Parisa

Parīssā

Parissa, 2015 (photo by Saghar Barekat)
Background information
Born (1950-03-16) March 16, 1950
Origin Tonekabon, Iran
Genres Classical Persian music
Occupation(s) Vocalist, singer, musician
Years active 1960s to present
Website Parīssā

Parīsā (or Parīssā) (Persian: پریسا‎‎) is a Persian classical singer, Avaz master, and one of the foremost female vocalists from Iran[1] and most revered classical singers.[2] Her birth name is Fātemeh Vā'ezi (Persian: فاطمه واعظی‎‎) and was born in March 15, 1950 in Tonekabon, Iran.

Early life and musical training

Parissa in the 1970s

After finishing high school, with an emphasis on Persian literature, she started her musical work under the supervision of the renowned Persian Radif teacher, Mahmoud Karimi, a highly respected teacher of classical Persian music whose vast knowledge of the ancient repertoire was fundamental to her career.

Karimi once commented: "Parissa is my most promising pupil and she can sing all the modes with the skill of re-interpretation or improvisation necessary to correctly perform Iranian music". [3]

Career

Prior to the revolution, Parissa had already built a considerable reputation performing on television and in concert halls with major instrumentalists on international tours organized by the Ministry of Culture and Art.

In the mid-1970s, she worked with the Center for the Preservation and Dissemination of (Persian) Music in Tehran and performed at festivals in Europe and Japan.

After the 1979 revolution, Parissa was no longer allowed to perform in public. She devoted herself to her family and giving private lessons.

In 1980, she was again invited to teach traditional Persian music at the Center, which she continued to do until 1995. Since then, she has performed at music festivals and major concert halls throughout the world with many prominent groups and musicians, including Dastan Ensemble, Dariush Tala'i, and Hossein Omoumi.[4]

Parissa currently lives in Tehran, Iran. 

Concerts and tours

Although still based in Iran, for the last 20 years she has been able to tour widely performing Persian and Sufi music in Europe and the US and has recorded several albums to date. Here is a list of her activities up to 2012:

2012 (May–June) Tour: West USA and Canada

with Hamnavazan Ensemble

2010 Concert: Santiago, Sweden

performing at the festival of Sacred sounds

Iman Vaziri (Tar), Dara Afraz (Tombak)

2009 Concert: Uppsala, Sweden

performing at the Uppsala Sacred Music Festival

Iman Vaziri (Tar), Dara Afraz (Tombak) and Ehsan Zabihifar (Kamancheh)

2009 Concert: Lombrana, Santander, Spain (August 8)

performing at the Santander International Festival

Iman Vaziri (Tar), Dara Afraz (Tombak)

2009 Concert: Asia Society, New York

performing at the Muslim Voices festival, Asia Society

Iman Vaziri (Tar), Dara Afraz (Tombak)

2008 Concert: Paris, Rennes & Dusseldorf

Performing the expanded version of the project Simplicity with the company of Kamancheh in Dusseldorf.

Iman Vaziri (Tar), Ali Rahimi (Tombak) and Ehsan Zabihifar (Kamancheh)

2008 Concert: Italy and Spain

Florence (Italy): Festival MUSICA DEI PAPOLI

Barcelona (Spain): QADAR Festival

Performing the album Simplicity and a new one-hour program

2007 Concert: Brussels, Belgium: Female Voices Festival

Performing the album Simplicity

 

with Iman Vaziri (Tar) and Ali Rahimi (Tombak)

Some master classes and workshops were included in this festival.

2007 Album released: Simplicity - Parissa and Iman Vaziri
2007 Concert: Performing the Gol-e Behesht in the Fes Festival

Fes, Morroco

with Dastan Ensemble

2006 Tour: USA amd Canada, with Dastan Ensemble:

Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver,

New York, Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Orange County, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego

2006 Concert: Madrid, Spain

Performing the album Shoorideh with Dastan Ensemble

2005 Album released: Gol-e Behesht - Parissa and Ensemble Dastan

European tour with Dastan Ensemble and joining the Tar and Setar Seminar in the Netherlands.

Venice, Rome, Freiberg, Koln, Oslo

 2004 Concert: European tour in Berlin, Paris, London with Dastan Ensemble
 2003 (Apr-Jun) Album released: Shoorideh - Parissa and Ensemble Dastan

Tour: Canada and USA, with Dastan Ensemble

Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, Orange County, San Francisco, New York, New Haven, Washington D.C., Cleveland, Chicago, Atlanta

 2002 (Oct-Dec) Tour: Europe, with Dastan Ensemble:

Berlin (SFB Grosser Sendesaal), Hamburg (Musikhalle), 

Kobenhavem (Amager Bio), Stockholm (Folkets Hus)

Goteborg (Universitet / Astisten), Helsingborg (Dunkers Kulturhus), Antwerpen, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Oslo, Frankfurt (HR Sendesaal), Giessen (Kongresshalle), Munchen (Goethe Institute, Freiburg (Historisches Kaufuaus), London (Queen Elizabeth Hall), Koln, Heidelberg (Kongresshaus Stadthalle)

 2002 (Sep-Oct) Album released: Tale of Love II |  Nava

Tour: USA, with Daryush Talai:

New York (Asia Society and Museum), Hawaii (Honolulu Academy of Arts), Berkley (First Congregational Church), Los Angeles (Wadsworth Theatre, Persian Arts Society)

 2002 (Jun-Jul) Festival: The Silk Road, Washington D.C., USA

36th Annual Smithsonian Folk Life Festival

performing with Daryush Talai (Tar)[5]

 2001 (Nov) Concert: Switzerland: Voix Sacrées du Monde, Lausanne [6]

with Behdad Shahideh (Tar), Dara Afraz (Daf)

 2000 (Apr) Concert: London: Queen Elizabeth Hall 

with Behdad Shahideh (Tar), and her son, Dara Afraz for the first time. He accompanied the group with Daf.

 1999 (Oct) Festival: "FestKoncert" of Munchen, Germany
 1999 (Aug) Album released: Tale of Love I  | Esfahan

Concert: Voix d ete en Creuse, France, with Hossein Omoumi

 1999 (Feb) Tour: Australia

Sydney (University of Macquarie), Melbourne (University of Latrobe), Adelaide (Theatre of Royal), Perte (University of Perte)

 1998 Tour: USA and Canada

with Hossein Omoumi (Ney), Pejman Haddadi (Tombak), Saam (Daf)

New York (Symphony Space), Philadelphia (Rosemont College, Lawrence Hall), Tampa (University of Southern Florida - Cooper’s Hall), Miami: Ash Auditorium (Hyatt Regency Hotel), Washington DC (George Washington University Lisner Auditorium, Atlanta (Emory University), San Diego (Museum of Contemporary Art), Seattle (University of Washington- HUB Auditorium), San Francisco (Palace of Fine Art), Los Angeles (UCLA Wadsworth Theater), Portland (Scottish Rite Center), 

Vancouver (Centennial Theatre), Toronto (Seneca College), Montreal (Dalle Brebouf College)

Later the albums Tale of Love I and II were released from these performances. 

 1998 (Sep-Oct) Album released: Tale of Love (Medley)

Festival: Women In Traditions, invited by MultiCulti inc.

London (Queen Elizabeth Hall), with Hossein Omoumi (Ney) and Saam (Daf)

 1997 Festival: e Festival de L´ Été à Bourges, France

Invited for an event entitled "Nuit des Voix de Femme".

 1996 Concert: Royal Festival Hall II, London

with Hossein Omoumi (Ney), Saam (Daf)

 1996 Concert: Théâtre de la Ville, Paris

with Hossein Omoumi (Ney), Saam (Daf)

1996 Concerts:  Salle Oliver Messiaen and Radio Denmark

Invited by Radio France.

with Hossein Omoumi (Ney), Saam (Daf)

The disc Tale of Love was released from these performances later.

 1996 Festival: Festival des Voix Sacreés, France

Three vocalists were invited to represent the vocal tradition of their respective religions: Jewish, Christian and Islamic, at "l´Arsenal de Metz".

 1995 Album released: Baz Amadam

Series of concerts in England, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands after 15 years of silence.

 1979-1995 Unable to publicly perform after the Iranian revolution. Devoted this time to research and teaching the vocal Radif contributed to the publication The Art of Persian Music, by Jean During and published by Mage publications, and the accompanying CD: The Anthology of Persian Music.
 1978 Concerts:  Invited to attend the "Asian Traditional Performing Arts Festival" in Japan under the auspices of Japan Foundation. The main emphasis was placed on the vocal music of Burma, India, Iran, Mongolia and Japan. The official reports of the series of seminars and workshops has been documented in a book entitled Musical Voices of Asia published by the Japan Foundation (1980). Eleven 16mm movies, an album of three LP records, and an accompanying CD entitled Classical Vocal Art of Persian were also produced from this event.
 1975, 1976, 1977 Concerts:  The Shiraz Arts Festival, performing some of the most groundbreaking and memorable concerts along with important young musicians at the time.
 1975-1981 Vocalist and instructor at the Center for Preservation and Propagation of Iranian Music. Published numerous recordings by CBS Records.
 1973 Concerts: 40 concerts in 40 cities in France to introduce the art of Persian classical music.
1970-1975 Vocalist in the Ministry of Arts and Culture, performing throughout Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ParissaDastan Ensemble". www.carnegiehall.org. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  2. ↑ "Meet Parissa - the "angel of Iranian music"". euronews. 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  3. ↑ "Iran Chamber Society: Iranian Music: Parissa". www.iranchamber.com. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  4. ↑ "ParissaDastan Ensemble". www.carnegiehall.org. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
  5. ↑ http://www.silkroadproject.org/smithsonian
  6. ↑ http://www.voixsacrees.ch

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