He received santur lessons first from Hossein Saba and, after his death, from Abolhassan Saba. He also worked with Abdollah Davami and Haj Agha Mohammad Irani-Mojarrad.
In 1955, he played with Fine Arts Administrations Orchestra (conducted by Abolhassan Saba) in Tehran for one year and after that played with another ensemble in the administration that was led by Nosratollah Golpayegani. During this period he performed in Asia, Europe and the United States.
Heydari taught at the Persian National Music Conservatory in Tehran from 1961 until 1978, shortly before the revolution and his departure from Persia. Heydari also was the leader of Navazandegaan Ensemble and performed several programs on Tehran Radio and TV.
After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Mohammad Heydari left the country for Italy and a few years later moved to Los Angeles, where he continued his activities as a soloist and songwriter. Some of his nostalgic songs such as “Zahr-e Jodai” and “Bahar Bahar” (both performed by Hayedeh) became popular in the Persian community.
17 responses so far ↓
1 Kam // Nov 23, 2008 at 4:28 am
It was great as usuall I like your work.
Thanks
2 Hamid Reza // Nov 23, 2008 at 6:21 am
Well done Raha. It’s great.
I hope I see and hear more about Mohammad Heydari.
3 Manooch // Nov 23, 2008 at 7:05 am
khaste nabashid, hamegi
mesle hamishe perfect bood
4 A fan from SF // Nov 23, 2008 at 7:13 am
I just wanted to take a moment and thank Raha for all his good work for persian community. It’s people like you that make me believe there’s still hope for this lost interrupted society.We need more Rahas.Keep it up man;Thank you.
5 Amir from Ireland // Nov 23, 2008 at 8:21 am
Thanks a million Raha for introducing Mohammad Heydari to us, good job man. Among his masterpieces, I loved the ones he has played for Moein. I think you may have forgotten to list another beautiful song “Rah to boro mosafer” sang by Moein which is absolutely fantastic. I wish there was an interview with him as well, God bless him, there are not many like him left in the Persian community. How magic was our music in the past and what happened to that during the past ten years.
6 Amir K. Nosrat // Nov 23, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Thanks you so much guys, very proud of you. People need to know and appreciate artists behind the scenes, and not just the ones in the spot light. let these be a reminder and inspiration for the young ones perusing music, or perhaps a wake up call!
7 sepideh // Nov 23, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Raha jan karhaye shoma dar bareh moarefi honar mandan Irani dar ein sadegi az arzesh haye zaiyadi barkhordar ast .barayt arezoye movfaghiat bishtar mikonam.omid varam hameh ghadr shoma ra bedannd .
8 ohhh MG // Nov 23, 2008 at 5:27 pm
موسیقی درمانی
9 Ali-Dai // Nov 24, 2008 at 3:00 pm
ohhh MG, you are a real “boshghab -bedmaker “
10 Maryam from Norway // Nov 24, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Bah bah… Bah bah… Bah bah…
:D 
Yes Raha, great as usuall
11 ali // Nov 24, 2008 at 9:37 pm
Lovely……
12 Amir // Nov 24, 2008 at 10:36 pm
perfect as always
13 ohhh MG // Nov 24, 2008 at 11:47 pm
AD @ least i don’t use some1 else’s name
14 milad // Nov 26, 2008 at 11:15 pm
good job, another great work by Raha,
but i wish “Dele Man” or one of Moein’s songs was #1. well, i mean that’s how i would have put it, and Hayde’s songs would have been next in my list.
but what matters is that all of those songs are great oldies and i have so many memories with each one of them.
15 raha // Nov 28, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Thank you all for the great feedback!
Hamid Reza - Sattar has recently released a video with the composition of M. Heydari.
A fan f. SF- I truly appreciate what you wrote, baesse delgarmi bood.
Amir- I know, I love that song, but I figured 2 from Moein should be enough. Thanks
Maryam- Har vaght daram ye greatest hits edit mikonam, yade shoma miyoftam, merci Maryam jan.
Milad- Dear Milad, I sort of agree, i just thought it would be nice with Hayedeh as # 1. Dariush and Googoosh have been dominating 2 much.
16 Maryam from Norway // Nov 30, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Hehe:)
17 ohhh MG // Dec 1, 2008 at 1:10 am
شاه ماهی هنر ایران
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