- artist:Hossein Alizadeh
- release year:1994
- style(s):Classical, Persian
- country:Iran
- formats:Audio File / Digital, CD (Compact Disc)
- record posted by:Mahoor Institute of Culture and Arts
- label:Mahoor Institute of Culture and Arts
- publisher:Mahoor Institute of Culture and Arts
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Hossein Alizâdeh was born in 1951 in Tehran. He studied in the Tehran Music Conservatory as a child and was spotted by Ali-Akbar Shahnâzi as a brilliant student. Then he studied with Yusef Forutan, Abdollâh Davâmi, Sa'id Hormozi, Hushang Zarif, Habibollâh Sâlehi and Mahmud Karimi and graduated from the College of Fine Arts in Tehran University. He began his career in 1968 by playing in Rudaki Orchestra directed by Hossein Dehlavi. In 1970 he gave concerts in the famous Center for Preservation and Propagation of Iranian Music under Nur-Ali Borumand. Some of his works were performed and recorded in 1970s in radio programs followed by a period of collaboration with the Ensemble Sheydâ, then founding the Ensemble Âref. His activities were always in favor of Iranian music. He has exerted a deep influence on understanding Persian classical music among younger generation. He has introduced new theories and reforms in both improvisation technique and composition. He has founded a new school of his own and has now many followers who, in turn, transmit these improvements.
During 1970s as a sign of political protest he resigned from radio music office together with the other members of both ensembles. Afterwards he founded Châvush Institute in collaboration with Mohammad-Rezâ Lotfi and by composing numerous memorable hymns he made clear that innovative aspects of Iranian music are actually countles.. After the revolution he resided in Europe for a while to study music and again from 1988 he started his career by giving a triumphant concert titled as "Shruangiz" (i.e. Tumult-exciting) which deeply influenced the taste of music-lovers. Alizâdeh's released oeuvres include Ney-Navâ, Âvâ-ye Mehr, Râz-o-Niâz, Sobhgâhi, Râz-e No, Torkaman, Navâ, Homâyun
Hejrâni, Pâykoubi, Râst-Panjgâh, Sallâneh, Hamnavâyi, Chahârgâh & Bayât-e Tork, Radif Navâzi and he has also composed film music for Delshodegân, Gabbeh, From the Eons Ago, Iran is My Home, Turtles can Fly, and A Time for the Drunkenness of Horses, Under the Razor. He has taught in the College of Fine Arts, the "Center", Châvush Institute and contributed to the art of târ and setâr instructing methods by publishing four volumes titled Ten Pieces for Târ. His influence on the players is truly undeniable. Of his latest published works are Setâr Teaching Methodology (Elementary) and Târ and Setâr Teaching Methodology (Intermediate).