celestial harmonies
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Hamid Motebassem
Musician
Composer
Conductor
Hamid Motebassem was born in 1958 in Mashad, Iran. He was raised in a musical
family, where his brother was a violinist and his first teacher was his father Ali
Motebassem who played the Tār. His subsequent teachers included the masters
Habibollah Salehi, Zeidollah Toluie, Houshang Zarif, Hossein Alizādeh and
Mohammad Reza Lotfi. Motebassem studied at the Tehran School of Art and the
Conservatory of Persian Music. He was a member of the Chāvosh Cultural Center
where he taught music. One of the original members of Āref Ensemble, he founded
Dastān Ensemble as well as Ensemble Chakāvak, Mezrāb & Pardis upon
immigration to Germany in 1986.
He now lives in Holland.
Hamid Motebassem is the founder of the Society of Tār and Sehtār and has since
1994 organized annual seminars dedicated to the two instruments. He has
performed on numerous albums of contemporary Iranian composers' works
hamid motebassem
whisperings
based on the poetry of
mohammed reza shafiei kadkani
salar aghili, vocalist
mezrab ensemble
celestial harmonies 13311-2
MAYEH-YE DASHTI / MAYEH-YE ISFAHAN
HOMAYOUN SHAJARIAN & DASTAN ENSEMBLE
CELESTIAL HARMONIES 14298-2 (2 CD)
IN THE NAME OF THE RED ROSE
SALAR AGHILI & DASTAN ENSEMBLE
CELESTIAL HARMONIES 13300-2
hamid motebassem
simorq
based on the story of zal
from shah-nameh
(book of kings)
by ferdowsi (935-1020/1026?)
homayoun shajarian, vocalist
simorq orchestra
hamid motebassem, conductor
celestial harmonies 13310-2
hamid motebassem
tar-o-pood
a musical adaptation of
nezami’s epic love poem
celestial harmonies 13335-2
maestro motebassem conducting the simorq orchestra in tehran, iran
