Ali Tajvidi
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Ali Tajvidi (November 7 - 1919 - March 15 - 2006) was a Persian musician, composer, violin master, writer, and music professor at the School of National Music and Tehran University.
He was born in Tehran, where is father was active as a painter in the style of Kamal-ol-Molk. In his youth he took violin lessons for two years under Hossein Yahaghi (uncle of Parviz Yahaghi) and for many years was under the tutelage of Abol-Hassan Saba for the violin as well.[1] After 1941, Tajvidi performed regularly as a violin soloist in Radio Iran programs. In later years, he conducted two orchestras, for which he wrote numerous compositions. Asheqi Sheyda, Be Yad-e Saba, Atash-e Karevan, Didi ke Rosva Shod Delam, and Sang-e Khara are among his best known works. He wrote a three-volume book, entitled "Persian Music", which has been released by the Soroush Publishing Company. In 1998 the Iranian government acknowledged his musical accomplishments by awarding him the highest artistic medal that they dispense.[1] During his career Tajvidi cooperated with outstanding contemporary artists including Gholamhossein Banan, Hossein Qavami, Mahmoud Mahmoudi-Khansari, Hossein Khajeh Amiri (a.k.a. Iraj), Jalil Shahnaz, Farhang Sharif, Habibollah Badiei, Parviz Yahaghi, Javad Maroufi, Faramarz Payvar and Mehdi Khaledi.
