Photo: Amir Jahed (d. 1978) · Public domain · credits
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Ali-Akbar Shahnazi
Person · male · Iran · Tehran · born 1897 · died 1985
Iranian musician
Timeline
2 events◦ Birth 1† Death 1
1890s
1980s
Biography
English biography177 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1358928230
Biography
Ali-Akbar Shahnazi (Persian: علیاکبر شهنازی; 12 May 1897 – 17 March 1985) was an Iranian musician and a master player of the tar instrument.
Biography
Ali Akbar Shahnazi was born in Tehran, Qajar Iran, on 12 May 1897. His father, Mirza Hossein-Qoli, another master of the tar, named him Ali-Akbar according to a very old tradition: the grandson should be named as his grandfather. His younger brother Abdolhossein Shahnazi and sister Zinatolmolouk Shahnazi were also masters of the tar.
He recorded many pieces with noted vocalists of his time such as Abolhassan Eghbal-Azar and Hossein-Ali Nakisa. He collaborated with other masters of his time such as Reza Mahjubi (violinist) and Hossein Tehrāni (the father of modern tonbak). He not only taught his students his father's radif collection, but also composed a beautiful radif, which he named radif-e dowre-ye āli (Persian: ردیف دورهٔ عالی) and taught it to his students too.
Shahnazi comes from a music family called in Persian Khanedan-e Honar (خاندان هنر), literally meaning "art dynasty".
Shahnazi died on 17 March 1985 at the age of 87.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
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| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Ali-Akbar Shahnazi head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ali_Akbar_Shahnazi.jpgcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4724496seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali-Akbar_Shahnazibiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali-Akbar_Shahnazi
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Iranian musicians — rank #56
Ali-Akbar Shahnazi | |
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Amir Jahed (d. 1978) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q4724496 · MusicBrainz: 385cb0fb-1c54-4438-9f21-6c72d60b04f4
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