Heshmat Sanjari
Background information
Birth nameحشمت سنجری
Born(1917-04-01)1 April 1917[1]
Tehran, Iran
Died4 January 1995(1995-01-04) (aged 77)
Tehran, Iran
GenresClassical music
Persian symphonic music
Instrument(s)Violin

Heshmat Sanjari, also transcribed as Sandjari (Persian: حشمت سنجری, April 1, 1917 – January 4, 1995) was a well-known Persian (Iranian) conductor and composer, the son of Hossein Sanjari who was well-known player on tar in Persia.[2]

Education

Heshmat Sanjari studied violin at the Tehran Conservatory of Music under Serge Khotsief and Conducting at the Vienna Music Academy as a pupil of Hans Swarowsky. Claudio Abbado, and Zubin Mehta studied in the same class under Swarowsky. Maestro Sanjari also studied Persian Classical music under Ali-Naqi Vaziri.[3]

Conducting career

After studying violin at the conservatory, Sanjari was the conductor of Tehran Conservatory Students Orchestra and the director of the Conservatory for a short time in 1951. From 1960 until 1971 he was the permanent conductor of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, the longest in the history of orchestra.[2] During this time, many notable musicians such as Yehudi Menuhin and Isaac Stern played with the orchestra, with him as the conductor.[4]

As a guest conductor he conducted the National Iranian Radio and Television Chamber Orchestra and several European orchestras.

Compositions

He composed the works Persian Pictures [تابلوهای ایرانی] (in 5 movements) and Niayesh (Praise) for choir and orchestra. The former is regarded by some as a masterpiece of contemporary Persian symphonic music. Both works have been recorded by Manuchehr Sahbai in Bulgaria with Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra.

Later career

After the 1979 Iranian revolution, the new government looked at music as a promotion of western culture, against Islamic values,[2] so Sanjari and orchestra played only a few concerts in 10 years after revolution. The pressures of this new situation caused him to become depressed in 1989 and after 5 years he fell ill and died on January 4, 1995.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ رهبر روزهای طلایی اركستر سمفونیك تهران با حشمت سنجری
  2. 1 2 3 4 "BBC Persian".
  3. ↑ "Iran Chamber Society: Iranian Music: Ali Naghi Vaziri".
  4. ↑ "خانه موسیقی :: سنجری - حشمت". www.iranhmusic.ir. Archived from the original on 2010-09-25.
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