Alireza Assar ( fa, علیرضا عصار) (January 24, 1970 in Tehran) is an Iranian musician and
Persian pop
Iranian pop music or Persian pop music ( fa, موسیقی پاپ ایرانی) refers to pop music originated in Iran, with songs mainly in Persian and other regional Persian dialects of the country and region.
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singer and composer, and piano and guitar player.Alireza Assar Official Website About Page /ref>
Biography
The oldest child of a four-member family in Tehran, His studied the piano under the supervision of Kavous Samandar, Javad Maaroufi and Mostafa Pourtorab. His first concert was in Aboureihan-e Birooni Hall in Shahid Beheshti University at age 16. Since then he had several concerts worldwide.
He began his career as a pop singer in March 1997 (Norouz 77) by performing "Eidaneh" on television. His first album, ''Kouch-e Asheghaneh'', published in 1999, with the hit single "Ghodsiane Aseman" made him one of the most popular singers of the new generation of pop singers after the
Islamic Revolution
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dyna ...
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In 2006, Assar started a new genre of
Persian pop
Iranian pop music or Persian pop music ( fa, موسیقی پاپ ایرانی) refers to pop music originated in Iran, with songs mainly in Persian and other regional Persian dialects of the country and region.
History Early Iranian popular music ...
Mohammad Reza Shafiei-Kadkani
Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani ( fa, محمدرضا شفیعی کدکنی, also Romanized as "Mohammad–Reza Shafi'i Kadkani") (born 10 October 1939) is an Iranian writer, poet, literary critic, editor, and translator.Abbey Road Studio.
After that album, Assar released two more albums, ''Mohtaseb'' and ''Bazi Avaz Shodeh''.
In 2017, he performed at a celebration in Tehran honoring thirty years of collaboration between Iran and the World Food Program.
In January 2016 Assar held a concert after six years of silence. This concert was a great comeback with selling more than 20 thousand tickets.
In December 19th 2017 he released a new album titled " Joz Eshgh Nemikhaham " . This album has been chosen as the best album of the year unanimously by all the musicians participated in "Muzice Ma " Festival.
And in 2017 he held another successful concert selling more than 20 thousand tickets.
In January 2020 news reports, Assar was listed as one of the Iranian celebrities who showed support for Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 protests by canceling planned events.
At the end of 2021 he started cooperating with a talent show " Band Bazi" as the head of the judges. And meanwhile he is planning to produce his new album.
Discography
Studio albums
*''Kooch-e Asheghaneh'' (Loving Migration), 1999 Pezhvak Studio
*''Hal-e Mane-e Bi To'', 2001 Studio Echo
*''Eshgh-e-Elahi'' (Agape), 2003 Soroush Multimedia Corporation
*''Ey Asheghan'', 2005 Irangaam
*''Molay-e-Eshgh'', 2007 Irangaam
*''Nahan Makon'' (Open Secret), 2008 Irangaam
*''Bazi ʿAvaz Shodeh'' (The Game Has Changed), 2011 Hozeh Honari Music Center
*''Mohtaseb'', 2011 Hozeh Honari Music Center
*''Joz Eshgh Nemikhaham'', 2017 Avaye Honar
Singles
*"Ey Yar Ghalat Kardi!", March 13, 2014
*"Derakht Istaade Mimirad", 2015
*"Man Ba Toam", 2016