Mojtaba Mirzadeh

Mojtaba Mirzadeh (Persian: مجتبی میرزاده; March 18, 1946 – July 17, 2005)[1] was an Iranian - Kurdish violin, kamancheh, and setar master who was influential in Persian classical music, classical and folk Kurdish music, and also in Iranian pop music.

[2] He played, composed and arrangement music for many famous Kurdish and Iranian singers such as Hasan Zirak, Mazhar Khaleqi, Hayedeh, Moein, Nader Golchin, Shahram Nazeri, Shahab Jezayeri, Googoosh, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Dariush Eghbali, Homeyra, Golpa, Alireza Eftekhari and Reza Saqaee.

Iranian classical and pop composer, Sadeq Nojooki [fa] says that Mirzadeh was the greatest musician that he ever saw in his life.

[4] Mojtaba Mirzadeh was born on 18 March 1946 in the city of Ilam.

Mojtaba died from a heart attack on Sunday, 17 July 2005, aged 59.