Ostad Homayoun Khorram ( fa, همایون خرم), (June 30, 1930 – January 17, 2013) was an Iranian musician, composer, violinist, and a member of the high council of Iran's house of music.
Khorram began his music career as a violinist at the age of 10 by participating in master
Abolhassan Saba violin and
Radif
Radif ( fa, ردیف, meaning ''order'') is a rule in Persian, Turkic, and Urdu poetry which states that, in the form of poetry known as a ghazal, the second line of all the couplets (''s'' or ''shers'') ''must'' end with the ''same'' word/s. T ...
classes. After four years of lessons, Khorram entered the State National Radio Orchestra as a violin soloist and afterwards as a concert maestro.
Due to the genius musical talent and passion he start to work as a leading composer of the National Radio at the age of 21.
At the same time with music education, he followed up academic education and acquired MSc degree in electrical engineering. On one occasion, Khorram commented that he found music and engineering complementary rather than contradictory, both having roots in mathematics.
During his career specially as soloist and composer in the famous radio musical program
Golha Khorram composed many songs
for notable singers including Hossein Ghavami (Fakhteh),
Marzieh,
Hayedeh,
Shajarian and made over a hundreds of instrumental pieces for violin and orchestra, charmezrabs,
overture
Overture (from French ''ouverture'', "opening") in music was originally the instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. During the early Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn composed over ...
s in collaboration with outstanding contemporary artists including
Javad Maroufi,
Jalil Shahnaz
Jalil Shahnaz (22 May 1921 – 17 June 2013; Persian: جلیل شهناز) was a Persian classical music musician and a virtuoso of the Persian musical instrument, tar.
Biography
Jalil Shahnaz was born in 1921 in Isfahan, Persia (Iran). Sha ...
, and
Farhang Sharif.
In recent years, he worked with such young talented singers as
Mohammad Esfahani
Mohammad Mahdi Vaezi Esfahani ( fa, محمدمهدی واعظی اصفهانی ; born 5 July 1966), better known as Mohammad Esfahani, is an Iranian Persian pop and traditional singer.
He graduated from The Medical Sciences University of Ira ...
and
Alireza Ghorbani
Alireza Ghorbani ( fa, علیرضا قربانی; born 4 February 1972) is an Iranian traditional vocalist.
Biography
He began his career by reciting the Quran. Soon he began eagerly learning traditional Iranian music. In 1984, he was fascina ...
.
He was also responsible for helping to bring the famous Iranian singer
Moein onto the stage.
Works
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Ghoghaye Setaregan
"Ghoghaye Setaregan" ( fa, غوغای ستارگان, meaning "Turmoil of the Stars"), also known as "Emshab Dar Sar Shoori Daram" (, meaning "Tonight Inside My Head There is a Delight"), is a 1960s song composed by Homayoon Khorram in Dastgah-e ...
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Copyright
Reza Khoram (son of Homayoun Khoram) published a letter of protest from the news agencies alleging that the rights of Homayoun Khoram's works were not respected, in which he and his family protested against the theft of his father's works by some musicians. The letter states:
Son of Homayoun Khoram: We endured a lot
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Publications
Several books have been published by, or on behalf of, Khorram:
* ''Navaye Mehr (1)'' written with the efforts of Mr. Babak Shahraki.
* ''Navaye Mehr (2)'' written with the efforts of Mr. Mohammad reza Torabian.
* ''Ghoghaye Setaregan'' written with the efforts of Mr. Ali Vakili علی وکیلی.
* ''Chahar Magham'' (چهارمقام) is written by Dr. Mohsen Kazemian ( دکتر محسن کاظمیان). this book is the newest book which is published about Homayoun Khorram, and included the new proposed techniques and theory which are offered by the author.
References
External links
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1930 births
2013 deaths
Deaths from cancer in Iran
Deaths from colorectal cancer
People from Bushehr
Iranian violinists
Iranian composers
20th-century violinists