Parviz Meshkatian
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|name = Parviz Meshkatian
|background = non_performing_personnel
|birth_date = {{birth date|1955|5|15}}
|birth_place = Nishapur, Imperial Iran
|death_date = {{death date and age|2009|9|21|1955|5|15}}
|death_place = Tehran, Iran
|genre = Persian music
|occupation = Composer, Santur player
|years_active = 1977–2009
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Parviz Meshkatian (Persian: پرويز مشكاتيان; May 15, 1955 – September 21, 2009) was an Iranian musician, composer, researcher and university lecturer.
Biography
Born in Neyshabur, 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 Nur-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.{{cite web|title=Tehran center to celebrate Mohammadreza Lotfi's 71st birthday |date=30 December 2017 |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/419838/Tehran-center-to-celebrate-Mohammadreza-Lotfi-s-71st-birthday}}
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.{{cite web|title=Biography on Kereshmeh Records website|url=http://www.kereshmeh.com/view_artist.php?id=meshkatian}}
Meshkatian died on September 21, 2009, in Tehran, from a heart attack.
Discography
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|+ !year !Album ! colspan="1" |as Composer !as Player !Singer(s) !Publisher !Description |
| 1978
|Chavoosh 4 |YES |YES |Hengameh Ahavan/ Shahram Nazeri |Chavoosh |Collaboration with Mohammadreza Lotfi, Sheida and Aaref Group |
| 1979
|Chavoosh 6 |YES |YES |Mohammadreza Shajarian |Chavoosh |Collaboration with Mohammadreza Lotfi, Sheida Group |
| 1979
|Chavoosh 7 |YES |YES |Chavoosh |Collaboration with Mohammadreza Lotfi, Sheida Group |
| 1980
|Chavoosh 12 |YES |YES | - |Chavoosh |Duet Collaboration with master Tonbak Player Naser Farhang Far |
| 1981
|Azarestoon |YES |YES |Mohammadreza Shajarian | - |Private Session Include Ney Player: Mohammad Musavi |
| 1985
|Bidad |YES |YES |Mohammadreza Shajarian |DelAvaz | -- |
| 1985
|Astan-e-Janan |YES |YES |Mohammadreza Shajarian |DelAvaz |Live Concert in Italy Embassy featuring Master Tonbak Player: Naser Farhang Far |
| 1986
|Ser-e-Eshgh |YES |YES |Mohammadreza Shajarian |DelAvaz |Featuring Master Ney player: [https://www.last.fm/music/Mohammad+Mousavi/+wiki Mohammad Mousavi] |
| 1986
|Lale- Bahar |YES |YES | --- |Including Aref Group |
| 1986
|NAVA |YES |YES |Delavaz |Including Aref Group |
| 1988
|Dastan |YES |YES |Delavaz |Including Aref Group |
| 1989
|Doud-E-Oud |YES |YES |Delavaz |featuring Master Mohammadreza Darvishi for Orchestration |
| 1989
|Afshari-Morakkab |YES |YES |CharBagh |Concert tour in Europe |
| 1990
|Ofogh-e-Mehr |YES |YES |Soroush |Including Aref Group |
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Gallery
File:Gravestone of Parviz Meshkatian.jpg|Grave of Mastro Parviz Meshkatian
File:Parviz Meshkatian's tomb & statue - Nishapur 01.JPG|statue of Meshkatian
File:Concert1377.jpg|1998. Concert
File:Be'sat 21-Ostad Parviz Meshkatian-street sign-Nishapur.JPG|Street named parviz Meshkatian
File:شب خالقی مطلق 2.jpg|Meshkatian, Ebtehaj, Bezaee...
References
External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160418222743/http://www.meshkatian.org/ Official Website].
- Santur virtuoso Parviz Meshkatian passes away at 54, in English, Mehr News Agency, Monday, 21 September 2009, [https://web.archive.org/web/20100831055554/http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=950571].
- Parviz Meshkatian, the Iranian musician and composer, died, in Persian, BBC Persian, Monday 21 September 2009, [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2009/09/090921_pm_meshkatian.shtml].
- Meshkatian was a Santour prodigy, in Persian, Mehr News Agency, Monday, 21 September 2009, [http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/newsdetail.aspx?NewsID=950559].
- Funeral ceremony held for Parviz Meshkatian, in Persian, IRNA, Thursday, 24 September 2009, [http://www.irna.ir/View/FullStory/?NewsId=695580]{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.
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, [http://www.jadidonline.com/story/25092009/frnk/parviz_meshkatian].
An audio slideshow by Bahār Navā'i, Jadid Online: [http://www.jadidonline.com/images/stories/flash_multimedia/Parviz_meshkatian_test/mesh_high.html] (3 min). - [http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/interactivity/2009/10/091003_userphoto_meshkatian.shtml Meshkatian burial ceremony of Meshkatian in Neyshabour september 2009 ]
- [https://www.panoramio.com/photo/33313558 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, [https://archive.today/20130915051040/http://www.mardomak.ws/photos/meshkatian/].
- [https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=meshkatian&x=12&y=18/ Albums Available at Amazon].
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Category:Musicians from Nishapur
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