Hossein Behroozinia Musical artist

Hossein Behroozinia (Persian: حسین بهروزی نیا) (b. 1962 in Tehran) is a renowned Iranian barbat and oud player.He studied oud, playing under the supervision of Mansour Nariman. Behrooznia also learned the radif under the supervision of Mohammad Reza Lotfi.He was a student at the Conservatory of Persian music, and later the music director of Ensemble Khaleghi as well as the director of music education at the Center of the Preservation Persian music.The Los Angeles Times describes Behroozinia's work as "spectacular musicianship". In 2003 the Ministry of Culture of Iran decorated him with its highest honor, the "First Order of Arts". From Stone to Diamond, Behruzinia's latest album won the second prize in the Middle Eastern Album category at the Just Plain Folks Music Awards (JPF).

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 11, 1962
Birth place
Iran , Tehran

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Musical artist

Career started1987
associated musical artist
Dastan Ensemble
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Persian traditional music
instrument
Oud
Radif
Barbat (lute)

Hossein Behroozinia on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.behroozinia.com
  2. http://www.nsnews.com/issues04/w020104/021104/artent/045301tw1.html