Many renowned musicians including Parviz Meshkatian, Behnam Vadani and Farman Moradi, Eshqi’s former students and musical instrument makers attended the ceremony.
Mohammad Navaii, who became known as Eshqi, was born in
Farman Moradi mentioned during the ceremony that Eshqi’s father died when he was only eight years old and he was then apprenticed to a local carpenter.
He went on to talk about how Eshqi had begun his career, saying that he once met a group of itinerate mystic musicians and had been enchanted by their performance; he had tried to memorize the shape of the instruments they had played and had thus been inspired to make his first musical instrument which was a kamancheh.
Moradi went on to say that Eshqi showed the kamancheh he had made to Seyyed Jalal, one of the itinerate musicians, and he acknowledged his craftsmanship. Eshqi then began making Setars in a tiny carpentry workshop with the help of Jalal.
He concluded saying that Eshqi had crafted setars for more than 30 years in his small workshop and that he had made them for many veteran players including Ahmad Ebadi.
Seyyed Mehdi Setayeshgar, editor in chief of the magazine “The Art of Music” said that musicians and instrument makers had been greatly influenced by Eshqi’s workmanship and many professional players used, and still use, instruments that have been made by his able hands.
At the end of the ceremony Behnam Vadani, a student of Ebadi, played one of Eshqi’s setars. A documentary film on Eshqi’s life was also screened during the event.
An exhibition displaying instruments made by Eshqi was held on the sidelines of the ceremony.
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