Mohammad Reza Azadehfar
Mohammad Reza Azadehfar (Template:Lang-fa) ethnomusicologist and santūr performer, born in 1969 in Isfahan, the Safavid capital of Iran. He started learning Iranian traditional dulcimer (santūr) under the supervision of Sa’id Na’imimanesh in 1981 and spent some 4 years at conservatory of Isfahan.[1] In 1988 he immigrated to Tehran and attended Faramarz Payvar santūr lecture conducted by Faramarz Payvar and Sa’id Sabet.
Azadehfar also interested on film studies. He studied cinema at Iranian Youth Cinema Society in 1982 and in 1988 he entered the faculty of Cinema and Theater at Tehran University of Arts to take a BA in cinema. His special interest in cinema was film scoring and editing. Azadehfar won the prize of best film scoring in 1987 for a short film by Asghar Farhadi and a prize for best editing in 1993 at the National Festival of Cinema Javan.
Since 1993 Azadehfar mainly focused on theoretical issues of Iranian music. He began his studies by attending an MA program in Research of Arts in Tehran working on the topic of “General Training of Iranian Music.”[2] His dissertation later on published as a book in Persian language and sold more than 5000 copies. Rhythm specially was interesting to Azadehfar. He learned Iranian percussion instrument tombak and moved to Sheffield in England to do a PhD program in the subject of “Rhythmic Structure in Iranian Music” in 1999.[3] He finished his PhD program in 2003[4] and admitted a PostDoc program in SOAS University of London at the same year.[5] He finished his fellowship in SOAS in 2005 and returned to Iran.
In 2005 Azadehfar took a job as a faculty member of Music Faculty in Tehran University of Art. In 2010 he was elected as a Dean of Music Faculty until 2014.[6] Meantime he established Ethnomusicology program in this faculty and spent years teaching there. He is now an Associate Professor in this faculty.
In 2014 the Executive Board of ICTM (International Council for Traditional Music) appointed Azadehfar as ICTM Liaison Officer for Iran.[7]
Books
- 2016 Arts and Ethics, Published by Soureh Mehr, Tehran, Iran ISBN 978-6000301941 [Persian].[8]
- 2014 General Knowledge of Music: An Insight to Iranian Music Theory, Dastgah System, Musical Instruments and Music History, Published by Nashre Ney, Tehran, Iran ISBN 978-9641853787 [Persian].[9]
- 2013 Theoretical and Practical Bases of Film Music: An Essay on Film Music in the World of Islam, Published by Soroush Mehr, Tehran, Iran ISBN 978-6001755309 [Persian].
- 2011 Second Edition of Rhythmic Structure in Iranian Music, published by University of Arts, Iran ISBN 964-6218-47-4 (9789646218475) [English].
- 2011 Epic and Music, published by Iranian Institute for Research of Culture, Art and Communications, Tehran, Iran ISBN 6005574809 [Persian].
- 2006 The Rhythmic Structure in Iranian Music (402 pages, published by University of Arts, Iran) ISBN 964-6218-47-4 (9789646218475) [English].
- 1996 General Training of Iranian Music ISBN 964-91537-2-1, [Persian].
- 1992 Specialised Textbook of Concurs on Arts (Entrance University Exams), Published by Jahad Daneshgahi Publication [Persian].
- 1992 The 3000 Test of Art Concurs, Published by Jahad Daneshgahi Publication [Persian]
References
- ^ http://art-ir.academia.edu/Azadehfar
- ^ http://opac.nlai.ir/opac-prod/search/briefListSearch.do?command=FULL_VIEW&id=525441&pageStatus=0&sortKeyValue1=sortkey_title&sortKeyValue2=sortkey_author
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Rhythmic-structure-Iranian-music-2nd/dp/964621892X/
- ^ https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.17296!/file/SheffEMNews.pdf
- ^ http://www.soas.ac.uk/musicanddance/newsletter/file45891.pdf
- ^ http://185.56.92.18/post_view.php?id=84&mid=304
- ^ http://www.ictmusic.org/world-network
- ^ http://art-ir.academia.edu/Azadehfar
- ^ http://art-ir.academia.edu/Azadehfar