- Abdollah Davami
Abdollah Davami (1891 – 1980) was an Iranian musician and singer of traditional
Iranian music .ummary of Davami's Life
Abdollah Davami was born in Ta village of
Tafresh city,Iran , in 1891. As a teenager he discovered that he had a good, audible, and suitable voice, so he decided to learn the elementary principles of Persian vocal music.One day he had been to a gathering in the house of Majd-al-Mamalek when he met Ali Khan Nayeb-al-Saltaneh. After that he became the student of Saltaneh to learn radif; and by Haji Khan, Agha Jan, Sama' Hozur, he learned tasnif and
tonbak .As a result of his talent in learning music, he befriended some great masters of his time, such as Mirza Hosseingholi (tar master), Hossein Khan (kamancheh master),
Darvish Khan (tar and setar master), Malek-al-Zakerin (vocalist) and Mirza Abd-al-Allah (setar master). Davami passed away in 1980.He also trained many students, such as
Abol Hassan Saba ,Faramarz Payvar ,Dariush Talai ,Mahmoud Karimi ,Nasrollah Nasehpoor ,Mohammad Reza Shajarian ,Mohammad Reza Lotfi ,Nasser Farhangfar .References
*Haghighat, A., Honarmandan e Irani az Aghaz ta Emrooz, Koomesh Publication, 2004, (in Persian)
*Khaleghi, R., Sargozasht e Musighi e Iran, Ferdowsi Publication, 1955, (in Persian)
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