Nozar Rezaei

Nozar Rezaei, son of Nasur, from the village of Bezmirabad of the valiant Qalkhani tribe, was born in 1365 SH (1986/87).

He was still very young when he witnessed a series of classes and gatherings of daftar recitation (daftar: the Yarsan sacred books) and tanbur playing held in the Bezmirabad district through the efforts of the late Darvish Alimir Darvishi; from then on, with his father's encouragement, the first sparks of love for the tanbur and the maqam (a traditional melodic piece or mode of the tanbur) were kindled in him.

In his teenage years, through effort and perseverance, he was able to complete the authentic tanbur maqams under Ghobad Ghobadi and to perform them with the utmost authenticity and beauty. He has always striven to understand the concepts of the daftars of the Yarsan community; alongside learning the tanbur maqams he has not neglected the study of the Yari daftars, and has always endeavoured to benefit as fully as possible from the Yari texts. For some years he also benefited from the teaching of the late Darvish Jahangir Darvishi.

One of the subjects he has pursued in particular in recent years is the Kurdish Shahnameh: by collecting several old and reliable manuscripts he has been able both to write out a number of them and to gain a deep, research-based understanding of how the narratives of the Kurdish Shahnamehs – a vast part of the enduring heritage of our forebears – are told.

For some years now he has devoted himself to teaching the Yari maqams to devotees and students, both privately and in groups, and has held regular and serious tanbur classes in Sarpol-e Zahab county and in the Bezmirabad district, Cham-e Zereshk and the surrounding area. Mindful that the maqam music of the tanbur should be at the service of the people and of those devoted to this path, he has always taken an active part in the gatherings of lovers of this ancient instrument and has been a good example of conduct and morals for young people and for those who follow this path.

Source: Telegram channel “Navaye Tanbur”, 10 March 2017.