Background
Morteza Mahjubi (Persian: مرتضى محجوبى) was born in 1900, in Tehran, Iran. His father, Abbas Ali (Persian: عباسعلى), known as Nazer (Persian: ناظر), played the Ney. His mother, Fakhr-o-SSaadaat (Persian: فخر السادات), played the piano.
Career
He was a piano soloist for the Golha radio programme. At the age of ten, Morteza performed a concert accompanying Aref Qazvini in cinema Farus (Persian: سينماى فاروس). In the following years, he went on to perform with other musicians including Darvish Khan, Seyyed Hossein Taherzadeh (Persian: سيد حسين طاهرزاده), and Hossein Esmail Zadeh (Persian: حسين اسماعيل زاده).
He was then sent to Mahmoud Mofakham to further his studies of the piano and radif.
He also studied with other musicians including Darvish Khan, Hossein Esmail Zadeh, Hajikhan Zarbgir, and Seyyed Hossein Taherzadeh. Mahjubi"s performance style was improvisational.
According to Navvab Safa, he never planned or prepared for his performances, and if he played a piece ten times he would play it differently each time.