Manuchihr Jahanbiglu

Biography

Manuchihr, Jahanbiglu (1926-1990)

A santur instrumentalist, for a short he studied with Habib Sama‘i and Abu’l-Hasan Saba. Owing to his family status and diverse preoccupations he was not active in the domain of music to early 1960's. He also performed as an amateur santur player accompanying Asadu’llah Malik's  (1948-2001) Radio and Television orchestra. Later on, he embarked upon contributing articles on Persian music in newspapers and magazines. His santur can be heard in three Barg-i numbers 72, 74 and 100.