MP3 Half Moon (Nive Mang) - WORLD: Persian contemporary

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Half Moon composed by Hossein Alizadeh,Directed by Bahman Ghobadi: First Prize at San Sebastian Film festival, 2007.

15 MP3 Songs
WORLD: Persian contemporary, WORLD: Middle East Traditional

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Details:
Half Moon (Nive Mang)

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack composed by
Hossein Alizadeh

Directed by
Bahman Ghobadi

Awards and aselections:
* First Prize at San Sebastian Film festival, 2007
* Officiel Selection of International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2007
* Selection of Tribeca Film Festival, New York, 2007

Music performed by
Hamavayan Ensemble

Parvin Namazi, vacal.
Mostafa Mohmoodi, vocal
Reza Askarzadeh, duduk.
Ali Boustan, oud.
Nima Alizadeh, robab
Saba Alizadeh, kamancheh, qeychak.
Ali Rahimi, daf, percussions
Hossein Alizadeh, diwan


Hossein Alizadeh

Hossein Alizadeh was born in Tehran in 1950. He is considered as one of the most important figures in contemporary Persian music, exemplifying excellence in traditional Persian music today. He studied the classical Persian composition system, the Radif, under various masters, including Houshang Zarif, Ali Akbar Shahnazi, NurAli Borumand, Mahmood Karimi, Abdollah Davami, Yousef Foroutan, and Saied Hormozi. He later recorded the entire body of the Radif based on the interpretations of Mirza Abdullah for Tar and Setar.

Alizadeh received a BA in Music Composition and Performance from the University of Tehran, and then studied Composition and Musicology at Berlin University. He has taught at University of Tehran and Tehran Music Conservatory.

He has performed, as a solo artist, in Iran, North America, Europe and Asia. He was the conductor and soloist in The Iranian National Orchestra of Radio and Television. He established the acclaimed Aref Ensemble and has often worked with the Shayda Ensemble. His first professional experience in Europe was performing with the famous Bejart Ballet Companyâs orchestra for Maurice Bejart's ballet, Gulistan.

Some of Alizadeh's most noted works are The Nava Improvisations (1976), Riders of the Plains of Hope (1977), Hesar (1977), Revolt (1983), Ney Nava (1983), Dream (1986), Torkaman (1986), Raz-O-Niaz (1986), Delshodegan (1987), Song of Compassion (1991), New Secret (1996), A Time for Drunken Horses (2000), Turtles can Fly (2004), Endless Vision (2004), Nive Mang (2006), Under the Razor (2007) and Ode to Flowers (2007). Endless Vision has been nominated for the Best World Music Album of the Year 2006 in the 49th Edition of the Grammy Awards.

Alizadeh established the Hamavayan Ensemble in 1989 as a venue for advancing traditional Iranian choral singing. Composed of some of the best known performers of Iranian instruments and vocalists, this ensemble has produced many of Alizadeh's compositions including New Secret, Gabbeh, Songs of Compassion, Endless Vision, Ode to Flowers and Half Moon.

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