Tehran, April 19, IRNA - Veteran Iranian violinist Bozorg Lashgari donated an antique Russian violin to the Music Museum of Iran.
He presented the violin on his 90th birthday, which was celebrated Thursday at the museum in Tehran, the English- language newspaper ?Tehran Times? said on Saturday.

Lashgari’s Russian teacher of music had given him the instrument, he said adding, “I learned and performed all my works on this violin.

Several musicians and officials including Saman Ehteshami, Milad Kiaii, Hassan Riahi and Fazel Jamshidi attended the celebration.

At the ceremony, the Music Museum of Iran Director Ali Moradkhani made a short speech about Lashgari, calling him one of  the luminaries of Iranian music.

“A society would not be lively or happy without music. We owe these people who compose songs for us,” Iran’s National Orchestra conductor Farhad Fakhreddini said during the event.

Lashgari, 91, was a disciple of the renowned Iranian musicians like Hossein Yahaqqi, Ebrahim Mansuri, Ruhollah Khaleqi and Rouben Gregorian.

He performed pieces for a nationwide radio broadcast in 1945. Afterwards, he was hired by orchestras led by renowned musicians like Reza Mahjubi and Abolhassan Saba.

“Hymn”, “Storm”, “Call Me”, “Drizzle” and “Alas! Alas!” are some of his popular compositions.

By IRNA

 

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