Parviz Meshkatian (Persian: پرويز مشكاتيان; May 15, 1955 – September 21, 2009) was an Iranian musician, composer, researcher and university lecturer.
Born in Neyshabur, Meshkatian entered the Tehran Academy of Arts, where he studied music theory and was introduced to radif (the Persian classical music repertoire) by the masters Nur-Ali Boroumand, Dariush Safvat, Mohammad Taghi Massoudieh, and Mehdi Barkeshli.
[1] Meshkatian toured Europe and Asia and regularly performed.
While continuing his work as a composer and a researcher, Meshkatian was teaching music at Tehran University.
[2] Meshkatian died on September 21, 2009, in Tehran, from a heart attack.