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This is a great concert by the master of Persian vocal music maestro Nasrollah Nasehpour and master of Persian art music maestro Dariush Talai (setar) performed in Tafresh city for the remembrance and respect ceremonies for the great master of Persian art music Ostad Abdollah Davami.

Ostad Abdollah Davami, the Founder of Persian Vocal Radif Repertoire

Biography of Ostad Abdollah Davami, the Founder of Persian Vocal Radif Repertoire

The founder of the Persian vocal radif repertoire and a very great master tasnif and tonbak, Ostad Abdollah Davami, was born in Ta village of Tafresh city, Iran, in 1891. As a teenager, he discovered that he had a good, audible, and suitable voice, so he decided to learn the elementary principles of Persian vocal music. One day he had gone to a gathering in the house of Majd-al-Mamalek where he met Ali Khan Nayeb-al-Saltaneh. After that, he became a student of Ali Khan Nayeb-al-Saltaneh for learning radif and Haji Khan, Agha Jan, Sama' Hozur (santoor player) for learning tasnif, and the art of tonbak playing. Because of his talent in learning music, he became a friend of great masters of his time such as Mirza Hosseingholi (tar player), Hossein Khan (kamancheh player) Darvish Khan (tar and setar player), Malek-al-Zakerin (vocalist) and Mirza Abdollah (setar player). He has trained many students. He passed away in 1980.

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Master Vocalist Ostad Nasrollah Nasehpour

A recognized master of the vocal radif repertoire of Persian art music, Maestro Nasrollah Nassehpour, was born in Ardebil, Iran, in 1940.

Since his father, the late Agha Shakour, was garman (Azerbaijani organ similar to European accordion) player and his mother, the late Huriyeh Khanum was an Azeri dayereh (also known as ghaval, Azerbaijani frame drum) player, he was acquainted with Azerbaijani music through his childhood.

When he moved to Tehran, he studied vocal radif with the late Maestro Mahmoud Karimi for many years. He also studied instrumental radif repertoire of Persian art music at the National Music Institute with the late Maestro Ali Akbar Khan Shahnazi (a very skillful tar player).

In the class of the late Maestro Soleiman Amir Ghasemi (vocalist), he got in touch with the late Maestro Saeed Hormozi (a very skillful setar player) and he learned many important points of Persian art music.

At last, he worked with the great master of vocal radif repertoire, the late Maestro Abdollah Davami, who had a great influence on his musical development.

The unique timbre of Ostad Nasehpour's vocals, which has coupled with his creative talent and rich Azerbaijani musical background, makes him an outstanding performer. He has researched, taught, and performed for about 50 years and has nearly trained 4000 students. Some of those students are famous vocalists in Iran and abroad.

Recently as a member of the chief committee board for the biggest Iranian NGO of music, i.e., Iran House of Music, he has been socially very active in defending the rights of musicians and also promoting Persian classical music.

As a professor at the Art University of Tehran, his books on the old theoretical music of Persia have been published by the Iranian Academy of the Arts Publication.

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Video by Elham Fazeli

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