Hassan Kassai

Hassan Kassai

Background information
Birth name	Hassan Kassai
Also known as	Hassan Kassa'i
Born	(1928-09-25)25 September 1928 Isfahan, Iran^[1]
Died	14 June 2012(2012-06-14) (aged 83) Isfahan, Iran^[2]
Genres	Classical Persian Music
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Ney

Website	www.kassaimusic.ir

Musical artist

Hassan Kassai (Persian: حسن کسائی‎; 25 September 1928 – 14 June 2012) was a musician and player of Persian classical music. He played the ney, the traditional reed flute of Persia/Iran^[3] and the setar.

He learned music with his father Javad Kasaei, Jalal Tadj Esfahani and Adib Khansari for the singing,

Notable students

Hossein Omoumi^[4]
Masood Arbabian

Notes

^ "Hassan Kassai". Official Website of Maestro Hassan Kassa'i. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
^ حسن کسایی، نوازنده سرشناس نی، درگذشت (in Persian). BBC Persian. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
^ زندگینامه: حسن کسایی (۱۳۰۷-) (in Persian). Hamshahri Online. Archived from the original on January 22, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
^ de Barros, Paul (2005-05-20). "The way of the ney: Musician pursues passion for Persian music". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2022-04-21.