Ali Naghi Vaziri was born in 1888 in Tehran. He had written the first Iranian Classical Music Notation "Radif". He played Tar, Setar, Violin, and other Instruments. He studied Music in French Music School "Ecole superioure musique" & Berlin Music Conservatoire "Hochshule fur music".
His teachers: Hossein Gholi Ghazal Ayagh (his uncle), Mirza Abdollah Farahani, Darvish khan, Purge Froua.
His students: Abol Hassan Saba, Rouhollah Khaleghi, Mosa Maroufi, Hossein Ali Mallah, Heshmat Sanjari, Abdol Ali Vaziri, Javad Maroufi, Khadem Misagh and Foroutan Rad and ….
He published many books and recorded many Discs. Vaziri performed many concerts in Tehran and other city of Iran and outside of Iran as well. He composed many Pieces for Tar and wrote many songs. He died in 1980 in Tehran.