Arshad Tahmasbi

Arshad Tahmasbi
Background information
Born	(1958-01-18) 18 January 1958 (age 67)
Origin	Aligudarz, Iran
Genres	Persian Traditional, Contemporary Classical
Occupation(s)	Composer, Tar and Setar Player
Instrument(s)	Tar, Setar

Arsad Tahmasbi (Persian: ارشد تهماسبی) is an Iranian musician, composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and Tar and Setar instrumentalist.

Biography

Arshad Tahmasbi was born on 18 January 1958 in Aligudarz.[1] He spent his childhood and education in Sanandaj, Hamedan and Tehran.[2] He learned the basics of music from Mohammad Reza Lotfi and attended classes by Lotfi and Houshang Zarif at the Center for the Preservation and Dissemination of Iranian music. He entered the Faculty of Music of the University of Tehran in 1979, but was forced to leave the university a year later due to the Cultural Revolution.[3] He became a member of Chavosh Group in 1981 and collaborated with Hossein Alizadeh, Mohammad Reza Lotfi and Parviz Meshkatian in this group.[4] In 1981, Tahmasebi established Tar and Setar. He has had several collaborations with Hossein Alizadeh in the field of ensemble and concert performance. He has collaborated with Alizadeh on the albums Shoorangiz, Raz o Niaz, Sobhgahi, Delshodgan and Hamnavi, and has also given many concerts with Alizadeh in Europe and the United States.[5] Arshad Tahmasbi has published books on Iranian music and has presented several cassettes and CDs in this field. His most important activity in recent years has been the creation of a center for the introduction of the tar instrument, called the "Position of the Tar". In this center, old instruments, personal belongings of Tar player masters and historical documents of Iranian music are available.[6][7][8]

In the fifth of "Our Music Festival", which was held in December 2016, the golden statuette of the selected music album of traditional and non-verbal Iranian instrumental music was awarded to Arshad Tahmasebi for the album "Darvishkhan Works".[9]

Artwork

• The book "How Iranian Music: Exploring the Genres of Music" 2021[10]

• "Book of Gooshe" (Culture of Iranian Songs) 2018[11]
• "One Hundred and One Pishdaramad" 2015[12]
• "Javabe Avaz" (based on the vocal line of Mahmoud Karimi) 2009[13]
• "Shahroud" (Works by Arshad Tahmasebi, Aref Qazvini, Darvish Khan, Abolhassan Saba) 2007[10]
• "Radif Mirza Abdullah according to Noor Ali Boroumand" 2006[14]
• "Green Shadows" vocal by "Salar Aghili" 2003[15]
• "Vocabulary weight reading" (innovative method) 2001[16]
• "Deldar" vocal by "Mohsen Keramati" 1999[17]
• "100 Rang Reng" (one hundred old Rengs of Iranian music masters) 1999[18]
• "Se Chaharmezrab" 1999[19]
• "Panje Dashti" vocal by" Mohsen Keramati " (compositions by Aref and pieces by Abolhassan Saba) 1998[20]
• "Dashti Program" (by Musa Maroufi, revision and editing of Tahmasbi's master book) 1997[21]
• "A collection of works by Rokanuddin Khan" (music book and album) 1997[22]
• "Compositions of Aref Qazvini" 1996[23]
• "Works of Darvish Khan" (music book and album) 1994[24]
• "Hamnavaei" (with Hossein Alizadeh and Dariush Zargari) 1993[25]
• "Love-stricken" (with Hossein Alizadeh) 1991[10]

References

1. "زندگی‌نامه و فعالیت هنری ارشد تهماسبی". هفت هنر (in Persian). 18 June 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
2. "ارشد تهماسبی". Aftabir.com (in Persian). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
3. "ارشد تهماسبی – بیوگرافی ارشد تهماسبی | مشخصات". moshakhasat.ir. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
4. "مستند زندگی هنری ارشد تهماسبی از نیستان". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
5. "ارشد طهماسبی". تبیان. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
6. "گفت و گو با ارشد تهماسبی – بخش اول". Musicema.com (in Persian). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
7. "تالیف علم و عمل؛ درباره ارشد تهماسبی (II)". harmonytalk. 17 July 2021.
8. "زندگینامه: ارشد تهماسبی (۱۳۳۶-)". همشهری آنلاین (in Persian). 30 June 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
9. YJC, خبرگزاری باشگاه خبرنگاران. "برگزیدگان پنجمین جشن سالانه «موسیقی ما» معرفی شدند". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
10. "ارشد تهماسبی کتاب «چگونگی موسیقی ایران: کندوکاوی در گونه‌های موسیقی» را منتشر کرد". Musicema.com (in Persian). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
11. Group, Arya. "خبرگزاری آریا – کتاب گوشه نوشته‌ي ارشد تهماسبي منتشر شد". www.aryanews.com (in Persian). Retrieved 11 April 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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14. "رديف موسيقي "ميرزا عبدالله" براي ساز تار منتشر شد". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 4 August 2006. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
15. "دانلود آلبوم سایه های سبز اثر سالار عقیلی". نوایاب : نوا یاب : آرشیو موسیقی سنتی ایران (in Persian). 24 January 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
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18. ماهور. "صد رنگ رِنگ". www.mahoor.com (in Persian). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
19. ماهور. "سه چهارمضراب". www.mahoor.com (in Persian). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
20. ماهور. "پنجه‌ی دشتی". www.mahoor.com (in Persian). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
21. ماهور. "برنامه‌ی دشتی". www.mahoor.com (in Persian). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
22. ماهور. "مجموعه‌ای از آثار رکن‌الدین‌خان". www.mahoor.com (in Persian). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
23. ماهور. "تصنیف‌های عارف". www.mahoor.com (in Persian). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
24. ماهور. "آثار درویش‌خان". www.mahoor.com (in Persian). Retrieved 11 April 2022.
25. ماهور. "همنوایی". www.mahoor.com (in Persian). Retrieved 11 April 2022.