Abdollah Davami
A very great master of radif, tasnif and tonbak
Abdollah Davami
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 Ali Khan Nayeb-al-Saltaneh to learn radif; and by Haji Khan, Agha Jan, Sama' Hozur, he learnt tasnif and tonbak.
As a result of his talent in learning music, he became friend of 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). He passed away in 1980.
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