Manouchehr Cheshmazar (born on 14 December 1944) is a prominent Iranian musician, composer and arranger.

Along with Parviz Maghsadi, Babak Afshar, Varoujan and Naser Chashmazar, Manouchehr Cheshmazar is among the founders of Iranian pop music in the 70s.

Composing and arranging songs such as Sal 2000, Jangal Jari, Nazanin, Complaints and Falling with the voice of Dariush, Bahar Bahar, Narges Shiraz, Ya Rab, Bahaneh, Shane-hayat, Saghi and Nagoo Nemiam from Haydeh, Kolbe Man, Khanum Gol, Griz, Hezar And one night, the eternal secret, the jewel box, the hunt, the lonely man's night, honey with the voice of Ebi are among his lasting works.

He always considers his father to be his biggest supporter and encourager and he says about this: "When I was a child, he bought me a small violin and started to teach me, of course, I didn't pick up this instrument for more than a year or two and I was not interested in the violin..."

At the age of 9, due to the family's mastery of the accordion, one of Azerbaijan's musical instruments, his father bought him an accordion and he started learning accordion and musical notes from a private teacher.

At the age of 11 (1955), his father enrolled him in the Tehran Conservatory of Music, where he studied music with professors such as Yousefzadeh (orchestra conductor, head of the Conservatory of Music at that time), Kamal Pourtorab (director of the Conservatory of Music between the years 1971 and 1973), and Emanuel Malik Aslanian (one of the known professors of Tehran University and High Music Academy). His main instrument in the conservatory was the piano. For several years, he studied piano privately with Aslanian in classical style.

The songs Gelaye-ha with the voice of Dariush, Kolbe Man (Ebi), Bibi Gol (Moein), Khoob Man (Mahesti), Shabe Por Setareh (Homeyra), Shazde Khanoom (Sattar) and Talagh by Googoosh are among his famous songs as composer.

What has made the name of Manouchehr Cheshmazer prominent and famous is his prolific work and many activities as composer in the period before and after the 1979. The result of his artistic activity in this period is about two thousand songs in the field of song arrangement.

Manouchehr Cheshmazer's first work is the song Khorsheed Khanum sung by Ramesh, the melody and arrangement of which was made by him. His arrangements are in his own style. He has arranged for many composers and his most collaborations have been with composers such as Hasan Shamaizadeh, Jahanbakhsh Pazuki, Siavash Qomishi, Farid Zeland and Mehrdad Asemani.


Selected Songs

Ey Khoda | Our Memories (Khaterate Ma) · 1997
Soltane Ghalbha | Our Memories (Khaterate Ma) · 1997
Farib · 2021
Chek Cheke Baroun  · 2021
Daryacheye Noor | Our Memories (Khaterate Ma) · 1997
Soltane Galbha | Our Memories (Khaterate Ma) · 1997
Peeri | Our Memories (Khaterate Ma) · 1997
Donya Dou Roozeh | Our Memories (Khaterate Ma) · 1997
Entezar | Our Memories (Khaterate Ma) · 1997
Eshgh | Our Memories (Khaterate Ma) · 1997
Koochooloo | Our Memories (Khaterate Ma) · 1997
Daryachehe Noor | | Our Memories (Khaterate Ma) · 1997