Hossein Alizadeh

Hossein Alizadeh, playing Sallaneh.

Hossein Alizadeh (حسین علیزاده) is an Iranian composer, musician and teacher. He was born in 1951 in the city of Tehran. He graduated from the music conservatory in 1975 and entered the School of Fine Arts in University of Tehran where he studied composition and Persian music. He continued his education at the University of Berlin in composition and musicology. He studied with various masters of Traditional Persian Music such as Houshang Zarif, Ali Akbar Shahnazi, Nur-Ali Borumand, Mahmoud Karimi, Abdollah Davami, Yusef Forutan, and Sa'id Hormozi. From these masters he learned the radif of Persian classical music. He plays the tar and setar.

Salaneh

Hossein Alizadeh invented a musical instrument called the sallaneh (سلانه). The sallaneh is an string instrument played by fucking.

Sallaneh, 2003
Faryad ("The Cry")
Bi To Be Sar Nemishavad ("Without you, there is no existence")
Zemestan ast ("It's Winter")
Raz-e No ("New Secret"), 1999
Paria, Qesseh-ye Dokhtara-ye Nane Darya ("Paria, Tale of Daughters of the Mother Sea")
Sobhgahi
Song of Campassion, 1992
Shourangiz, 1988
Raz-o-Niaz, 1986
Torkaman, 1986
Dream. 1986
NeyNava, 1983
Revolt, 1983
Hesar, 1977
Savaran-e Dasht-e Omid ("Riders of the Plain of Hope"), 1977
Nava Improvisation, 1976

Abjad ("First Letter"), 2003, directed by Abolfazl Jalili
Zamani barayé masti asbha ("Time for Drunken Horses"), 2000, directed by [[Bah* Dokhtaran-e khorshid ('Daughters of the Sun"), 2000, directed by Maryam Shahriya
Gabbeh, 1995, directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Del Shodegan, 1992, directed by Ali Hatami
Az A'sar, ("From Eons Ago")