Tehran, Sept 1, IRNA - The special assistant to Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, Hossein Fereydoun visited Legendary Iranian vocalist Mohammad-Reza Shajarian at the hospital here on Tuesday.
Fereydoun wished health for the Iranian most popular traditional singer. Shajarian has been hospitalized in Tehran due to a pulmonary disorder.
Shajarian is now receiving treatment at Kasra Hospital.
The family of the 75-year-old internationally acclaimed maestro said that the veteran musician will soon be discharged.
Called the Iranian “greatest living master of traditional Persian music,” Shajarian has received numerous awards, including the 2006 Mozart Medal of UNESCO, and the prestigious Golden Picasso Medal, one of UNESCO’s highest medals, in 1999.
The celebrated singer has also designed and made a number of new string instruments, including Barbod, Kereshmeh, Saboo, Saghar, Sorahi, and Tondar.
By IRNA