Ostad Nasrollah Nasehpour - Photo taken by Alireza Mohayyeji
A recognized master of the vocal radif repertoire of Persian art
music, Maestro Nasrollah Nassehpoor, was born in Ardebil, Iran, 1940.
Since his father, the late Agha Shakour, was
garman (Azerbaijani organ similar to European accordion) 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.
Maestro Nasehpoor's vocal's unique timbre, which has coupled with his creative talent
and rich Azerbaijani musical background, makes him an outstanding performer. He has researched, taught and performed about
50 years and has nearly trained 4000 students that some of them are famous vocalists in Iran and abroad.
Recently
as a member of the chief committee board for the biggest Iranian NGO of music, House of Music, he has been socially very active
in defending the rights of musicians and also promoting Persian classical music.
As a professor of the Art University
of Tehran, his books on old theoretical music of Persia are under publication.
