Iranian women and Persian music
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Persian music owes partly its maturity to the significant efforts made by accomplished female musicians, instrumentalists and vocalists throughout the history.
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[edit] Persian women musicians in Ancient Iran
Picture of women who are playing a musical instrument can be seen in Persian paintings, miniatures and sculptures remained from ancient times.
[edit] Iranian women musician in modern time
[edit] Persian classical music
Perhaps Qamar ol-Molouk Vaziri is the first female master of Persian music who introduced a new style of music and received reputation among masters of Persian music at her time.
Several years later, Mahmoud Karimi trained several female student who later become masters of Persian traditional music.
- Arfa Atrai, Santur musician and writer
- Soosan Matloobi, Master of Persian classical music
- Fatemeh Vaezi or better known as Parisa, Master of Persian classical music
- Masoomeh Mehr-Ali, Master of Persian classical music
- Soosan Aslani, Master of Persian classical music
- Shakila, singer, winner of Persian academy award.
- Delkash
- Simin Ghanem
[edit] Iranian folk music
- Pari Zangeneh
- Sima Bina
- Mitra Rahbar
- Monika Jalili
- Ziba Shirazi
- Zohreh Jooya
[edit] Persian symphonic music
- Lily Afshar, world class guitarist.
[edit] Iranian popular music
Many of female pioneers in Iranian pop music, had tranings in classical Persian music. Master Tajvidi, in particular trained many female students (e.g.Hayedeh) that later on shifted to popular music. The pioneering figures are:
- Googoosh
- Hayedeh
- Mahasti
- Leila Forouhar
- Pooran
- Sima Mafiha
