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Payam Salehi
Payam Salehi (), is an Iranian singer and guitarist, and is a founder and main member of the band Arian. Biography Encouraged by his parents, he turned to music and learned to play the santur with Azita Hajian as a child. After learning the santur, he turned to guitar and piano. Together with Ali Pahlavan, he formed Arian, which was originally a traditional music group. Mohammad Reza Golzar was once the guitarist of Arian, but later left the group. A few years after the end of Arian's activity, he performed the parvaz piece in a concert in the United States with Payam Salehi, which caused dissatisfaction between Ali Pahlavan Ali Pahlavan ( fa, علی پهلوان) (born 1 May 1975) is an Iranian–Australian musician, singer-songwriter, lyricist and composer. He started his professional music career in 1999 by establishing the first Iranian mixed-gender pop band, Ar ... and Arian's agents, because the single was performed without the permission of the band members at the con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 populous city in Iran and Western Asia, and has the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East, after Cairo. It is ranked 24th in the world by metropolitan area population. In the Classical era, part of the territory of present-day Tehran was occupied by Rhages, a prominent Median city destroyed in the medieval Arab, Turkic, and Mongol invasions. Modern Ray is an urban area absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran. Tehran was first chosen as the capital of Iran by Agha Mohammad Khan of the Qajar dynasty in 1786, because of its proximity to Iran's territories in the Caucasus, then separated from Iran in the Russo-Iranian Wars, to avoid the vying factions of the previously ruling Iranian dynasties. The capital has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Pahlavan
Ali Pahlavan ( fa, علی پهلوان) (born 1 May 1975) is an Iranian–Australian musician, singer-songwriter, lyricist and composer. He started his professional music career in 1999 by establishing the first Iranian mixed-gender pop band, Arian ( fa, گروه آریان). The band subsequently achieved nationwide success in the 2000s. The arian band has released six albums, sold more than 5 million records and performed more than 400 concerts worldwide. Their fifth album, titled ''Goodbye'', was released in March 2015. They announced that this would be their last album. Ali continued with his solo music career. Personal life Ali Pahlavan was born on 1 May 1975, thirteen years before his younger brother, in Tehran, Iran. Although Pahlavan's primary instrument was the Daf ( fa, دف), a traditional musical instrument from Iran, he decided to continue his musical life with the Guitar. He started learning guitar from Vafa Faraji when he was 17. He studied Industrial Engineering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Reza Golzar
Mohammad Reza Golzar ( fa, محمدرضا گلزار , born March 21, 1977) is an Iranian actor. Early life Mohammad Reza Golzar was born on 21 March 1977 in Tehran in a family of Azerbaijani origin. His close friend Aria Sajadi helped him with his acting skills. Career Before starting his acting career with ''Sam and Narges'', he gained fame as the guitarist of the Iranian music band, Arian Band. He is now a singer of the Rezzar Band led by Hamed Baradaran. In 2000, he was invited to act in ''Sam and Narges'' by Iranian director, Iraj Ghaderi. He started to gain popularity after acting in more films such as ''Shaam-e Akhar'', ''Zahr-e Asal'', and ''Boutique''. Golzar gained media attention when it was revealed that he was paid £55,000 for 3 days work while shooting ''Democracy in Bright Daylight'' in 2009, a relatively high fee for the country. He is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from Islamic Azad University. Golzar started his music career in 1998 as a guitar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arian (band)
Aryan or Arian ( fa, Āriān - آریان) is the first Persian pop band consisting of both male and female singers and players in Iran after the Iranian Revolution. Pahlavan and Salehi are the band's lead vocalists, and the songwriters are Pahlavan, Salehi, Amirkhas, Khahani and Farnejad. Their second, third and fourth albums were the bestselling albums of their release years. They are the first Iranian band to feature in the "International Who's Who in Music". They have released four albums, and played concerts around the globe. They donate part of their profits to the "United Nations World Food Programme". Albums Their debut album, ''Gole Aftabgardoon'' (''The Sunflower'') was released in 2000. The album had huge success in Iran and between the Persian communities across the globe. The lyrics were simple, nice and different from the prior bands and singers, and the music had a positive feeling. Their second album, however, had more complex lyrics. It was named ''Va Amma, Eshg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santur
The santur (also ''santūr'', ''santour'', ''santoor'') ( fa, سنتور), is a hammered dulcimer of Iranian origins.--- Rashid, Subhi Anwar (1989). ''Al-ʼĀlāt al-musīqīyya al-muṣāhiba lil-Maqām al-ʻIrāqī''. Baghdad: Matbaʻat al-ʻUmmāl al-Markazīyya. History The santur was invented and developed in the area of Iran and Mesopotamia. "The earliest sign of it comes from Assyrian and Babylonian stone carvings (669 B.C.); it shows the instrument being played while hanging from the player's neck" (35). This instrument was traded and traveled to different parts of the Middle East. Each country customized and designed its own versions to adapt to their musical scales and tunings. The original santur was made with wood and stones and strung with goat intestines. The Mesopotamian santur has been claimed to be the father of the harp, the Chinese yangqin, the harpsichord, the qanun, the cimbalom, and the American and European hammered dulcimers. Name The name 'santur' co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azita Hajian
Azita Hajian ( fa, آزیتا حاجیان, born 10 January 1958) is an Iranian actress. Early life She was born on 10 January 1958 in Narmak, Tehran. She graduated in theatre acting and directing from the ''Faculty of Dramatic Arts'' in Tehran, Azita Hajian started stage acting in 1975 and film acting in 1989 with ''Thief of Dolls'' (Mohammad Reza Honarmand). Due to her theatrical background in the field of children and teenagers, her first films were in the same field. She is one of the major teachers of acting in Iran. She has also played in some TV series. Personal life She married Mohamad Reza Sharifinia in 1980. Their two daughters, Mehraveh and Melika are both actresses. Azita and Mohammad-Reza announced their divorce in December 2010, after nearly ten years of living separately. Selected filmography * ''The Extraordinary Journey'', 1990 * ''Avinar'', 1991 * ''Dayanbakh'', 1992 * ''The Path to Glory'' * ''The Snowman'', 1994 (released in ’97) * ''The Red Ribbon ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Iranian Male Singers
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Births
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , killing 12 people. * January 7 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. * January 10–February 9 – The flight of '' Soyuz 17'' with the crew of Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev aboard the '' Salyut 4'' space station. * January 15 – Alvor Agreem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
