Homayoun Shajarian ( fa, همايون شجريان, born May 21, 1975) is an Iranian singer. He is the son of

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 ...

Early life

Shajarian was born in

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 popul ...

and is the son of

, a grand master vocalist of Persian traditional music. At a young age, he began studying the tombak, a Persian

hand drum A hand drum is any type of drum that is typically played with the bare hand rather than a stick, mallet, hammer, or other type of beater. Types The following descriptions allude to traditional versions of the drums. Modern synthetic versions are a ...

, and Persian traditional vocal Avaz. Shajarian attended Tehran Conservatory of Music choosing

Kamancheh The kamancheh (also kamānche or kamāncha) ( fa, کمانچه, az, kamança, hy, Քամանչա, ku, کەمانچە ,kemançe) is an Iranian bowed string instrument used in Persian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Kurdish, Georgian, Turkmen, a ...

as his professional instrument and was tutored by

Ardeshir Kamkar Ardeshir Kamkar ( fa, اردشیر کامکار , born 1962 in Sanandaj, Iran) is a Kurdish musician from Iran. He started his music training under the supervision of his father. He came to Tehran in 1980 and continued studying traditional ar ...

. In 1991, he accompanied his father in concerts of Ava Music Ensemble in the United States, Europe and Iran, playing Tombak and from 1999 on, he started accompanying his father also on vocals. In 1995 he got married to Guitta Khansari, they have a child called Yasmine Shajarian who is born in 2007 in Tehran, Iran. They got divorced in 2015. His first independent work ''Nassim-e Vasl'', composed by Mohammad Javad Zarrabian, was released on his 28th birthday, on 21 May 2003. He performed live-stream

concert A concert is a live music performance in front of an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, choir, or band. Concerts are held in a wide variet ...

on 24 May 2020 during coronavirus pandemic.

Discography

Studio albums

* * ''Scream'' (2003) * ''Wind of Reaching'' (2003) * * * ''Impatient'' (2004) * ''Passion of Friend'' (2004) * ''Role of Dream'' (2005) * ''With Stars'' (2006) * ''Koli Ghaychak'' (2007) * ''Sun of Wish'' (2008) * ''Water, Bread, Song'' (2009) * ''Night of Separation'' (2010) * ''My Love Don't Leave Without Me'' (2012) * ''Heavenly'' (2012) * ''What Fires'' (2013) * ''Gods of Secrets'' (2015) * ''In Oblivion'' (2022)

Collaborative albums

* ''Tune & Faith'' (1998) (with Mohammad Reza Shajarian) * ''Can't Go On Living Without You'' (2002) (with Mohammad Reza Shajarian) * ''Turmoil of Lovers'' (2007) (with Mohammad Reza Shajarian) * ''Love Letter'' (2011) (with Abdolghader Maraghi Ensemble) * ''Simorgh'' (2013) (with Simorgh Orchestra,

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) * '' Beyond Any Form'' (2014) (with Tahmoures Pournazeri) * ''The Lord of the Secrets'' (2015) (with Sohrab Pournazari, Siavash Ensemble) * ''Sleep Next to My Love Poems Tonight'' (2017) (with Fardin Khal Atbari) * ''The Occult and the Intoxicated'' (2017) (with Jano Baghoumian) * ''My Iran'' (2018) (with

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) * ''The Myth of Your Eyes'' (2019) (with

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 ...

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)

Soundtrack albums

* ''Hard Makeup'' (2014) (with

) * ''Subdued'' (2017) (with

)

Extended plays

* ''Mind'' (2020) (with Seventh Soul, Mohammad Reza Shajarian)

Singles

References

External links

Interview with BBC
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shajarian, Homayoun 1975 births Living people Iranian musicians People from Tehran Singers from Tehran Iranian male singers Iranian folk singers Barbad award winners 21st-century drummers Iranian tonbak players Persian-language singers Iranian kamancheh players Iranian classical singers Persian classical musicians 21st-century Iranian male singers