Ali-Asghar Bahari ( fa, علی‌اصغر بهاری) (b. 1905 – d. June 10, 1995) was an Iranian musician and

kamancheh The kamancheh (also kamānche or kamāncha) ( fa, کمانچه, az, kamança, hy, Քամանչա, ku, کەمانچە ,kemançe) is an Iranian bowed string instrument used in Persian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Kurdish, Georgian, Turkmen, a ...

player. He was born in

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 ...

from Baharian parents and started his music lessons under his grandfather Mohammad Taghi Khan, who was a

player as well. He started his own music school in Mashhad, then moved back to

and became a

instructor in Honarestan under

Ruhollah Khaleghi Ruhollâh Xâleqi ( fa, , born 1906 in Kerman, Iran – 12 November 1965 in Salzburg, Austria), also spelled as ''Khaleqi'', was a prominent Iranian musician, composer, conductor and author. He was the father of the first Persian women conducto ...

. He toured

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, Italy, England and the United States. He died in

on June 10, 1995. There is a photo of Bahari a
this site
he is in the center of the photo.

References

*Haghighat, A., Honarmandan e Irani az Aghaz ta Emrooz, Koomesh Publication, 2004, (in Persian)
Ali Asghar Bahari on Iran Chamber Society

External links

* 1905 births 1995 deaths Iranian kamancheh players People from Hamadan Province Burials at Emamzadeh Taher Musicians from Tehran 20th-century Iranian people {{string-musician-stub