Ebrahim Azhang ابراهیم آژنگ |
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Also known as | ابراهیم آژنگ, Ebrahim Ajang, Ibrahim Azhang |
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Genres | Persian traditional music |
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Occupation(s) | Composer, instrumentalist |
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Musical artist
Ebrahim Azhang (Persian: ابراهیم آژنگ, also transliterated as Ebrahim Ajang) was a composer from Iran of Iranian classical dastgah music during the Qajar period.[1][2][3][4]
Life
He was a student of the French composer Alfred Jean Baptiste Lemaire and a colleague of Darvish Khan. He primarily played the violin. He composed many Pishdaramads and Rengs which are still popular among classical Iranian musicians. He taught at the Dar ul-Funun school.[5][6][7]
References
- Nasiri Far, Men of Music 64/3-65
- Iranian music history, published by Simorgh, Hasan Mashhoun
- Musical and traditional men of Iran, Rad Publishing, Habibullah Nasiri
- Identification of Iranian music, Bina publication, Aziz Shabani
- Behrouz Shapouri, the faces of Iranian music vol.1