Awards and recognitions

• The first Iranian guitarist to play at the prestigious Wigmore Hall, London
• The first Iranian guitarist to play for the Guitar Society of Toronto
• The first Iranian guitarist to be interviewed by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
• John W. Duarte
  John W. Duarte
  John William Duarte was a British composer, guitarist and writer.Duarte was born in Sheffield, England, but lived in Manchester from the age of 6...
  
  , in his letter to Bagher, wrote that [Bagher's] music "is a unique amalgam of Eastern and Western music."
• In 1970 Bagher received a gold medal
  Gold medal
  A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
  
   for his outstanding artistic achievement throughout Iran.
• The first guitar instructor of the International Academy of Music in Iran.

Guitar and Tango instructor

As well as performing, Bagher continues to nurture a new generation of classical musicians. He has been teaching for over 35 years, using special methods that accelerate learning and provide maximum enjoyment of the learning process. He also specializes in the Shinichi Suzuki (violinist) method of teaching. Also Bagher was the first instructor to teach guitar in the International Academy of Music in Iran.
Moreover Bagher teaches Tango

Tango (ballroom)

Ballroom Tango is a ballroom dance that branched away from its original Argentine roots by allowing European, American, Hollywood, and competitive influences into the style and execution of the dance....

 dance by applying unique teaching methods since 2005.
Many of Bagher’s guitar students have become professional prestigious guitarists who are currently active in performing well-known complicated pieces at prominent concerts and other events.

Among the long list of his students are: (sorted alphabetically)

• Ali Naraghi
• Alireza Tafaghodi
• Amir Abbas Aliabadi
• Babak Falsafi
• Araz Boghossian
• Bahram Mazloumian
• Dariush Afrasiabi
• Kazem Moazen, Canada
• Kiarash Mohajer
• Maneli Jamal
• Mehrdad Pakbaz
• Mina Shekarbani
• Mohammad Reza Chitsaz, Germany
• Payam Ashtiani
• Sadegh Moazzen, Germany
• Shahin Alavi
• Siamak Valaei

and many more prominent guitarist around the world.

Dedications

There are many composers who have dedicated their songs to Bagher such as, Alan Torok's Sonata No. 5, Dr. Shahin Farhat and Dr. Mehran Ruhani.

Bagher dedicated one of his compositions, Struggle, to Mrs. Simin Behbahani

Simin Behbahani

Simin Beh'bahāni is one of the most prominent figures of the modern Persian literature and one of the most outstanding amongst the contemporary Persian poets. She is Iran's national poet and an icon of the Iranian intelligentsia and literati who affectionately refer to her as the lioness of Iran...

, the great Iranian poet.