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Habib Sama'i the son of Sama’ Hozur, one of the most famous santoor players of Qajar era was born 1901 in Tehran.
Habib accompanied the santoor playing of his father on tonbak, as he was four years old, in order to grasp the concept of rhythmic compositions. Sama’ Hozur taught some years later, as he was ten, the concepts of santoor playing too.
Habib, the legendary santoori, taught in the national music school, played for a long time santoor solo at Tehran’s Broadcasting center (radio Bisim) or collaborated with the greatest musician of his time like ostad Abol-Hassan Saba, Hosseyn Tehrani, Parvane, Ghamar ol-Moluk Vaziri.
Through this broad casting he introduced santoor into Persian music society, while most of the people had forgotten this instrument.
He recorded some of 78 Rpm records with the famous vocalist of his time Parvane, which are the only records do we have yet from his performances.
Some of his known students are Mehdi Nazemi, Ghobad Zafar, Nur-Ali Borumand and Morteza Abdol-Rasuli.
We believe him as a creative composer, a very legendary santoor virtuoso and great accompaniment. He accompanied the two most famous singers of his time Ghamar ol-Moluk Vaziri and Parvane.
Habib predeceased on Thursday 11th July 1946 in Tehran and buried in Zahir od-Doale graveyard.
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