmad Ebrahimi & Kurosh Bozorgpour 2011 *Radif Ostad Ali Akbar Khan Shahnazi, 2012 *Inak Az Omid, 2013 *Collection of pieces by Maestro Hooshang Zarif (arranged by: Shahin Shahbazi), 2013 *Yadvareye Eghbal Azar, Memorial of Maestro Eghbal Azar, Vocalist Sobhan Mehdipour 2014 *Zakhmeye La Imrovisation of Tar 2010 * Peyda va Penhan (Composer &Leader: Shahin Shahbazi) Vocals:Sobhan Mehdipour Performed by :Nafir ensemble 2018 * "Of That Silence" Composed by Shahin Shahbazi and Published in 2021, Vocals: Ruhan Parsa

Books

* Shahin Shahbazi: Selected Work's of Amir jahed (Bargozideye Asaar Amir Jahed). A course in setar and tar, Tehran/Berahman 2005 * Chaharmezrab Interactive book(e-book) for advanced and intermediate Tar player.(Apple Book) Publisher: Shiva Enterprise 2019. Available in iTunes

Awards

Elected as the winner of the “ first solo performers” Festival For The Young Players in Tehran 2000. The album "Aberoye Ab" won the award for best Iranian classical music album at the Iranian Music Festival in 2013.

References

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