Aged twelve, already having become a local teacher for tar[citation needed], Zoufonoun became interested in the violin.

[4] In the 1930s Zoufonoun moved to Shiraz where he learned musical notes from a clarinet teacher and took lessons in the violin.

[3] In 1936 (aged 16) Zoufonoun, at the prompting of his first violin teacher Mr. Vaziritabar, moved to Tehran where he took lessons from Rouben Gregorian.

In 1942 he helped form Anjomane Mooseeghee Melli where he met Rouhollah Khaleghi (who conducted the orchestra).

He continued to teach and compose and perform traditional Persian music, usually with his sons as the Zoufonoun Ensemble.