The maestro won renown as the country’s highest-achieving, best-performing, and most globally-recognized traditional music artist, with vocal virtuosity that has heartened and enlightened successive generations.

President Hassan Rouhani, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, First Vice President Es'haq Jahangiri, and Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyed Abbas Salehi were among a host of high-ranking officials and dignitaries who have extended their condolences over his passing, Press TV reported.

Shajarian’s albums in 2004 and 2006 won him nomination for Grammy award in the Best World Music section.

Also in 2006, the United Nations’ cultural body, UNESCO conferred him with its Mozart Medal.

The UN body had also awarded him with its Picasso Medal in 1999 over his contribution to the enrichment and development of music.