Delkash

Delkash
دلکش
Background information
Birth name Esmat Bagherpour
Also known as Delkash
Born February 26, 1924
Babol, Iran
Origin Mazandaran and Tehran
Died September 1, 2004 (aged 80)
Tehran, Iran
Genres Classical
Folk
Traditional
Occupation(s) Singer, Actress
Years active 1943–1979
Labels Caltex Records
Pars Video
Avang Records
Associated acts Ali Tajvidi

Delkash (Persian: دلکش‎), Esmat Bagherpour Baboli (Persian: عصمت باقرپور بابلی‎), born in Babol, (February 26, 1924 – September 1, 2004) was an Iranian diva and actress with a rare and unique voice and vocal range.[1]

Biography

One of the most prominent Iranian vocalist, Delkash was born in Babol, and was the daughter of a cotton trader who had twelve other children. She came to Tehran to study (where she stayed until her death in 2004), but she was discovered soon and was introduced to the music masters of the time, Ruhollah Khaleghi and Abdolali Vaziri.[1] She was named Delkash by Khaleghi.

Delkash started public singing in 1943 and was employed in Radio Iran in 1945, only five years after the establishment of the program. There, she worked with the composer Mehdi Khaledi for seven years, until 1952, which made them both very famous. The bests of her songs were written by Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi, Iranian lyricist, and Ali Tajvidi, Iranian composer, from 1954 until 1969.

She also worked as a song writer under the pen name of Niloofar (Persian: نیلوفر) and played in a few Iranian movies, including Sharmsaar, Maadar, Farda Roushan Ast, Afsoungar, and Dasiseh. She worked with singer and electric guitar musician Vigen Derderian Sultan of Jazz. Their duet "Delam Mikhast" can be heard on YouTube. Delkash died in September 2004, at the age of 80, in Tehran and was buried in Emamzadeh Taher a popular graveyard for the artists in Karaj.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arts". BBC Persian. 2 September 2004. Retrieved 19 October 2012.

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