TEHRAN -- Iranian composer Hushang Kamkar believes that the nomination of Hossein Alizadeh for a Grammy Award was the great event of the year in the Iranian music scene.

“Hossein Alizadeh is one of the luminaries of Iran’s traditional music. Although he did not win the award, Iran should be proud that an Iranian was among the nominees,” Kamkar, who is the leader of the Kamkars group, told the Mehr News Agency on Tuesday.

“Endless Vision”, a live recording of world-renowned musicians Alizadeh of Iran and Djivan Gasparyan of Armenia, was nominated in the category of Best Traditional World Music Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards 2007.

Iranian vocalist Mohammadreza Shajarian’s album “Faryad” and “Ghazal”, an album that resulted from a collaboration between Iranian kamancheh player Kayhan Kalhor and Indian sitar virtuoso Shujaat Hussein Khan, were nominated for Grammies in 2006 and 2004 respectively.

The world’s most prestigious prizes for excellence in the recording industry, the Grammy Awards are given in the United States by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS).