Morteza Mahjoubi came from a musical family; his father, Abbas Ali Mahjoubi, played the ney, the Persian wooden flute; his mother, Fakhressadat, could play a little piano; and his brother, Reza Mahjoubi, became a great violinist. Morteza's family happened to own a piano, a rare possession among people of Tehran during that time. He began his musical studies with Hossein Hang Afarin, and later, Mahmoud Mofakham accepted him as his student.
Morteza was only ten years old when he first played alongside Aref Qazvini, a renowned Persian ...
