Biography:

Mohammad Esmaili (Persian: محمد اسماعیلی; 26 August 1934 – 13 August 2023) was an Iranian musician.^[1]

Born in Tehran on 26 August 1934, Esmaili began playing the tombak thanks to his uncles, Morteza and Mostafa Gorine-zadeh, who were trumpettists and clarinettists. He studied under Hossein Tehrani and began playing with Tehrani’s tombak group in 1958. In 1964, he became a teacher at the School of Performing Arts & Music. He then became an accompanist to Faramarz Payvar‘s group and subsequently headed the tombak department at the Ministry of Culture. His notable students included Nasser Farhangfar [fa] and Morteza Ghassemi [fr].

Mohammad Esmaili died on 13 August 2023 at the age of 89.^[2]

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