Ostad Mohammad Baharloo
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Mohammad Baharloo (Persian:محمد بهارلو ) was a renowned Iran
ian musician, violinist, composer and conductor.
. In his family, Mohammad was the only one that adopted music as a profession. His oldest brother, Abdollah Baharloo was familiar with music and tried to familiarize Mohammad with beautiful folk songs as a child. At a very early age, Baharloo lost his father, a man of important stature in the Iranian political arena of the time. Thereafter, the responsibility of raising the young Baharloo fell on the shoulders of his cultured and patient mother.
Baharloo began playing the violin as an adolescent under the directions of Seyed Mohammad Bahrini Poor. However, in order to become familiarized with the international techniques of playing the violin, Baharloo took lessons from Carl Yan Zubeck who was one of the twelve music instructors sent to Iran at the time from the Czech Republic
. After Yan Zubeck left Iran for his home country, Baharloo became a pupil of Rubick Gregorian, a skillful Armenia
n violinist.
As an adolescent, young Baharloo began thinking of researching the forming techniques of classical Persian music. However, none of the masters of music at the time could provide him with concrete responses. Hence, young Baharloo decided to take matters into his own hands; it was this decision that led to the publication of six volumes of his work fifteen years later. His pupils were mohsen molana,salmak saghaie and hamed ebrahimi.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
ian musician, violinist, composer and conductor.
Biography
Maestro Mohammad Baharloo was born in TehranTehran
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...
. In his family, Mohammad was the only one that adopted music as a profession. His oldest brother, Abdollah Baharloo was familiar with music and tried to familiarize Mohammad with beautiful folk songs as a child. At a very early age, Baharloo lost his father, a man of important stature in the Iranian political arena of the time. Thereafter, the responsibility of raising the young Baharloo fell on the shoulders of his cultured and patient mother.
Baharloo began playing the violin as an adolescent under the directions of Seyed Mohammad Bahrini Poor. However, in order to become familiarized with the international techniques of playing the violin, Baharloo took lessons from Carl Yan Zubeck who was one of the twelve music instructors sent to Iran at the time from the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
. After Yan Zubeck left Iran for his home country, Baharloo became a pupil of Rubick Gregorian, a skillful Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n violinist.
As an adolescent, young Baharloo began thinking of researching the forming techniques of classical Persian music. However, none of the masters of music at the time could provide him with concrete responses. Hence, young Baharloo decided to take matters into his own hands; it was this decision that led to the publication of six volumes of his work fifteen years later. His pupils were mohsen molana,salmak saghaie and hamed ebrahimi.