Esfandiar Monfaredzadeh

Esfandiar Monfaredzadeh (born March 14, 1941, in Tehran) is an Iranian musician, composer, and arranger. He began his career as a composer in 1956 on "Radio Iran" and continued for eight years. Before that, he briefly played the oud on "Radio Air Force" and in the theaters of Laleh-Zar. During this time, he simultaneously composed the music for the operas "Takht-e Jamshid" (1966) and "Fath-e Babol" (1967) and the soundtracks for the films "Hengameh" (1968) and "Jahannam-e Sefid" (1968), both directed by Samuel Khachikian.

Monfaredzadeh's most prominent period as a film music composer was his collaboration with Masoud Kimiai, Amir Naderi, and Bahram Beyzai. He composed the music for films such as "Uncle Soleyman" (1972), "Gavaznha" (1973), "Tangna" (1973), "Dash Akol" (1973), "Khodahafez Rafiq" (1974), "Reza Motori" (1970), and "Qeysar" (1969), with the last one being his most famous work. He won awards for the soundtracks of "Qeysar" and "Reza Motori" at the Fajr Film Festival.

Monfaredzadeh's musical collaborations were mainly with Farhad and Googoosh. He was close friends with Masoud Kimiai since childhood.

Despite studying music at the University of Tehran's College of Fine Arts, Monfaredzadeh couldn't complete his education in Vienna due to unforeseen circumstances. In 1965, h...