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Habibollah Badiee (Persian: حبیبالله بدیعی; 1933–1992) was an Iranian musician, singer, and composer. He was known for combining Western-style classical violin and Iranian symphonic music. Badiee was considered one of the masters of his generation of Iranian music.
Biography
Habibollah Badiee was born on 4 April 1933, in the Azande village in Savadkuh County in Mazandaran province, Imperial State of Persia (now Iran). At age 8, his family moved to Tehran. At the age of 17, he started working for Golha radio station, where he was a soloist.
Badiee composed more than 200 songs, some were for other musical artists, and many of which are considered classics.
In 1964, he became a member of the Radio Music Council, and in 1966, he became the deputy director of Radio Tehran and then the deputy director of music department. From 1967 to 1972, he was appointed the head of the Iran Radio Music Department; and from 1972 to 1979, he was appointed as a member of the Council of the Music Unit, whose members consisted of: Morteza Hannaneh, Ali Tajvidi, and Hossein Ali Mallah. He was the leader of the Barbad Orchestra for six years.
Badiee died of heart disease on 19 October 1992, at Tos Hospital in Tehran. He is buried at Imamzadeh Taher cemetery in Karaj, Iran.
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- Habibollah Badiee
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- Hossein Ali Mallah
- Savadkuh County
- List of Iranian musicians
- 1992 in Iran
- Emamzadeh Taher
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