Adib Khansari

Who was Adib Khansari?

Adib Khansari was an Iranian musician.

He started music from childhood when his first music teacher was Andalib Golpaygani in Khansar. When he was 18 he moved to Isfahan, famous for gathering of Iranian musicians in the 1920s.

In 1921, he was a student of Nayeb Asadollah. He also traveled to Bakhtiari provinces to have some research in the style of Lori Music in Iran.

In 1924, he moved to Tehran to study under Hossein Taher Zadeh, and also Hossein Esmaeil Zadeh. During his staying in Tehran, he studied the piano from Morteza Mahjoubi. After foundation of Tehran Radio Station, he was invited to be one of the top artists in this organization. The community of Barbad was established by close co-operation of Adib Khansari and Esmaeil Mehrtash, as a place for theatre and music.