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Dastgah Shur by Faramarz Payvar

Artist Biography For Faramarz Payvar

Farāmarz Pāyvar Persian فرامرز پایور February 10 1932 Tehran – December 9 2009 Tehran Was An Iranian Santur Player Composer And Ostad Master Of Persian Traditional Music.
Pāyvar Was Born In Tehran Iran Into An Aristocratic And Musical Family Which Was Also Famous For Serving The Court. His Grandfather Moìavaroldoleh Was A Renowned Painter In The Court Of Nāseraldin Shah. He Also Was A Fine Musician And Played The Violin The Setar And The Santur. His Father Ali Pāyvar Was Both A Painter And Professor Of French At The University Of Tehran. Pāyvar's Mother Was Also Interested In The Arts In General And Music In Particular. She Was Aware Of Her Son's Talent And Encouraged Him To Play The Instrument.
Pāyvar Started To Demonstrate His Musical Talent In His Earlier Years And He Gradually Realised That He Wanted To Become A Musician And An Artist. At The Age Of Seventeen When He Finished His Studies At Dārolfonūn High School He Began His Musical Career Studying With Abolhasan Saba. He Studied The Radif Repertory And Played The Santur With Sabā For Eight Years Before He Graduated From His Master Class. Pāyvar Was Highly Skilled On The Santur And Soon Became Very Famous. After Sabā's Death He Began To Study With Four Other Masters Nour Ali Boroumand Roknoldin Mokhtāri Abdollah Davami And Haji Āqā Mohamad Irani. Pāyvar Began His Co-Operation With The Iranian Department Of Art And Culture In 1954 And Established An Orchestra Called "The Art And Culture Orchestra" In That Department. He Invited Famous Musicians To Join Including Hossein Tehrani Tonbak Khàtere Parvàneh Traditional Singing Houshang Zarif Tar Mohammad Reza Shajarian Singer Rahmatolàh Badiee Kamānčeh And Abdolvahab Shahidi Singer . In 1958 Pāyvar Began To Teach The Santur At The National Music Conservatory. Four Years Later In 1962 He Received A Scholarship From The Department In Which He Was Teaching And Went To England To Study English. He Graduated With A Graduate Diploma In English From Cambridge University In 1965. At The Same Time He Studied Western Music At The Royal Academy Of Music In London And There He Lectured On Iranian Music And Also Made Some Recordings Which Are Heard Nowadays On BBC Radio Programmes In The Persian Language.
Pāyvar Has Performed In Many Countries Including The USA Germany England Sweden France Japan Italy Malaysia And Russia And Is Known Around The World As A Santur Virtuoso And Composer. Pāyvar Died On December 9 2009 After A Long Struggle With Brain Damage.

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