Talieh Kamran (Persian: طلیعه کامران; 1930 – March 14, 2017)[1][2] was an Iranian santur player, painter, poet, and a pioneer of modern art in Iran.
Her father was a violinist and a student of Hossein Khan Esmailzadeh, while her mother was both musically inclined and engaged in painting.
[5][6] Kamran became a featured performer in the Iranian National Music Association concerts, playing the santur alongside Tehrani's tombak.
[8] By the mid-1950s, Kamran had notated key pieces she had learned from Habib Samaei, including in the Shur, Avaz-e Abu Ata, Bayat-e Esfahan, and Chahargah modes, which she later published in her book Sections of Habib Samaei's Radif as Narrated by Talieh Kamran (Persian: بخشهایی از ردیف حبیب سماعی به روایت طلیعه کامران).
[2] Her funeral took place the following day, on March 15, 2017, in front of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, and she was buried in Behesht-e Zahra.