Abolhasan Saba
Abolhasan Saba (Persian: ابوالحسن صبا; April 15, 1902 – December 19, 1957) was a renowned Iranian composer, violinist, and setar player.[1] BiographyHe was born in Tehran to Abul Qasim Khan Kamal ol-Saltaneh, son of Mohammad Jafar Khan Sadr ol-Hekma, son of Mahmud Khan Kashi Malak ol-Shoara Sadr ol-Shoara Saba ol-Shoara, son of Mohammad Hossain Khan Malak ol-Shoara. He studied several Iranian and non-Iranic musical instruments and became an Ostad in Radif, but he selected violin and setar as his specific instruments. He was a student of Mirza Abdollah as well as Darvish Khan.[1] Saba is one of Iran's most influential traditional and instrumental Persian music figures.[1][2] His first radio recording was in 1927 when he played violin alongside Iran's famous singer Ruhangis.[3] Notable PupilsAmongst his many students who went on to become great masters of Persian traditional music were Faramarz Payvar, Manoochehr Sadeghi,[4] Habibollah Badiei, Rahmatollah Badiyi, Abbas Emadi, Ali Tajvidi, Mahmoud Tajbakhsh, Sassan Sepanta, Saeid Gharachorloo, Parviz Yahaghi, Dariush Safvat, Gholam-Hossein Banan, Parviz Tanavoli,[5] Talieh Kamran[6] and Hossein Tehrani.[7] He died in 1957 and was buried in Tehran's Zahir o-dowleh Cemetery of Artists and Musicians. Saba MuseumUpon Saba's will in 1974, after his death, the faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Tehran turned his private house into a museum.[8] See alsoReferences
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