Document Reading | Session 1: Faramarz Payvar’s Transcription of Mosa Ma’roofi’s Radif

Session 1: Faramarz Payvar’s Transcription of Mosa Ma’roofi’s Radif (with Narrator Annotations)

Faramarz Payvar transcribed this document from Mosa Ma’roofi’s manuscripts. A unique feature of this version is Payvar’s annotations (likely guided by Ma’roofi), which specify the narrators of each section of the Radif. This Radif comprises accounts from Mirza Abdollah, Mirza Hosseingholi, Darvish Khan, and Montazem-ol Hokama, with Payvar recording the narrator’s name at the beginning of each section.

Expert Panel

• Mir Alireza Mirali Naqi – Historian, analyst, critic, and the first professional music journalist in Iran
• Mohammad Reza Sharaeili – Music history researcher specializing in the history of recorded music in Iran
• Ali Samadpour – Composer, Tar player, and music researcher

Radio Radif Thursdays, Season Two: Document Reading – Analyzing Ten Unique Documents in Iranian Music

In its second season, the Radio Radif Thursdays sessions will feature expert analyses of ten document collections over ten sessions. Each session will include a museum-style viewing of the original document, a visual presentation of the collection, and a detailed critique and examination by specialists invited by Payvar Foundation.

Concept & Session Director: Ali Samadpour

Document Reading Coordinator: Arvin Sedaghatkish

Would you like to be present in whole 2nd season of Radio Radif Thursdays?

Buy ticket for whole season: Document Reading | 10 Sessions, $150