Mojtaba Mirzadeh (1945 – 19 July 2005) was a Kurdish violin player who was influential in Persian classical music.[1] 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.[2] 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 born in the year of 1945 in the kurdish city of Ilam, but he grew up in the city of 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. He was tought to play by the great musician Hassan Kamkar(Father of the Kamkars).
Mojtaba died from a heart attack on a sunday, 19 July - 2005.