Background
Zoufonoun"s interest in music began after he secretly listened to his father (Habib Zoufonoun) playing and teaching the tar.
Zoufonoun"s interest in music began after he secretly listened to his father (Habib Zoufonoun) playing and teaching the tar.
Aged twelve, already having become a local teacher for tar, Zoufonoun became interested in the violin. Since he was unable to obtain an instrument of his own he designed and made his own instrument. In the 1930s Zoufonoun moved to Shiraz where he learned musical notes from a clarinet teacher and took lessons in the violin.
In 1936 (aged 16) Zoufonoun, at the prompting of his first violin teacher Mr.
Vaziritabar, moved to Tehran where he took lessons from Rouben Gregorian. In the early 1940s Zoufonoun began playing solo"s on Radio Iran.
In 1942 he helped form Anjomane Mooseeghee Melli where he met Rouhollah Khaleghi (who conducted the orchestra). Zoufonoun worked as a soloist, composer, arranger and conductor at the National Radio and Television.
Over the course of his career he has made efforts to compile, transcribe a compilation of regional folk songs, modes, and styles to date.
The work is currently uncompleted. Following his retirement in 1976 from the National Radio and Television, Mahmoud and his family emigrated to the United States of America. Zoufonoun also taught violin. Until his death, he gave lessons in his private studio and previously taught at the National School for Iranian Music (of which he was a founding member), The Shabaneh Adult Art School, Institute for the Arts, The University of Tehran, and The Danesh-e Sarah-e Honar.
Concerto Dashti for Symphony Orchestra Tareneh Bayateh Tork (Golha Orchestra.
Banan singing) Taraneh Mahour: "Gol-o-Zaari" (Lyrics by Hafez) Naghd-e-Sufi: Suite in Rastpanjgah, including several original Taranehs ("Bovad-aya", "Naghd-e-Sufi", "Baba Taher") Faash-Mee-Gooyam: Suite in Chahargah, including original Taranehs ("Sheydaee", "Narm Narmak", "Faash-Mee-Gooyam") Heelat-Raha-Kon: Suite in Oshagh, including original Taraneh "Heelat-Raha-Kon" Anthem in Chahargah: "Vatan" (Lyrics by Simin Behbahani) Mahmoud Zoufonoun playing "Harbi" from his album, "Naghde Sufi" Mahmoud Zoufonoun solo introduction Zoufonoun ensemble playing "Boyad Aya" from "Naghde Sufi" Mahmoud Zoufonoun playing "Mavalian" from his album, "Naghde Sufi" All sample tracks original compositions of Mahmoud Zoufonoun from the album "Naghde Sufi".
He was a member of the “Golha orchestra”.