Hassan Kassai Explained

Hassan Kassai
Birth Name:	Hassan Kassai
Alias:	Hassan Kassa'i
Birth Date:	25 September 1928
Birth Place:	Isfahan, Iran^[1]
Death Place:	Isfahan, Iran^[2]
Instrument:	Ney
Genre:	Classical Persian Music
Occupation:	Musician
Website:	www.kassaimusic.ir

Hassan Kassai (Persian: حسن کسائی‎; 25 September 1928 – 14 June 2012) was a musician and player of Persian classical music. He played the ney, the traditional reed flute of Persia/Iran^[3] and the setar.

He learned music with his father Javad Kasaei, Jalal Tadj Esfahani and Adib Khansari for the singing,

Notable students

Hossein Omoumi^[4]
Masood Arbabian

Notes

Web site: Hassan Kassai . Official Website of Maestro Hassan Kassa'i . September 9, 2011 . July 2, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170702151235/http://www.kassaimusic.ir/Content/Default.aspx?Landir=ltr&Lan=En&State=0 . dead .
Web site: fa:حسن کسایی، نوازنده سرشناس نی، درگذشت. http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/2012/06/120614_l41_music_hasan_kasaee_dies.shtml. BBC Persian. 14 June 2012. Persian.
Web site: http://hamshahrionline.ir/news.aspx?id=58500. fa:زندگینامه: حسن کسایی (۱۳۰۷-). Hamshahri Online. September 9, 2011. Persian. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120122061112/http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news.aspx?id=58500. January 22, 2012.
Web site: de Barros . Paul . 2005-05-20 . The way of the ney: Musician pursues passion for Persian music . 2022-04-21 . The Seattle Times . en-US.

External links

Hassan Kassa'i's Official Website