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Homeyra
) , alias = Homeyra, Homayra, Homeira , birth_date = , birth_place = Tehran, Imperial Iran , origin = , genre = Persian traditional music, Fusion music, Pop music , occupation = Singer , instrument = Vocals , years_active = 1965–present , label = Taraneh Records, Caltex Records, Pars Video, Avang Records , associated_acts = , website = , module = Parvaneh Amir-Afshari ( fa, پروانه اميرافشاری; born March 17, 1945), better known by her stage name Homeyra (), is an Iranian singer. She is a veteran celebrity of golden age for Iranian music. According to her teacher, Ali Tajvidi her voice is from alto to soprano. Homeyra, with more than half a century of artistic activity, has a legendary popularity among the Iranian people. Early life Parvaneh Amir-Afshari was born on March 17, 1945, to an aristocratic Iranian family in Tehran, Iran. Her family is from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parviz Yahaghi
Parviz Yahaghi ( fa , پرویز یاحقی ) (September 23, 1935 – February 2, 2007) was a distinguished Iranian composer and violinist. He resided in Tehran city for practically his whole life, and was born and died there. His birth name was Parviz Sedighi Parsi. He was musically educated primarily by his uncle Hossein Yahaghi, a violinist and violin teacher, from whom Parviz adopted the Yahaghi name. During his youth Parviz was exposed to many highly professional musicians in Tehran who were friends of his uncle. A notable visitor at his uncle's house was the violin teacher, composer, and musicologist Abolhasan Saba, who is credited with making improvements in violin playing technique in the Persian tradition. Saba published a two-volume training manual for the violin in 1944-45. Starting from about 20 years of age Parviz Yahaghi was employed for a little over two decades as a musician with the Iranian government-financed radio station. In the 1960s and 1970s at the radio st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homa Mirafshar
Homa Mirafshar (born May 24, 1946) is a prominent Iranian poet and songwriter based in the United States. She is considered the best Persian lyricist regarding to Iranian Pop and Traditional Music producers, singers and writers. Iranian musicians such as Manuchehr Cheshmazar and Mohammad Heydari have said that Homa's poems integrate well with rhythm and melody. Audiences recognise these signature elements in her work. Childhood and Family Mirafshar was born in Tehran to the artistic Homayoun family. Homa calls her father her main motivator for her later achievements. She started composing poetry as a child in elementary school. She married Ali MirAfshara, the cousin of Iranian singer Homeyra ) , alias = Homeyra, Homayra, Homeira , birth_date = , birth_place = Tehran, Imperial Iran , origin = , genre = Persian traditional music, Fusion music, Pop music , occupation = Singer , ..., and Homa and Homeyra have colla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassan Shamaizadeh
Hassan Shamaizadeh ( fa, حسن شماعیزاده, also Romanized as Hasan-é Šamâ'izâde; born January 15, 1943 in Isfahan) is an Iranian pop singer, songwriter and saxophonist. Over the past three decades, he composed songs for artists like Googoosh, Dariush, Moein, Ebi, Aref, Homeyra, Farhad and others. Career At the age of 13, Shamaizadeh already played in a theater orchestra isfahan. He then played in the Radio programs and Television in Tehran. He is noted for playing Persian music with quarter tones on the saxophone, which is a rare skill. In the 1960's, he was one of the first members of the popular Persian band Black Cats and played the saxophone for them. He continued to break record with artists like "Aghaaghi" from 1976. He was selected as the most popular male artist in 1976 by readers of the magazine ''Zan-e Rooz''. Discography * 1973 - Mordaab ( "Maarsh") * 1973 - Safar ( "Journey") * 1973 - Naraftan Moondan - 45rpm single (Lavi Records) * 1974 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Tajvidi
Ali Tajvidi ( fa, علی تجويدی; November 7, 1919 – March 15, 2006) was an Iranian musician, composer, violinist, songwriter, and music professor at the School of National Music and Tehran University. He composed more than 150 songs and discovered and produced for many Persian performers such as Delkash and Hayedeh. He was born in Tehran, where his father was active as a painter in the style of Kamal-ol-Molk. In his youth he took violin lessons for two years under Hossein Yahaghi (uncle of Parviz Yahaghi) and for many years was under the tutelage of Abol-Hassan Saba for the violin as well.See biography of Ali Tajvidi at the Rouhollah Khaleghi Artistic CenterRKAC.com/ref> also took Harmony lessons under Houshang Ostovar. After 1941, having developed his violin technique considerably, Tajvidi performed regularly as a violin soloist in Radio Iran programs. In later years, he conducted two orchestras, for which he wrote numerous compositions. Asheqi Sheyda, Be Yad-e Saba, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taraneh Records
Taraneh Records ( fa, شرکت ترانه) is a record label based in Reseda, California. The label focuses on Iranian music. Taraneh Enterprises, Inc. (dba: Taraneh Records) is a major manufacturer and distributor of Persian Media (DVD, CD, VHS) in the United States. Taraneh Enterprises, Inc. has a large selection of old and new Iranian music CDs and movies on DVDs. Notable artists Artists and bands who have recorded with Taraneh Enterprises, Inc include: *Andranik Madadian *Andy & Kouros *Aref Arefkia *Bijan Mortazavi * Black Cats *Dariush Eghbali *Delkash * Ebi * Emad Ahmadi * Emad Ram * Faramarz Aslani * Fereydoon Forooghi *Fereydoun Farrokhzad *Gholam-Hossein Banan *Hassan Sattar *Hayedeh *Homeyra *Leila Forouhar * Mansour *Martik * Marzieh *Maziar *Mahasti *Moein *Morteza Barjesteh * Omid Soltani *Pyruz *Pouya Jalili Pour *Shahram Shabpareh *Shahrum Kashani *Shohreh Solati *Siavash Ghomayshi *Siavash Shams * Susan Roshan *Viguen See also * List of record labels File:Alvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caltex Records
Caltex Records ( fa, کلتکس رکوردز) is a record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1980 by Iranian American immigrant Mehrdad Pakravan. The label focuses on Iranian music. In 1994, the label represented 75% of Persian musical artists in the world in part due to the exodus of musicians from Iran after the government banned popular music. Notable artists Artists and bands who have recorded with Caltex Records include: * Andranik Madadian * Andy & Kouros * Aref Arefkia * Artashes Avetyan * Bijan Mortazavi * Black Cats * Dariush Eghbali * Delkash * Ebi * Faramarz Aslani * Fereydoun Farrokhzad * Gholam-Hossein Banan * Googoosh * Hassan Sattar * Hayedeh * Homeyra * Kourosh Yaghmaei * Leila Forouhar * Mahasti * Mansour * Marzieh * Moein * Morteza Barjesteh * Pyruz * Shahram Shabpareh * Shahrum Kashani * Shakila * Shohreh Solati * Siavash Ghomayshi * Siavash Shams * Susan Roshan * Viguen See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, and has the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East, after Cairo. It is ranked 24th in the world by metropolitan area population. In the Classical era, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Rhages, a prominent Median city destroyed in the medieval Arab, Turkic, and Mongol invasions. Modern Ray is an urban area absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran. Tehran was first chosen as the capital of Iran by Agha Mohammad Khan of the Qajar dynasty in 1786, because of its proximity to Iran's territories in the Caucasus, then separated from Iran in the Russo-Iranian Wars, to avoid the vying factions of the previously ruling Iranian dynasties. The capital has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golha (radio Programmes)
The Golhā radio programmes ( fa, گلها, translit=Flowers; English: Flowers of Persian Song and Poetry) were a station of broadcast on an Iranian government-owned radio station ''Radio Tehran'' from 1956 to 1979. They comprise 1,578 radio programs consisting of approximately 847 hours of music and poetry. Additionally published in ''Journal of Persianate Studies'', 1 (2008), 79-101: https://www.golha.co.uk/Jps_article_golha.pdf History The Golha radio programmes are made up of literary commentary with the declamation of poetry, sung with musical accompaniment and interspersed with solo musical pieces. For the 23 years that these programs were broadcast, all of Iran’s preeminent literary critics, reciters of poetry, singers, composers and musicians were invited to participate. The Golha programs consist of several separate series of programs having slightly different emphasis in content. The programs are named Golhaye Tazeh, Rangarang, Barge Sabz, Javidan and Yek Shakheh Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Umm Kulthum
Umm Kulthum ( ar, أم كلثوم, , also spelled ''Oum Kalthoum'' in English; born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi, ar, فاطمة إبراهيم السيد البلتاجي, Fāṭima ʾIbrāhīm es-Sayyid el-Beltāǧī, link=no; 31 December 1898 – 3 February 1975) was an Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She was given the honorific title "" ('Star of the Orient'). She is considered a national icon in her native Egypt; she has been dubbed "The Voice of Egypt", the "Lady of Arabic Song" and "Egypt's Fourth Pyramid". Biography Early life Umm Kulthum was born in the village of Tamay e-Zahayra, belonging to the city of Senbellawein, Dakahlia Governorate, in the Nile Delta to a family with a religious background as her father Ibrahim El-Sayyid El-Beltagi was an imam from the Egyptian countryside, her mother was Fatmah El-Maleegi, a housewife. She learned how to sing by listening to her father teach her older brother, Khali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jahanbakhsh Pazouki
Jahanbakhsh may refer to: * Alireza Jahanbakhsh (b. 1993), Iranian footballer *Babak Jahanbakhsh Babak Jahanbakhsh ( fa, بابک جهانبخش; born 21 March 1983) is an Iranian pop singer. Biography Born in Bochum, Germany, Jahanbakhsh started playing the piano at the age of five under the supervision of a German teacher at the Free ... (b. 1983), Iranian singer, composer and musician. * Qaleh-ye Jahan Bakhsh, a village in Lorestan, Iran {{Dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akbar Golpayegani
Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in India. A strong personality and a successful general, Akbar gradually enlarged the Mughal Empire to include much of the Indian subcontinent. His power and influence, however, extended over the entire subcontinent because of Mughal military, political, cultural, and economic dominance. To unify the vast Mughal state, Akbar established a centralised system of administration throughout his empire and adopted a policy of conciliating conquered rulers through marriage and diplomacy. To preserve peace and order in a religiously and culturally diverse empire, he adopted policies that won him the support of his non-Muslim subjects. Eschewing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Heydari
Mohammad Heidari ( fa, محمد حیدری; January 1937 – August 23, 2016) was a Persian santur player and songwriter. Career After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Mohammad Heidari 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 Ma'soumeh Dadehbala ( fa, معصومه ددهبالا; 10 April 1942 – 20 January 1990), known professionally as Hayedeh ( fa, هایده), was an Iranian singer with a contralto vocal range. Known for her wide range of voice, her career span ...) became popular in the Persian community. Heyidari also has written the melody of other Persian hit songs such as ''Bia Benevisim'' and ''Sobhet Bekheir Azizam''. Death Mohammad Heyidari died from cancer in a hospital in Los Angeles on 23 August 2016, aged 79. References * Akbarzadeh, P. "Persian Musicians" (Vol. 2), Roshana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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