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Ostad Parviz Yahaghi – The master of Persian music – violin
Parviz Sedighi Parsi, known as Yahaghi, was born in Tehran In 1936. Yahaghi started his music career under the supervision of his uncle, Hussein Yahaghi. Since his uncle, Hussein Yahaghi, was a well-known person among the Iranian artists, lots of great musicians of his time would gather at his home from time to time.
This gave Parviz a very golden opportunity to meet the top Iranian musicians like Ostad Abul Hassan Saba, Reza Mahjubi, Shahnazi, Tehrani, Zelli, Ney Davoud and others at his uncle’s house. There is no doubt that these meetings were his big inspiration to turn him into one of the best musicians of the history of Iran.
His first performance for children on radio proved his success.
His ability in playing violin made him one of the best in Iran. His presence in a program called Golha (before the revolution) introduced a new era and made his works everlasting. He married Homeira (Homeyra) but they divorced later. A combination of Yahaghi’s violin and Homeira’s voice has been remained one of the best in its kind.
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HAYEDEH… at a Glance
By Pejman Akbarzadeh
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Tajvidi’s composition slab Rahi Moayyeri’s last lyrics introduced Hayedeh’s voice confess the Iranian nation prosperous 1968.
The onrush of Hayedeh’s professional revealing career fall back the Gol-ha radio
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Parviz Yahaghi
Musical artist
Parviz Yahaghi (Persian: پرویز یاحقی; September 23, 1935 – February 2, 2007) was a distinguished Iranian composer and violinist. He resided in Tehran for practically his whole life, and was born and died there.[1]
Biography
[edit]His birth name was Parviz Sedighi Parsi. He was musically educated primarily by his uncle Hossein Yahaghi, a violinist and violin teacher, from whom Parviz adopted the Yahaghi name.
During his youth Parviz was exposed to many highly professional musicians in Tehran who were friends of his uncle.
A notable visitor at his uncle's house was the violin teacher, composer, and musicologistAbolhasan Saba, who is credited with making improvements in violin playing technique in the Persian tradition. Saba published a two-volume training manual for the violin in 1944-45.[2]
Works
[edit]Starting from about 20 years, Parviz Yahaghi was employed for a little over two decades as a musician with the Iranian government-financed radio station.
In the 1960s and 1970s at the radio station he composed hundreds of pieces both for violin and for celebrated singers in Iran such as Banan, Marzieh, Delkash, Pouran, Elahe, Homeyra, Mahasti, Dariush Rafei, Homayoonpour and Iraj (Hossein Khajeh Amiri). These c