Jalil Shahnaz

Jalil Shahnaz (22 May 1921 – 17 June 2013; Persian: جلیل شهناز) was a Persian classical music musician and a virtuoso tar player.

Biography Jalil Shahnaz was born in 1921 in Isfahan, Persia (Iran). Shahnaz studied with his brother, Hossein Shahnaz, and befriended Hassan Kassai, a ney player.

According to the book Persian Musicians by Pejman Akbarzadeh:"Shahnaz started his activities in 1949 at Radio Isfahan and in 1957 he was invited to cooperate with Radio Tehran. In the capital he worked as a soloist at Golha program and was later active at the Shiraz/Persepolis Arts Festival. Shahnaz in the late 1980s became a member of "Persian Music Maestros Ensemble". The ensemble performed various concerts inside and outside of Iran."

Persian classical vocalist Mohammad-Reza Shajarian named his most recent musical group "Shahnaz" in honor of Maestro Shahnaz.

Shahnaz died in Tehran on 17 June 2013.

Works "Atr Afshan" (tar solo, accompanied by Mohammad Esmaeili, tombak). "Zaban-e tar" (tar solo, accompanied by Jahangir Malek, tombak). "15 Pieces for Tar and Setar" (transcribed by Houshang Zarif). Soroud Publications, Tehran, 2000.