Hossein Behroozinia
Encyclopedia
Hossein Behroozinia (b. 1962 in Tehran
) is a renowned Iranian
barbat
and oud
player.
He studied oud, playing under the supervision of Mansour Nariman
. Behrooznia also learned the radif
under the supervision of Mohammad Reza Lotfi.
He was a student at the Conservatory of Persian music, and later the music director of Ensemble Khaleghi as well as the director of music education at the Center of the Preservation Persian music.
The Los Angeles Times
describes Behroozinia's work as "spectacular musicianship". In 2003 the Ministry of Culture of Iran decorated him with its highest honor, the "First Order of Arts". From Stone to Diamond, Behruzinia's latest album won the second prize in the Middle Eastern Album category at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards (JPF).
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
) is a renowned Iranian
Iranian peoples
The Iranian peoples are an Indo-European ethnic-linguistic group, consisting of the speakers of Iranian languages, a major branch of the Indo-European language family, as such forming a branch of Indo-European-speaking peoples...
barbat
Barbat (lute)
The barbat or barbud is a lute of ancient Persian origin. The Arabic Oud is derived from an ancient Persian barbat. Today's barbat, however, is essentially the same thing as today's oud: the instrument is often called the barbat when played in a Persian tradition, while called the oud when played...
and oud
Oud
The oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...
player.
He studied oud, playing under the supervision of Mansour Nariman
Mansour Nariman
Mansour Nariman is an Iranian oud player, researcher and writer. Nariman performed first on Radio Mashhad and latter became an oud player in radio programs. In addition to playing, he has written several books on oud as well....
. Behrooznia also learned the radif
Radif
Radif is a rule in Persian, Turkic, and Urdu poetry which states that, in the form of poetry known as a Ghazal, the second line of all the couplets must end with the same word/s. This repeating of common words is the "Radif" of the Ghazal...
under the supervision of Mohammad Reza Lotfi.
He was a student at the Conservatory of Persian music, and later the music director of Ensemble Khaleghi as well as the director of music education at the Center of the Preservation Persian music.
The Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
describes Behroozinia's work as "spectacular musicianship". In 2003 the Ministry of Culture of Iran decorated him with its highest honor, the "First Order of Arts". From Stone to Diamond, Behruzinia's latest album won the second prize in the Middle Eastern Album category at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards (JPF).
Discography
- “Barbat”
- “Koohestan”
- “Yadestan”
- "Vajd" (Midnight Sun)
- “Dastan Trio”
- “From Stone to Diamond”
- “A Call Beneath The Ashes”