Alizadeh plays the tar and setar. He has performed with two of Iran's national orchestras, as well as with the Aref Ensemble, the Shayda Ensemble,[3] and Masters of Persian Music. In Europe, his first professional performance was with the Bejart Ballet Company’s orchestra in a performance of a Maurice Béjart ballet called Golestan.[3]
Awards
He has been nominated for the 2007 Grammy Award along with Armenian musician, Djivan Gasparyan, for their collaboration album, The Endless Vision.
In 2008, he was voted as "Iran's most distinguished musician of the year".
In November 28, 2014 he refused to accept France’s high distinction in art, Legion of Honour.[4]
Inventions
Dad o Bidad: A new maqam in Persian music, through combining the gusheh of dad in dastgah of Mahour and the gusheh of bidad in dastgah of Homayoun.
Sallaneh and Shoor-Angiz: Two new musical instruments derived from the ancient Persian lute barbat.
^ a b c d e fHarris, Craig. "Hossein Alizadeh: Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^"Iranian musician refuses French Chevalier of Legion of Honor". November 29, 2014. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
^Hossein Alizadeh at IMDb
Laudan Nooshin, in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie, second edition (Macmillan, London, 2001). ISBN 1-56159-239-0. (Oxford University Press, 2001). ISBN 0-19-517067-9.
External links
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A BBC Persian interview with Hossein Alizadeh (in Farsi)