Ostad Naser Farhangfar (tonbak) and Ostad Mohammad Reza Lotfi (tar)
Ostad Nasser Farhangfar
Ostad Nasser Farhangfar
A recognized master of the art of tombak playing, the late Ostad Nasser Farhangfar (1947-1997), was born in
Rey city of Tehran Iran.
His father was a tar player and his uncle was a tombak player. His grand father, Mirza Mehdi-ye-Khoshnevis,
was a famous calligrapher of Ghajar's time. He started playing tombak at the early age of nine. At this time he regularly went to the local traditional
zourkhaneh, not to watch the athletes, but to listen to the rhythms of the tombak used in training of the athletes.
His talent and knowledge in the art of tombak playing with his background of zourkhaneh's tombak
made him a unique tombak player in his time. His followers have called his style sabk-e-Ostad Farhangfar (the style of maestro
Farhangfar).
He performed widely and trained many students. His masterpiece in the art of tombak playing
is his accompaniment of the tar of Ostad M.R. Lotfi in Dastgah-e-Segah in the cassette of Parvaz-e-Eshgh, which distributed
for his remembrance by Ava-ye-Shayda Company in Tehran.
He was also familiar with radif repertoire of Persian art music. He was also a poet and a calligrapher.
A recognized master of ghaval (Azerbaijani frame drum), Ostad Latif Tahmasebi-zadeh, was born in the city
of Ardebil in province of Azerbaijan in Iran, 1944.
His father, Majid Tahmasebi-zadeh moved to Baku (capital of today
Republic of Azerbaijan) in order to find a good job. After moving to Baku he learnt garman (Azerbaijani organ similar to European
accordion). Ostad Latif Tahmasebi-zadeh was interested in ghaval and he started learning it at the age of fourteen. He initially
learnt ghaval by observing ghaval players and visually studying their techniques during their performances in the wedding
ceremonies (toylar). After learning ghaval, he started playing ghaval in wedding ceremonies (toylar) and gradually he
became famous.
Then great masters of his time such as Ostad Ali Salimi (famous composer and Azeri tar player), Ostad
Safar Ali Javid (Azeri tar player), Ostad Seifi Ebrahimpour (Azeri tar player), Ostad Esma'il Cheshm Azar (Azeri kamancheh
player) invited him for artistic collaboration. He performed with them more than 30 years. He has had many concerts and has
performed in national Radio and Television.
Great masters of Azerbaijani art music have praised the style of his ghaval
playing. He has developed some new playing techniques for ghaval. He is regarded as a preeminent ghaval soloist in Iran and
Republic of Azerbaijan. Ghaval was traditionally played by singers as accompanying instrument. Ostad Latif Tahmasebi-zadeh
has transformed the role of ghaval into an independent instrument. He is one of few ghaval players who give solo ghaval
performances.
Ostad Mirza Agha Ghosi
Ostad Mirza Agha Ghosi
Ostad Mirza Agha Ghosi, outstanding daf player and master of Sufi vocals, was born in Sanandaj,
Kurdistan province of Iran, 1928. He learnt the art of daf playing and Sufi vocals in during his teenage from his father Haji
Ghowsi and later with Darvish Karim. He was appointed khalife (spritual leader) by sheikh abdolkarim Kasnazani of Kirkuk.
He is one of the oldest daf players of Iran and he has a very nice vocals. He has performed in many festivals of Iran, France,
Colombia, Turkey, Panama, Peru and Ecuador. He passed away on July 17, 2007.
Prof. Sayyed Abd-Allah Anwar
Ostad Sayyed Abdollah Anwar
Prof. Seyyed Abdollah Anwar was born in Tehran, Iran, 1924. He received his high school diplomas in Literature and Mathematics
in 1942 and 1943.
Also he received his Bachelor's Degrees in Laws, Pure Mathematics, Politics and Economics in 1945, 1946, 1948 and 1949.
Then he continued his research and studies personally on the following fields:
Philosophy, Mathematics particularly Mathematical and Modal Logic, Physics, Laws, Politics, Economics, Theology, Religious
Jurisprudence, Library Science, History, Tehranology and Genealogy Science.
His famous works:
List of manuscripts of Iranian national library in ten volumes Ten volumes books of the very famous Persian dictionary,
Dehkhoda dictionary The very famous book of Khajeh Nasir-al-Din Tusi, Asas-al-Eghtebas and its comment The very famous
book of Abu-Ali-Sina, Shefa in 22 volumes and its comment and comparison with Aristotles works
So many articles in different fields
He has trained so many students and now his students are very famous in different parts of the world.
