Parviz Yahaghi

Biography

Parviz Yahaghi (Persian: پرویز یاحقی; September 23, 1935 – February 2, 2007) was a distinguished Iranian composer and violinist. He resided in Tehran for practically his whole life, and was born and died there.

Biography

His birth name was Parviz Sedighi Parsi. He was musically educated primarily by his uncle Hossein Yahaghi, a violinist and violin teacher, from whom Parviz adopted the Yahaghi name.
During his youth Parviz was exposed to many highly professional musicians in Tehran who were friends of his uncle.
A notable visitor at his uncle's house was the violin teacher, composer, and musicologist Abolhasan Saba, who is credited with making improvements in violin playing technique in the Persian tradition. Saba published a two-volume training manual for the violin in 1944-45.

Albums

Other albums by Yahaghi currently in print include:

"Toreh" in two volumes (i.e. two compact discs);
"Tooba" (a.k.a. Tobi) in two volumes;
"Taravat" in two volumes;
the three-volume set headlined "Iranian Classical Music" whose three volumes are called Ashk & Tulu, Yad, and Faryad;
other albums by Yahaghi in print include "Kimia", "Saz-e Del", "Mehr", "Mahtab", and "Raaz & Niyaz".
These albums don't contain any overlap in recorded material with themselves or with the Violin Melodies collection, although at times one hears some recurring themes being reworked and replayed. All these albums are instrumental only (no singing) and monophonic only. (The many early recordings of Yahaghi playing with a singer are published under the singer's name).

Taknavazan Collection

Additional instrumental music featuring Yahaghi is available from the Taknavazan Collection. This collection consists of forty compact discs of Persian traditional instrumental music, featuring the violin on the majority of the tracks.
Yahaghi plays violin on at least one track on at least 25 of the 40 compact discs. Each disc has approximately four tracks.[1]
Other violinists in the Persian tradition who are present in this Taknavazan Collection are Ali Tajvidi (علی تجویدی), Habibollah Badiei (حبیب الله بدیعی), Homayoun Khorram (همايون خرم), and Asadollah Malek (اسدالله ملک). They were all students of Abolhasan Saba in Tehran. They had also similar aesthetics and technique of Yahaghi.