Arshad Tahmasbi Explained

Birth Date:	18 January 1958
Origin:	Aligudarz, Iran
Genre:	Persian Traditional, Contemporary Classical
Occupation:	Composer, Tar and Setar Player
Instrument:	Tar, Setar
Background:	non_vocal_instrumentalist

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 In this center, old instruments, personal belongings of Tar player masters and historical documents of Iranian music are available.^{[6] [7] [8]}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
• "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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 18 June 2019 . زندگی‌نامه و فعالیت هنری ارشد تهماسبی . 2022-04-11 . هفت هنر . fa-IR.
2. Web site: ارشد تهماسبی . 2022-04-11 . Aftabir.com . fa.
3. Web site: ارشد تهماسبی – بیوگرافی ارشد تهماسبی مشخصات . 2022-04-11 . moshakhasat.ir.
4. Web site: مستند زندگی هنری ارشد تهماسبی از نیستان . 2022-04-11 . fa . fa.
5. Web site: ارشد طهماسبی . 2022-04-11 . تبیان . en.
6. Web site: گفت و گو با ارشد تهماسبی – بخش اول . 2022-04-11 . Musicema.com . fa.
7. Web site: تالیف علم و عمل؛ درباره ارشد تهماسبی (II) . harmonytalk. 17 July 2021 .
8. Web site: 30 June 2016 . زندگینامه: ارشد تهماسبی (۱۳۳۶-) . 2022-04-11 . همشهری آنلاین . fa.
9. Web site: YJC . خبرگزاری باشگاه خبرنگاران . برگزیدگان پنجمین جشن سالانه «موسیقی ما» معرفی شدند . 2022-04-11 . fa . fa.
10. Web site: ارشد تهماسبی کتاب «چگونگی موسیقی ایران: کندوکاوی در گونه‌های موسیقی» را منتشر کرد . 2022-04-11 . Musicema.com . fa.
11. Web site: Group . Arya . خبرگزاری آریا – کتاب گوشه نوشته‌ي ارشد تهماسبي منتشر شد . 2022-04-11 . www.aryanews.com . fa.
12. Web site: ماهور . صد و یک پیش‌درآمد . 2022-04-11 . www.mahoor.com . fa-ir.
13. Web site: ماهور . جواب آواز . 2022-04-11 . www.mahoor.com . fa-ir.
14. Web site: 4 August 2006 . رديف موسيقي "ميرزا عبدالله" براي ساز تار منتشر شد . 2022-04-11 . خبرگزاری مهر اخبار ایران و جهان Mehr News Agency . fa.
15. Web site: 24 January 2017 . دانلود آلبوم سایه های سبز اثر سالار عقیلی . 2022-04-11 . نوایاب : نوا یاب : آرشیو موسیقی سنتی ایران . fa-IR.
16. Web site: ماهور . وزن ‌خوانی واژگانی . 2022-04-11 . www.mahoor.com . fa-ir.
17. Web site: ماهور . دلدار . 2022-04-11 . www.mahoor.com . fa-ir.
18. Web site: ماهور . صد رنگ رِنگ . 2022-04-11 . www.mahoor.com . fa-ir.
19. Web site: ماهور . سه چهارمضراب . 2022-04-11 . www.mahoor.com . fa-ir.
20. Web site: ماهور . پنجه‌ی دشتی . 2022-04-11 . www.mahoor.com . fa-ir.
21. Web site: ماهور . برنامه‌ی دشتی . 2022-04-11 . www.mahoor.com . fa-ir.
22. Web site: ماهور . مجموعه‌ای از آثار رکن‌الدین‌خان . 2022-04-11 . www.mahoor.com . fa-ir.
23. Web site: ماهور . تصنیف‌های عارف . 2022-04-11 . www.mahoor.com . fa-ir.
24. Web site: ماهور . آثار درویش‌خان . 2022-04-11 . www.mahoor.com . fa-ir.
25. Web site: ماهور . همنوایی . 2022-04-11 . www.mahoor.com . fa-ir.