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Parviz Meshkatian (Persian: پرويز مشكاتيان; May 15, 1955 – September 21, 2009) was an Iranian musician, composer, researcher and university lecturer.
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 Nour 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.
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.
In 1357 he founded the Chavosh Institute with the cooperation of Mohammad Reza Lotfi and Hossein Alizadeh and the artists of Aref and Sheyda groups. From 1358 to 1367 and later in the early 1970s, he collaborated with Mohammad Reza Shajarian, and the result of this collaboration was lasting works such as Bidad, Astan Janan, Serre Eshgh, Nava, Dastan, Gonbad Mina, Doode Oud, Jane Oshagh, and Ghasedak.
After ending cooperation with Mohammad Reza Shajarian, he collaborated with singers such as Ali Jahandar, Iraj Bastami, Alireza Eftekhari, Hamidreza Nourbakhsh, Ali Rostamian and Shahram Nazeri.
Meshkatian died on September 21, 2009, in Tehran, from a heart attack.
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 Nour 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.
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.
In 1357 he founded the Chavosh Institute with the cooperation of Mohammad Reza Lotfi and Hossein Alizadeh and the artists of Aref and Sheyda groups. From 1358 to 1367 and later in the early 1970s, he collaborated with Mohammad Reza Shajarian, and the result of this collaboration was lasting works such as Bidad, Astan Janan, Serre Eshgh, Nava, Dastan, Gonbad Mina, Doode Oud, Jane Oshagh, and Ghasedak.
After ending cooperation with Mohammad Reza Shajarian, he collaborated with singers such as Ali Jahandar, Iraj Bastami, Alireza Eftekhari, Hamidreza Nourbakhsh, Ali Rostamian and Shahram Nazeri.
Meshkatian died on September 21, 2009, in Tehran, from a heart attack.
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