Shahram Nazeri ( ku, شارام نازری, translit=Şaram Nazirî, ; born 18 February 1950) is a contemporary

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tenor of

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origin from

Kermanshah Kermanshah ( fa, کرمانشاه, Kermânšâh ), also known as Kermashan (; romanized: Kirmaşan), is the capital of Kermanshah Province, located from Tehran in the western part of Iran. According to the 2016 census, its population is 946,68 ...

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, who sings

Sufi music Sufi music refers to the devotional music of the Sufis, inspired by the works of Sufi poets like Rumi, Hafiz, Bulleh Shah, Amir Khusrow, and Khwaja Ghulam Farid. Qawwali is the best-known form of Sufi music and is most commonly found in the ...

, classical and traditional Kurdish and Persian music. He has been accompanied by some of the masters of Iranian traditional music such as

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). Shahna ...

Hossein Alizadeh Hossein Alizadeh ( fa, حسین علیزاده) is an Iranian musician, composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar, shurangiz and setar instrumentalist and improviser. He has performed with such musicians as Shahram Nazeri, Mohammad ...

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Parviz Meshkatian Parviz Meshkatian (Persian: پرويز مشكاتيان; May 15, 1955 – September 21, 2009) was an Iranian musician, composer, researcher and university lecturer. Biography Born in Nishapur, Meshkatian entered the Tehran Academy of Art ...

and

Faramarz Payvar Master Farâmarz Pâyvar ( fa, فرامرز پایور, ; 10 February 1933 – 9 December 2009) was an Iranian composer and santur player. Payvar died on 9 December 2009 after a long struggle with brain damage. Although once perceived as marg ...

. He has also worked with his son

Hafez Khwāje Shams-od-Dīn Moḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī ( fa, خواجه شمس‌‌الدین محمّد حافظ شیرازی), known by his pen name Hafez (, ''Ḥāfeẓ'', 'the memorizer; the (safe) keeper'; 1325–1390) and as "Hafiz", ...

, a

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

. Nazeri was the first musician to include

Rumi Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī ( fa, جلال‌الدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā ( fa, مولانا, lit= our master) and Mevlevî/Mawlawī ( fa, مولوی, lit= my ma ...

's poetry within Persian music, thus establishing a tradition of

within both

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and

Kurdish music Kurdish music refers to music performed in the Kurdish languages and Zaza-Gorani languages. The earliest study of Kurdish music was initiated by the renowned Armenian priest and composer Komitas in 1903, when he published his work ''" Chansons ku ...

. ''

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'' has called him "Iran's Pavarotti".

Career

Shahram Nazeri has been established as a significant artist in Iran since the 1970s. His first albums which were in the form of mutual albums with

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian Mohammad-Reza Shajarian ( fa, محمدرضا شجريان; , 23 September 1940 – 8 October 2020) was an Iranian singer and master (''Ostad'') of Persian traditional music. He was also known for his skills in Persian calligraphy and humanitaria ...

, were published by the Chavoush institute by the end of the late 1970s. The content of these albums were filled with liberalism and patriotic ideas. Nazeri has released over forty recordings to date. His 1984 album ''The One Hundred-Petalled Rose'' (

Gol-e Sadbarg ''Gol-e Sadbarg'' (), is the debut album of Shahram Nazeri released in 1984, containing eight tracks. The album consisted exclusively of the lesser-known poems of Rumi and was released on the 800th anniversary of the birth of Rumi. The album be ...

) has held the record for the highest selling album of Persian classical music and Sufi music in history. His musical talents were first nurtured by his mother at a very young age. Throughout his childhood, he was under the tutelage of the most renowned masters of Persian music including Abdollah Davami, Nourali Boroumand, and Mahmood Karimi. At eleven, he performed on the national Iranian television live for the first time. By age 29, he had gained a loyal fan base. He has continued to perform in Iran and abroad over the course of the last two decades. He has performed at major venues worldwide, including The festival of Avignon, Theâtre de la Ville in Paris and The Tokyo Summer festival. At his concert in

in 2014, he performed a Kurdish song containing the lyrics: "I am from Kermanshah, I don’t speak

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," prompting condemnation from Iranian authorities, and accusations of Kurdish nationalism.

Albums

# ''Chavosh'' (1978) #''Seda Sokhan Eshgh'' (1979) #''Bad Sadah'' #''Nowrouz (1981)'' #''

'' (1984) #''

Yadegar-e Doust Shahram Nazeri ( ku, شارام نازری, translit=Şaram Nazirî, ; born 18 February 1950) is a contemporary Iranian tenor of Kurdish origin from Kermanshah, Iran, who sings Sufi music, classical and traditional Kurdish and Persian music. He ...

'' (1984) #''Kish'' (1986) #''ShourAngiz'' (1988) #''Saqinameh 2'' (1988) #''Aatashi in Neyestan'' (1988) #''Dele Sheida'' (1988) #''Layla and Majnun'' (1989) #''Laleh Bahar'' (1990) #''Dar Golestaneh'' (1996) #''Shour Angiz'' (1996) #''Mystified: Poetry of Rumi'' (1997) #''Song of Myths'' (2000) #''Ghame Ziba'' (2003) #''Lulian'' (2005) #''Shahram Nazeri and the Dastan Group'' (2006) #''Voice of Endearment'' (2007) #''The Passion of Rumi'' (2007) #''Safar Asrat'' (2009) #''Bi Gharaar'' (2010) #''Molaviyeh'' (2011) #''Shahram Nazeri Live in Concert'' (2012) #''Az Sedaye Sokhan-E Eshgh'' (2013) #''Arash Kamangir'' (2019) #''Through Eternity'' (2019) #''Ey Del Be Kooyeh Eghsh'' (2019)

Awards

* ''Chevalier des Arts et Lettres,'' by

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, 2007. * ''Lifetime Cultural Heritage Award,'' by

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, in 2007. * ''Simorgh award'', by the International Institute for Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations, 2007. * ''Hafez Film Awards for Best Original Song,'' Hafez Film Awards, 2015.

Gallery

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Hafez Nazeri Hafez Nazeri ( fa, حافظ ناظری, ku, حافز نازری ,Hafiz Nazerî) is a Kurdish Iranian singer and composer. He is the son of Kurdish Iranian musician Shahram Nazeri. Move to North America The venues of Hafez's performances in ...

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Setar A setar ( fa, سه‌تار, ) is a stringed instrument, a type of lute used in Persian traditional music, played solo or accompanying voice. It is a member of the tanbur family of long-necked lutes with a range of more than two and a half octa ...

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, Madrid (2011) File:Shams konsert.jpg File:Shahram and Hafez Nazeri concert at Tehran August 2017 12.jpg, alt=Shahram Nazeri & Hafez Nazeri Concert, Shahram Nazeri & Hafez Nazeri Concert File:Shahram Nazeri & Hafez Nazeri, 2001.jpg, alt=Shahram Nazeri & Hafez Nazeri, 2001, Shahram Nazeri &

, 2001 File:Shahram Nazeri & Pejman Taheri.jpg, alt=Shahram Nazeri & Pejman Taheri, 2019, Shahram Nazeri & Pejman Taheri, 2019 File:Shahram Nazeri 2005.jpg, alt=Shahram Nazeri 2005, Shahram Nazeri, 2005 File:پرویز مشکاتیان و شهرام ناظری ۱۳۸۳.jpg, alt=Shahram Nazeri & Parviz Meshkatian, Shahram Nazeri & Parviz Meshkatian File:شهرام ناظری و پرویز مشکاتیان ۱۳۸۳.jpg, alt=Shahram Nazeri & Parviz Meshkatian, Shahram Nazeri & Parviz Meshkatian

References

External links

Shahram Nazeri's official website
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Shahram Nazeri Shahram Nazeri ( ku, شارام نازری, translit=Şaram Nazirî, ; born 18 February 1950) is a contemporary Iranian tenor of Kurdish origin from Kermanshah, Iran, who sings Sufi music, classical and traditional Kurdish and Persian music. H ...

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Shahram Nazeri's performance at 800th anniversary of Rumi
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