Alizadeh was born in 1951 in Tehran. He graduated from the music conservatory in 1975 and entered the school of fine arts in the 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 Said Hormozi. From these masters he learned the radif of Persian classical music.
He plays the tar and setar, and has recently derived the sallaneh and shoor-angiz from the ancient Persian lute barbat.
He has been nominated for the 2007 Grammy award along with Armenian musician, Djivan Gasparyan, for their collaboration album, the Endless Vision.
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Dâd o Bidâd: A new maqâm in Persian Music, through combining the gusheh of dâd in dastgah of Mahour and the gusheh of bidâd in dastgah of Homayoun.
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Sallaneh and Shoor-Angiz: Two new musical instruments derived from the ancient Persian lute barbat.
Film Music
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Turtles can fly, 2004.
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Abjad ("First Letter"), 2003, composed by Abolfazl Jalili.
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Zamani baraye masti asbha ("A Time for Drunken Horses"), 2000.
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Doxtarân e xorshid ('Daughters of the Sun") directed by Maryam Shahriyâ, 2000.
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Gabbeh, 1995.
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Del Shodegân directed by Ali Hatami, 1992.
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Az A'sar, ("From Eons Ago")
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