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Musical artist

Parviz Yahaghi (Persian: پرویز یاحقی; September 23, 1935 – February 2, 2007) was a distinguished Iranian composer and violinist. He resided in Tehran for practically his whole life, and was born and died there.^[1]

Biography

His birth name was Parviz Sedighi Parsi.

He was musically educated primarily by his uncle Hossein Yahaghi, a violinist and violin teacher, from whom Parviz adopted the Yahaghi name.

During his youth Parviz was exposed to many highly professional musicians in Tehran who were friends of his uncle.

A notable visitor at his uncle's house was the violin teacher, composer, and musicologistAbolhasan Saba, who is credited with making improvements in violin playing technique in the Persian tradition. Saba published a two-volume training manual for the violin in 1944-45.^[2]

Works

Starting from about 20 years, Parviz Yahaghi was employed for a little over two decades as a musician with the Iranian governmen