Sima Bina
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Sima Bina (Born in 1944 Birjand) is a master of Persian classical music and Iran's top researcher, singer and song-writer of Iranian Volk music.
After graduating from Tehran University in 1969, majoring in Arts, Sima Bina continued and completed her studies with master Abdollah Davami, one of the most learned authorities on Persian music.
Her main focus is Iranian Volk music. Bina has been able to gather and revive a collection of almost forgotten Iranian folk songs and melodies. A captivating vocalist, Sima Bina is one of the leading exponents of the traditional music of Khorasan. For decades she has done extensive research on Persian folk songs, collecting, recording, writing and re-interpreting popular regional music. Her works cover the whole spectrum of Iranian folk music namely Mazandarani music, Kurdish music, Turkmen music, Baloch music, Lor music etc.
Since 1993, Sima Bina has been invited to present her collection of Persian folk songs in festivals all over the world, including "97 Världen I Norden" in Norway, "99 WDR Weltmusik Festival" in Bonn/Germany.
Due to her devotion and dedication to the Iranian folk music, Sima Bina can now see the materialization of thirty years of meticulous work by making her music known worldwide.
