Ahmad Ebadi, (1906 – 1992) was an Iranian musician and setar player. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Setar ( Persian: سه تار, from seh, meaning "three" and tār, meaning "string" is a Persian musical instrument Born in Tehran, he was a member of the most extraordinary family of Iranian music. Tehran (or Teheran) ( Persian: تهران Tehrān) is the capital and largest City of Iran, and the administrative center of The music of Iran or Persian music has thousands of years of history dating back to the Neolithic age as seen in the archeological Ahmad's father, Mirza Abdollah, is arguably the most influential figure in traditional persian music, and his uncle, Mirza Hossein Gholi, is also well-known for his mastery in playing tar. Mirzá Abdollah (1843 - 1918 was a noted court musician and master of the Setar and Tar. Persian traditional music (also known as Iranian traditional music, Musiqi-e Sonati-e Irani, also Persian classical music or Iranian classical music Mirza Hossein Gholi, also known as Agha Mirza Hossein Gholi Farahani (1854 &ndash 1916 Tehran was a musician and tar player For other uses of this term including another kind of musical instrument see Tar (disambiguation. Ahmad's grandfather, Ali Akbar Farahani, was also a talented musician. Agha Ali Akbar Farahani (اغا على اكبر فراهانی was a musician and tar and setar player
Ahmad started learning music at early age. At the age of seven, he was able to play Tombak to accompany his father. The tonbak (also tombak, donbak, dombak; in Persian: تمبک, or تُمبَک,تنبک,دمبک,دنبک or zarb Unfortunately he lost his father soon, but continued his education with his sisters especially Moloud Khanom. He became one of the best setar players of all time. Setar ( Persian: سه تار, from seh, meaning "three" and tār, meaning "string" is a Persian musical instrument For years he played on Iranian radio especially in a program called Golha, produced by Davood Pirnia. The Golha ( radio programmes ( Flowers of Persian Song and Poetry) comprise 1578 radio programmes consisting of approximately 847 hours of programmes broadcast over a period Ebadi had a unique style in playing setar. Setar ( Persian: سه تار, from seh, meaning "three" and tār, meaning "string" is a Persian musical instrument He also invented a variety of different tunings for setar. Setar ( Persian: سه تار, from seh, meaning "three" and tār, meaning "string" is a Persian musical instrument
He passed away in 1992 and is buried in Emamzadeh Taher cemetery in karaj. Emamzadeh Taher ( امامزاده طاهر) is located in Iran in the town of Karaj, is one of the most famous cemeteries in Iran Karaj is a city in Iran, located in Tehran province. It is situated 20 km west of Tehran, at the foot of Alborz mountains
References
- Haghighat, A. , Honarmandan e Irani az Aghaz ta Emrooz, Koomesh Publication, 2004, (in Persian)
- Khaleghi, R. , Sargozasht e Musighi e Iran, Ferdowsi Publication, 1955, (in Persian)
External links
- Ahmad Ebadi entry in the Encyclopædia Iranica