Article: Santur, Setar Persian music Composer, Santur player
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 Arts, where he studied music theory and was introduced to radif (the Persian classical music repertoire) by the masters Nour Ali Boroumand, Dariush Safvat, Mohammad Taghi Massoudieh, and Mehdi Barkeshli. He focused on the radif of Mirza Abdollah for santur and setar.
In 1977, Meshkatian cofounded the Aref Ensemble.
Meshkatian toured Europe and Asia and regularly performed. In the spring of 1982 he published the book Twenty Pieces for Santour. While continuing his work as a composer and a researcher, Meshkatian was teaching music at Tehran University.
Meshkatian died on September 21, 2009, in Tehran, from a heart attack.
Discography +yearAlbumas Composeras
PlayerSinger(s)PublisherDescription1978Chavoosh 4YESYESHengameh Ahavan/ Shahram NazeriChavooshCollaboration with Mohammadreza Lotfi, Sheida and Aaref Group1979Chavoosh 6YESYESMohammadreza ShajarianChavooshCollaboration with Mohammadreza Lotfi, Sheida Group1979Chavoosh 7YESYESMohammadreza Shajarian
Shahram NazeriChavooshCollaboration with Mohammadreza Lotfi, Sheida Group1980Chavoosh 12YESYES -ChavooshDuet Collaboration with master Tonbak Player
Naser Farhang Far1981Azarestoon YESYESMohammadreza Shajarian -Private Session Include Ney Player:
Mohammad Musavi 1985BidadYESYESMohammadreza ShajarianDelAvaz --1985Astan-e-JananYESYESMohammadreza ShajarianDelAvazLive Concert in Italy Embassy featuring Master Tonbak Player:
Naser Farhang Far1986Ser-e-EshghYESYESMohammadreza ShajarianDelAvazFeaturing Master Ney player: Mohammad Mousavi1986Lale- BaharYESYESShahram Nazeri ---Including Aref Group1986NAVAYESYESMohammadreza ShajarianDelavazIncluding Aref Group1988DastanYESYESMohammadreza ShajarianDelavazIncluding Aref Group1989Doud-E-OudYESYESMohammadreza ShajarianDelavazfeaturing Master Mohammadreza Darvishi
for Orchestration1989Afshari-MorakkabYESYESIraj bastamiCharBaghConcert tour in Europe1990Ofogh-e-MehrYESYESIraj bastamiSoroushIncluding Aref GroupAdding Soon...
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Santur virtuoso Parviz Meshkatian passes away at 54, in English, Mehr News Agency, Monday, 21 September 2009, .
Parviz Meshkatian, the Iranian musician and composer, died, in Persian, BBC Persian, Monday 21 September 2009, .
Meshkatian was a Santour prodigy, in Persian, Mehr News Agency, Monday, 21 September 2009, .
Funeral ceremony held for Parviz Meshkatian, in Persian, IRNA, Thursday, 24 September 2009, .Note: According to this report, after the ceremony in Tehran, the body of Parviz Meshkatian has been moved to Nishapur, where he will buried in a cemetery adjacent to the tomb of Attar Neyshabouri on Saturday 26 September 2009.
Mehdi Setāyeshgar, The Master of Eternal Mezrābs, in Persian, Jadid Online, Friday, 25 September 2009, .An audio slideshow by Bahār Navā'i, Jadid Online: (3 min).
Meshkatian burial ceremony of Meshkatian in Neyshabour september 2009
Meshkatian tomb stone near Attar garden
Meshkatian died: The mournful at the funeral ceremony of Meshkatian, a collection of 18 photographs, Mardomak, Friday, 25 September 2009, .
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Source: Parviz Meshkatian Biography: Parviz Meshkatian
was born in the year 1955 in the city of Neishabour. 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.
Meshkatian entered the conservatory of music at an early age and studied theory and technique with the masters Noor Ali Boroomand, Dariush Safvat, Mohammad Taghi Massoudieh, and Mehdi Barkeshli. He 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 Yousef forootan. He has won the first prize of Barbad competition in the field of santur. Meshkatian taught santur at the Center for the Preservation and Dissemination of Music where he also served as ensemble leader.
Meshkatian was one of the founding members of the Aref Ensemble, founded in 1977. He was also one of the founding members of the Chavosh Artistic and Cultural Foundation. The Chavosh foundation has played a major role in the development of Iranian music in the recent years.
Meshkatian tours Europe and Asia and regularly performs in such countries as France, Germany, England, Sweden, Netherlands, and Denmark. In the spring of 1982 he published the book titled "Twenty Pieces for Santur". In spring of 1992 Meshkatian and Aref Ensemble won the first prize of the Spirit of the Earth Festival in England. Meshkatian's Collaboration with
Mohammad Reza Shajarian
in the past fifteen years has produced some of the most beautiful recordings of contemporary classical music of Iran. While continuing his work as a composer and a researcher, Meshkatian is currently teaching music at the Tehran University.
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