Mirzadeh, Mojtaba

Mojtaba Mirzadeh (1945 – 19 July 2005)

Mojtaba Mirzadeh (1945 – 19 July 2005) was a violin player of Kurdish origin who was influential in Persian classical music.

He played for many famous kurdish artists such as Aziz Sharux, Mazhar Xalqi, Hassan Zirak, Nasser Razazi, Mohammed Mamli, Shahab Jezairi, Shahram Nazeri and Reza Saqaei.

He also played for Persian artists such as Googosh, Hayedeh, Akbar Golpaygani, Mohammed Reza Shajarian, Dariush Eqbali and Ali Reza Efthekhari. He was also the composer for many films.

Mojtaba Mirzadeh was a kurdish composer and virtuoso violinist who was born in 1945 in the province of Ilam, Iran.

He later moved with his family to Kermanshah. Mojtaba grew up in a poor family. He would make sounds from pans and pots in the kitchen.

He then started to learn the Santur, but quit shortly after learning it. When he was fourteen, his father offered to buy him a violin.
Death

1987   Travellers of Moonlight - Mosaferan-e mahtab (1987)
1980   Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse | Panjomin savar-e sarnevesht (1980)
1978   Along The Night | The Night Never Ends | Dar Emtedad Shab (1978)
1977   Dead End | Bonbast (1977)
1972   Samad va sami, leila va leili (1972)
1972   A Bed for Three | The Triple Bed | Takhtekhab senafare (1972)
1971   The Solution | Mohallel (1971)
1971   The Carriage Driver | Doroshkechi (1971)
1970   The House Of Qamar Khanoum | Khaneye Ghamar khanoum (1972)
1970   Samad and The Flying Carpet | Samad va Ghalicheye Hazrate Soleiman (1970)