Hossein Alizadeh (Persian: حسین علیزاده) is an Iranian musician, composer,^[1] radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar, shurangiz and setar instrumentalist and improviser.^[2] He has performed with such musicians as Shahram Nazeri, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Alireza Eftekhari and Jivan Gasparyan, as well as with a number of orchestras and ensembles.