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Shahram Nazeri
Shahram Nazeri (Persian: ;ﺷﮭﺮام ﻧﺎظﺮیPersian pronunciation: [ʃæhˈɾɒːm
Shahram Nazeri
nɒːzɛˈɾiː]; Sorani Kurdish: ;ﺷﺎرام ﻧﺎزریalso Romanized as Shahrām Nāzeri;
born 18 February 1950 in Kermanshah) is a contemporary Kurdish Iranian
tenor from Kermanshah who sings classical music. He has been
accompanied by some of the authorities of Iranian traditional music such
as Jalil Shahnaz, Hossein Alizadeh, Jalal Zolfonoun and Faramarz Payvar.
He often works with his son Hafez Nazeri, a composer.
Born in a Kurdish family, he was the first vocalist to set Rumi’s poetry to
Persian music thirty-five years ago, thus establishing a tradition of Sufi
music within both Persian classical music and Kurdish music and his
music was instrumental in introducing Western musical audiences to both
Sufism and to the poetry of Rumi. The New York Times has dubbed him
the "Persian Nightingale" and the Christian Science Monitor has called him
"Iran’s Pavarotti". Most recently he was awarded with Chevalier des Arts et
Lettres medal from the government of France for his lifetime achievements
in Iranian traditional music. Also Asia Society has awarded him by Lifetime
Cultural Heritage Award. Master Nazeri has released over forty recordings
Background information
to date; His "The One Hundred Leaf Flower" (Gol’eh Sad Barg) recording
has held the record for the highest selling album of Persian classical music Native name Persian: ﺷﮫﺮام ﻧﺎظﺮی
and Sufi music in history. His musical talents were first nurtured by his Sorani Kurdish:
mother at a very young age. Throughout his childhood, he was under the ﺷﺎرام ﻧﺎزری
tutelage of the most renowned masters of Persian music including Born February 18, 1950
Abdollah Davami, Nourali Boroumand, and Mahmood Karimi. At eleven, Kermanshah,
he performed on television for the first time. By twenty-nine, he had gained Iran[1]
a loyal fan base. He has continued to perform in Iran and abroad over the Genres Kurdish music,
course of the last two decades. He has performed at major venues Iranian music
worldwide, including The Festival of Aix-en-Provence, The festival of
Occupation(s) Singer, Composer
Avignon, Theâtre de la Ville in Paris, The Tokyo Summer festival, The
Kodak Theatre (Oscar ceremony) in Los Angeles, and the Royal Albert Instruments Setar
Hall, the Festa delPopolo in Italy, The Beiteddine Festival in Lebanon, the Years active 1958–present
Kölner Philharmonic in Germany, Asia Society, World Music Instituted
and Brooklyn Academy of Music BAM in New York, the Roma Europa Festival in Rome, São Paulo Music Festival in
Brazil and Fes Festival of World Sacred Music in Morocco and many others. From early on, Master Nazeri began to
sing and compose music to the works of Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Rumi, Iran’s most cherished Sufi poet. Nazeri was also
pioneering in assimilating contemporary Persian poetry into the classical repertoire. His progressive approach to
music has led to collaborative new projects with his son, Composer and singer Hafez Nazeri. In year 2000 they
performed Hafez’s new composition in Iran which has hold the record for the most highly attended concert 140.000 in
entire Middle East. In year 05/06 Master Nazeri along with his son’s new Rumi ensemble launched "In the Path of
Rumi," a highly successful North American tour which performed record-breaking sold-out concerts, to rave reviews.
The venues, included Los Angeles’ Kodak theater (12/11/05), - the most highly attended Persian classical music
concert outside of Iran.
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Contents
Works
Honors
See also
Notes
External links
Works
Some of his albums are:
Honors
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On 19 June 2014, it was announced that Nazari will receive France's National Order of Merit.
See also
Aref ensemble
Dastan ensemble
Kamkars group
Shams Ensemble
Notes
1. "Rumi Symphony Project" (http://mobile.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/arts/music/17roundup.html?referrer=).
External links
Shahram Nazeri's official website (http://www.nazerismusic.com)
Shahram Nazeri (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p203091) at Allmusic
Shahram Nazeri's performance at 800th anniversary of Rumi (http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/seventhday/story/200
7/01/070106_bs_molananazeri.shtml) (BBC Persian)
Légion d'honneur for Shahram Nazeri (http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/story/2007/09/070928_mf_bb_nazeri.sht
ml) (BBC Persian)
France to Award Iran's Pavarotti (https://web.archive.org/web/20071205181000/http://english.farsnews.com/newst
ext.php?nn=8607080468) (Fars News Agency)
Official MySpace page (https://www.myspace.com/shahramnazeri)
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