Zohreh Jooya ( fa, زهره جویا) is a singer from
Mashhad
Mashhad ( fa, مشهد, Mašhad ), also spelled Mashad, is the List of Iranian cities by population, second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran. It serves as the capital of R ...
, Iran.
Music career
Jooya's father was an Afghan (from
Herat
Herāt (; Persian: ) is an oasis city and the third-largest city of Afghanistan. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 574,276, and serves as the capital of Herat Province, situated south of the Paropamisus Mountains (''Selseleh-ye Safēd ...
, Afghanistan) and her mother an Iranian and they married at a time that it was criminal for an Afghan man to marry an Iranian woman. Zohreh Jooya has been said to have moved to Europe for further advancement into music studies. After earning her classical music education from Amsterdam she then moved to Vienna in 1980, where she later earned a master's degree in opera at the Conservatoire of the City of Vienna.
[Seida, Linda]
Zohreh Jooya Biography
, Allmusic
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, retrieved 23 July 2011 Both the Oriental, middle eastern and the European worlds influence Jooya.
She has created a new way of interpreting the traditional music of Persia, played on original instruments, presented on several albums. Koch International has produced ''Persian Nights'' and Taraneh Music has produced ''Journey to Persia''. Her albums are an example of the beauty of the diverse ethnic music in Iran. Her works with Majid Derakhshani comprises poetry Shamsudin Mohammad
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", ...
, and Shafii Katkani played on Oriental and European instruments. Published by ARC Music "Music of the Persian Mystics"She also sings mystical songs from the ancient poet Nezami in "Shirin and Farhad", "The Indian Princess" and "Shahresad" with Parviz Mamnun, Professor of Persian literature.
International approach
Jooya's music builds bridges between the cultures of Iran, Afghanistan, and the Western world.
Her European classical engagements have been, not only in diverse opera performances throughout many European countries, but also in the performance of the songs of
Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his ra ...
, Beethoven and Schubert on television and radio shows.
Currently, she performs at concerts throughout Europe covering a broad spectrum and from Italian baroque music to songs of
George Gershwin
George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...
.
Her newest album the only non-Iranian album ''Music from Afghanistan'' covers traditional folklore songs from Afghanistan. On this album, she performs together with the well-known singer
Hamid Golestani, a Hazara from Afghanistan. The album was arranged by the masters Sobeir Bachtiar and
Majid Derakhshani
Majid Derakhshani (Persian: مجید درخشانی) (born 13 September 1957 in Sangesar, Imperial State of Iran) is an Iranian musician and composer.
He was born into a family of artists from the Iranian province Semnan, Sangesar.
Subsequen ...
.
Albums
*''Persian Nights: Traditional Folk Music from Iran'' (1995),
Koch International
Koch Entertainment was an American record label and a distributor of film, television, and music. It was purchased by Canadian entertainment company Entertainment One in 2005.
History First years
The company began in 1975 as part of Koch Intern ...
*''Journey To Persia'' (1998), Koch International
*''Music of the Persian Mystics'' (2003), Arc
*''Afghan Music'' (2010), Arc – with Ustad Hossein Arman
*''Ensemble Afghan''
*''Essence Of Love''
References
External links
Official website of Zohreh Jooya
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century Iranian women singers
Iranian people of Afghan descent
21st-century Iranian women singers