Mojtaba Mirzadeh
{{Short description|Iranian violinist}}
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Mojtaba Mirzadeh ({{langx|fa|مجتبی میرزاده}}; March 18, 1946 – July 17, 2005){{cite web |title= ٢٧ اسفند زادروز مجتبی میرزادە، نوازندە ویولن، کمانچە و سەتار |url=https://sazkade.com/27-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%81%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%8C-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87/|access-date= March 15, 2022 }} was an Iranian – Kurdish violin, kamancheh, and setar master who was influential in Persian classical music, classical and folk Kurdish music, and also in Iranian pop music.{{cite book |title=Historical dictionary of the Kurds |authorlink=Michael M. Gunter |last=Gunter |first=Michael M. |page=220 |year=2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-6751-2 }}
He played, composed and arrangement music for many famous Kurdish and Iranian singers such as Hasan Zirak, Mazhar Khaleqi, Hayedeh, Moein, Nader Golchin, Shahram Nazeri, Shahab Jezayeri, Googoosh, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Dariush Eghbali, Homeyra, Golpa, Alireza Eftekhari and Reza Saqaee.{{cite news |title=Lor singer Reza Saqqaii dies at 71 |url=http://old.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=223342 |work=Tehran Times |date=20 July 2010 |accessdate=28 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606153810/http://old.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=223342 |archive-date=6 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}
He was known by the music community as "the genius". Iranian classical and pop composer,
{{ill|Sadeq Nojooki|fa|%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%82 %D9%86%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C|vertical-align=sup}} says that Mirzadeh was the greatest musician that he ever saw in his life. He was also the composer for many films.{{cite web |title=مجتبی میرزاده؛ نابغه بیادعای موسیقی ایران |url=https://www.irna.ir/news/83713637/مجتبی-میرزاده-نابغه-بی-ادعای-موسیقی-ایران |date=March 17, 2020 |access-date= March 15, 2022 }}
Biography
Mojtaba Mirzadeh was born on 18 March 1946 in the city of Ilam. He grew up in a poor family.
At the age of 9 he moved to Kermanshah, Iran with his family. He later moved to Tehran.
He would make sounds from pans and pots in the kitchen when he was child. He then started to learn Santur, but quit shortly after learning it.
When he was fourteen, his father offered to buy him a violin.
Death
Mojtaba died from a heart attack on Sunday, 17 July 2005, aged 59.
Filmography
- Nikah Halala (1971)
- Doroshkechi (1971)
- Mardi dar toofan (1972)
- Dar Emtedade Shab (1978)
- Dada (1983)
Albums
Numerous tracks and albums including the following:
- Mojtaba Mirzadeh: Iranian Violin Improvising, (2007)
- Raz -e- Gol (Persian Traditional Music), (1994)
- Kurdish lullaby, composed, arranged and played by Mojtaba Mirzadeh, sung by Mazhar Khaleghi
External links
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