Shahram Nazeri

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Shahram Nazeri
Born 1950
Origin Kermanshah, Iran
Genre(s) Persian music and [Kurdish music]]
Occupation(s) Singer
Instrument(s) Setar
Years active 1958–present
Influences Abdollah Davami, Nourali Boroumand, Abdol Ali Vaziri and Mahmoud Karimi

Shahram Nazeri (Persian: شهرام ناظرى ), is a contemporary Iranian Kurdish tenor who sings classical Persian and Kurdish music. He is one of Iran's most respected vocalists.

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[edit] Biography

He was born in 1950 to a Kurdish family in Kermanshah, Iran. His family was musical. He started to learn Vocal techniques and Setar playing from his father at an early age. He is said to have started singing in public at the age of eight[1].

He specializes in the rich tradition of Sufi music, which turns to song the mystical poetry of Rumi, Hafiz, Attar, and others. Nazeri is known particularly for several decades of works on Rumi poetry. He is also working on symphonies made on Firdowsi's masterpieces.[2] Nazeri is Called "the Persian nightingale" and usually holds deeply soulful performances.[3][4][5] [6] He is also referred to as "the Pavarotti of Iran"[7].

He studied Vocal techniques with distinguished Persian classical masters of vocal such as:

Besides, has studied playing Setar with Persian masters of Setar such as:

[edit] Works

Some of his most popular albums are:

  • Gol e Sad Barg (The one-hundred-leaf-flower), composed by Jalal Zolfonoun
  • Yadegar e doust (In remembrance of a friend), composed by Kambiz Roshanravan
  • Seda ye Sokhan e Eshgh (Voice of Endearment), with Tanbour-e-Shams ensemble
  • Shour Angiz (Joy giver), composed by Hossein Alizadeh
  • Heyrani (Mystified), with Tanbour-e-Shams ensemble
  • Motrebe Mahtab-rou, with Tanbour-e-Shams ensemble
  • Atashi Dar Nayestan (Fire in the Sugarcane Fields), composed by Jalal Zolfonoun
  • Loulian, with Dastan ensemble
  • Safar be digar sou (Journey to Beyond), with Dastan ensemble
  • The Passion of Rumi, composed by Hafez Nazeri
  • The Book of Austerity, composed by Farrokhzad Layegh
  • Del e Shayda, with masters of Persian music composed by Faramarz Payvar
  • Layli & Majnoun, with masters of Persian music composed by Faramarz Payvar
  • Concert of the Masters of Persian Music, composed by Faramarz Payvar
  • Dar Golestaneh, composed by Hooshang Kamkar
  • Laleh Bahar (Spring tulip),composed by Parviz Meshkatian

[edit] Honors

  • On September 28, 2007 he was presented France’s Chevalier des Arts et Lettres medal for his lifetime achievements in Persian Classical music.[8]
  • Prestigious "lifetime achievement award", House of Music Celebration.(2007)
  • Asia Society has awarded him by the prestigues Lifetime Cultural Heritage Award along with Secretary General of United Nation on Nov 2007

[edit] See also

Other Iranian Légion d'honneur recipients:

Music:

Ensembles worked with Nazeri:

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Sharam Nazeri One of the masters of Persian classical singing. Iran Chamber Society.
  2. ^ hotel deal family vacations vacation at sharghnewspaper.com
  3. ^ CHN | News
  4. ^ Fes Festival
  5. ^ World Music Central — Your connection to World Music
  6. ^ AIAP Monthly General Meetings
  7. ^ Curiel, Jonathan. "Iran's Pavarotti: Sharam Nazeri", The Christian Science Monitor, 1997-06-11. 
  8. ^ France to present Chevalier medal to Shahram Nazeri. Tehran Times. Retrieved on 2007-10-02.

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