Hossein Alizadeh

Hossein Alizadeh
Hossein Alizadeh playing Shurangiz at the "Night of Hossein Alizadeh" event by Bukhara Magazine
Background information
Born (1951-08-24) August 24, 1951
OriginTehran, Iran
GenresPersian Traditional, Contemporary Classical, Soundtrack
Occupation(s)Composer, Tar and Setar Player
Instrument(s)Tar, Setar (also Sallaneh, Shurangiz)
Years active1966

Hossein Alizadeh (Persian: حسین علیزاده; born August 24, 1951) is an Iranian musician, composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar, shurangiz and setar instrumentalist and improviser. He has performed with such musicians as Shahram Nazeri, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Alireza Eftekhari and Jivan Gasparyan, as well as with a number of orchestras and ensembles.