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Reza Ghassemi

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Reza Ghassemi
Background information
Born1949 (age 75–76)
Isfahan, Iran
Occupation(s)Musician, novelist
InstrumentSetar
Websiterezaghassemi.com

Reza Ghassemi (Persian: رضا قاسمی; born in 1949) is an Iranian novelist, composer, and setar player.[1][2] He was born in Isfahan, and was active in Iranian classical music in the 1970s and 1980s. He composed pieces performed by Shahram Nazeri and worked with musicians such as Mohammad Reza Shajarian. After moving to France in 1986, he founded Moshtaq Ensemble in Paris and later began a parallel literary career.[3] He has written three novels in Persian, one of which is The Spell Chanted by Lambs (2002), which won the Hooshang Golshiri Literary Award[4]. He also co-wrote and co-directed the 2019 film In Full Bloom.[5]

Life and career

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Reza Ghassemi was born in 1949 in Isfahan, Iran. In addition to his literary career, he has made contributions to Iranian classical music, specializing in the setar, a traditional Persian lute. He has composed music for vocalist Shahram Nazeri and has collaborated with other prominent artists, including Mohammad Reza Shajarian and Sepideh Raissadat.

His compositions are featured on Shahram Nazeri’s 1984 album Gol-e Sadbarg, considered an influential recording in Persian classical music.[6][7] The album also includes pieces by Jalal Zolfonoun, Shahram Nazeri, and Reza Ghassemi himself.

In 1986 Ghassemi moved to Paris, where he founded the Moshtaq Ensemble and began teaching setar and Persian classical repertoire.[8][9]

Membres de l'Association Bahar avec Reza Ghassemi

The album 14 Cheerful Pieces, performed with vocalist Sepideh Raissadat and labeled under the Moshtaq Ensemble, was released on October 25, 2010, by French label Buda Musique.[10][11]

Ghassemi has authored at least three novels. His debut, Nocturnal Orchestra of Woods (1996), garnered critical attention; others include The Well of Babel (1999) and The Spell Chanted by Lambs (2002), which was originally serialized online and became his first novel to be published in English.[12][13]

Ghassemi was a co-writer and co-director of the 2019 film In Full Bloom.[14][15]

Awards

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Albums

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  • 14 Cheerful Pieces (Oct. 2010)
  • Dashti-Mahur (1992)
  • Improvisation in Esfahan – Rast Panjgah
  • Siavash Khani (Chahargah)
  • Gol-e Sadbarg (1984)

Publications

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  • Nocturnal Orchestra of Woods (1996)
  • The Well of Babel (1999)
  • The Spell Chanted by Lambs (2002)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Spell Chanted by Lambs by Reza Ghassemi - Asymptote Blog". Retrieved June 13, 2025.
  2. ^ Doosti, Farzaneh. "Reza Ghassemi [b. 1949] – PARSAGON". Retrieved June 13, 2025.
  3. ^ "Reza Ghassemi [b. 1949] – PARSAGON".
  4. ^ "The Spell Chanted by Lambs by Reza Ghasemi - Asymptote Blog". Retrieved October 18, 2025.
  5. ^ Schembri, Jim (September 21, 2020). "Going 15 rounds with the boxing movie formula: an interview with the directors and producer of 'In Full Bloom'". Jim Schembri. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
  6. ^ "Reza Ghassemi [b. 1949] – PARSAGON".
  7. ^ "وجد آفرینی‌های 'مشتاق'؛ نگاهی به تازه‌ترین آلبوم رضا قاسمی". January 12, 2011.
  8. ^ "Reza Ghassemi [b. 1949] – PARSAGON".
  9. ^ "وجد آفرینی‌های 'مشتاق'؛ نگاهی به تازه‌ترین آلبوم رضا قاسمی". January 12, 2011.
  10. ^ "Catalogue - Buda Musique".
  11. ^ "وجد آفرینی‌های 'مشتاق'؛ نگاهی به تازه‌ترین آلبوم رضا قاسمی". January 12, 2011.
  12. ^ "Reza Ghassemi [b. 1949] – PARSAGON".
  13. ^ "The Spell Chanted by Lambs – PARSAGON".
  14. ^ "In Full Bloom". IMDb.
  15. ^ "Going 15 rounds with the boxing movie formula: An interview with the directors and producer of 'In Full Bloom'". September 21, 2020.
  16. ^ Shataw Naseri (June 5, 2014). "Houshang Golshiri Awards". The Parsagon Review. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  17. ^ Syma Sayyah (December 13, 2002). "Winners of Golshiri Foundation's Second Annual Literary Awards Announced". Payvand Iran News. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved February 25, 2013.
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