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) musicians and musical groups.

Classical

Persian classical/traditional

Moein Moeen or Moein or Moien is a given name and surname. It is a Quranic name which means: helper, supporter, or provider of refuge. Notable persons with the name include: Persons with the given name * Moein (singer) (born 1951), Iranian singer * M ...

Homayoun Shajarian Homayoun Shajarian ( fa, همايون شجريان, born May 21, 1975) is an Iranian singer. He is the son of Mohammad-Reza Shajarian. Early life Shajarian was born in Tehran and is the son of Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, a grand master vocalist ...

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian Mohammad-Reza Shajarian ( fa, محمدرضا شجريان; , 23 September 1940 – 8 October 2020) was an Iranian singer and master ('' Ostad'') of Persian traditional music. He was also known for his skills in Persian calligraphy and humanit ...

* Hossein Khajeh Amiri (Iraj) *

Shahram Nazeri Shahram Nazeri ( ku, شارام نازری, translit=Şaram Nazirî, ; born 18 February 1950) is a contemporary Iranian tenor of Kurdish origin from Kermanshah, Iran, who sings Sufi music, classical and traditional Kurdish and Persian music. He ...

Iraj Bastami Iraj Bastami ( fa, ایرج بسطامی ) (November 22, 1957 — December 26, 2003) was a Persian classical music Persian traditional music or Iranian traditional music, also known as Persian classical music or Iranian classical music, refer ...

Anoushiravan Rohani Anoushiravan Rohani ( fa, انوشیروان روحانی; born July 24, 1939), also spelled Anooshiravan Rowhani, is an Iranian pianist and composer. He is known for composing and conducting contemporary classical music, as well as pop music ...

Reza Rohani Reza Rohani ( fa, رضا روحانی ; born October 31, 1977) is an Iranian pianist and composer. He is the son of Iranian composer Anoushiravan Rohani. He was one of the judges in the Iranian television reality music competition, ''Stage'' on M ...

Fariborz Lachini Fariborz Lachini ( fa, فریبرز لاچینی; born August 25, 1949) is an Iranian film score composer. Career He started his career in Iran writing music for children, creating "Avaz Faslha va Rangha" at the age of 18 which caught the atte ...

Gholam-Hossein Banan Gholām-Hossein Banān ( fa, غلامحسين بنان; 5 May 1911 – 27 February 1986) was an Iranian musician and singer. One of the most prominent Iranian singers of the 20th century, he was renowned for the quality of his voice. Biography ...

Delkash Esmat Bagherpour Baboli ( fa, عصمت باقرپور بابلی ; 26 February 1925 – 1 September 2004), better known as Delkash ( fa, دلکش ), was an Iranian diva singer and occasional actress with a rare and unique voice. Biography Delkas ...

Alireza Eftekhari Ali Reza Eftekhari ( fa, علیرضا افتخاری; born March 30, 1958) is an Iranian vocalist of Iranian classical and popular music. He is one of the most popular singers in Iran and his works are among the best-selling works of Iranian mus ...

* Bardia Sadrenoori *

Mohammad Reza Lotfi Mohammad-Reza Lotfi ( fa, محمدرضا لطفی; 1 January 1947 – 2 May 2014) was an Iranian classical musician renowned for his mastery of the tar and setar. He collaborated with singers such as Mohammad-Rezā Shajarian, Hengameh Akhavan, ...

Hossein Alizadeh Hossein Alizadeh ( fa, حسین علیزاده) is an Iranian musician, composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar, shurangiz and setar instrumentalist and improviser. He has performed with such musicians as Shahram Nazeri, Mohamm ...

* Marzieh *

Mirza Abdollah Mirza Abdollah, also known as Agha Mirza Abdollah Farahani ( fa, میرزا عبدالله فراهانی) (1843–1918), was a tar and setar player. He is among the most significant musicians in Iran's history. Born in Shiraz, he and his younge ...

* Maryam Akhondy *

Nematollah Aghasi Nematollah Azmoodeh ( fa, نعمت‌الله آزموده; 7 July 1939 – 11 November 2005), better known as Nematollah Aghasi (), and better known as Aghasi (Persian: or ), was an Iranian singer and songwriter. He was one of the most notable ...

Azam Ali Azam Ali ( fa, اعظم علی) is an Iranian musician. As of 2013, she has released eight full-length albums with the bands VAS and Niyaz, as well as four solo albums. Biography She was born in Tehran on 3 October 1970, Ali spent most of h ...

Aref Ensemble The Aref Ensemble (in Persian: گروه عارف) was a Persian classical music ensemble. It was founded by maestro Parviz Meshkatian, Hossein Alizadeh, and Mohammad Reza Lotfi in 1977. The group was named after Aref Ghazvini, early 20th centur ...

Davood Azad Davood Azad (born 6 October 1963) is an Iranian singer, multi-instrumental musician and composer who sings both Iranian classical music and Azeri folk music. He is the first Iranian lecturer invited to Oxford University to lecture about Iranian ...

* Pejman Azarmina * Mohammad Mehdi Goorangi * Mohammad Motamedi *

Hossein Behroozinia Hossein Behroozinia ( Persian: حسین بهروزی‌نیا) (born 1962 in Tehran) is an Iranian barbat and oud player. Behroozinia was a student at the Tehran Conservatory of Music, where he studied oud, tar, setar, tonbak, and daf. He studi ...

Sima Bina Sima Bina ( fa, سیما بینا, ''Simā Binā'', born 4 January 1945) is an Iranian traditional musician, composer, researcher, painter and teacher, described by Radio WDR Germany as the "grand lady of Iranian folk music". Bina's career in t ...

Chemirani Ensemble The Chemirani ensemble is a notable Persian classical music ensemble."Trio Chemirani" ...

Mehdi Bozorgmehr Mehdi Bozorgmehr ( fa, مهدی بزرگمهر; born in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian musician and composer. Biography Mehdi Bozorgmehr was born in Tehran, Iran. He is a prolific composer of symphonic, choral, ensemble, arranger, children music, ...

* Darya Dadvar *

Nur Ali Elahi Nur Ali Elahi (or Ostad Elahi var. Nūr ‘Alī Ilāhī, Nour Ali Elahi, fa, نورعلی الهی - استاد الهی) (September 11, 1895 – October 19, 1974) was an Iranian philosopher, judge and musician of Kurdish descent whose work inve ...

* Reza Ghassemi *

Shusha Guppy Shushā Guppy ( fa, شوشا گوپی; née Shamsi Assār ( fa, شمسی عصار; 24 December 1935 – 21 March 2008) was a writer, editor and a singer of Persian and Western folk songs. She lived in London from the early 1960s, until her death ...

Hamavayan Ensemble Hamāvāyān Ensemble ( fa, هم‌آوایان) is a Persian music group. History Led by Iranian instrumentalist and composer Hossein Alizadeh, the Hamavayan Ensemble performs new interpretations of classical Persian music. The ensemble featu ...

Parvaz Homay Parvaz Homay ( fa, پرواز همای; born 9 February 1980) is an Iranian composer, lyricist, vocalist, and performer specializing in Persian classical-style music. Also known by his birth name Saeid Jafarzadeh Ahmadsargurabi (), he is the ...

Sa'id Hormozi Ostad Sa'id Hormozi ( fa, سعید هرمزی) (1898–1976) was an Iranian musician who is remembered for his efforts to "promote authentic Iranian music" and pass it to modern musicians. He was born in one of the old neighborhoods of Tehran call ...

* Mirza Hossein-Qoli *

Kayhan Kalhor Kayhan Kalhor ( fa, کیهان کلهر, ku, کەیھان کەڵھوڕ, translit=Keyhan Kelhur, born 24 November 1964) is an Iranian- Kurdish kamancheh and setar player and vocalist composer and master of classical Iranian traditional music. ...

The Kamkars , fa, کامکارها , image = , caption = , image_size = , background = classical_ensemble , alias = Kamkar Ensemble , origin = Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran , genre ...

Darvish Khan Darvish Khan ( fa, درویش‌خان , Gholam Hossein Darvish; 1872 – 22 November 1926) was a Persian classical musician and a tar player.http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news.aspx?id=44944 Biography Darvish Khan was born in Tehran. His teac ...

* Ruhollah Khaleghi *

Lian Ensemble Lian Ensemble is a Persian classical music ensemble based in Los Angeles, California, USA. History The Lian Ensemble was established in 1996 by Pirayeh Pourafar Pirayeh Pourafar (Born) is an Iranian musician, tar player, and expert on Persian ...

Javad Maroofi Javād Ma'roufi ( fa, جواد معروفی ), (1912 in Tehran – December 7, 1993, in Tehran) was an Iranian composer and pianist. Biography Javād Ma'roufi was born in Tehran to the musician father Musā Ma'roufi and mother Ozrā Ma'roufi ...

Mastan Ensemble The Mastān Ensemble ( Persian: گروه مستان - ''Gorouh-e Mastān'') is an Iranian musical group performing traditional Persian music. History The group was founded as Hafez Ensemble in 2005 by Sa'id Jafarzādeh Homāy (سعيد جعف� ...

Rokneddin Mokhtari Rokneddin Mokhtari (1887–1970) was an Iranian musician and violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smalle ...

Hamid Motebassem Hamid Motebassem ( Persian: حمید متبسم) (b. 1958 Mashhad) is a classical Persian musician and tar and setar player. His first teacher was his father. Later, he studied with musicians like Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Hossein Alizadeh and Hus ...

Hamid Reza Noorbakhsh Hamid Reza Noorbakhsh (also spelt Nourbakhsh) is a Persian classical vocalist and musician. Career He studied Iranian classical music under the supervision of Mohammad Reza Shajarian and has performed with several music ensembles, including t ...

Hossein Omoumi Hossein Omoumi (born 1944) is an Iranian-born master musician of the ney (reed flute), composer, scholar, and teacher of Persian traditional music. He is the Maseeh Professor in Persian Performing Arts in the department of music within the Claire ...

Parisa Fātemeh Vā'ezi ( fa, فاطمه واعظی, born March 16, 1950 in Tonekabon, Iran), better known as Parisā ( fa, پریسا), is a Persian classical singer, Avaz master, and one of the foremost female vocalists from Iran. Early life an ...

Faramarz Payvar Master Farâmarz Pâyvar ( fa, فرامرز پایور, ; 10 February 1933 – 9 December 2009) was an Iranian composer and santur player. Payvar died on 9 December 2009 after a long struggle with brain damage. Although once perceived as margi ...

* Iraj Rahmanpour *

Afsaneh Rasaei Afsaneh Rasaei ( fa, افسانه رثایی) is a premier Persian vocalist who began training with Mahmoud Karimi in 1974. After the Islamic Revolution, women were not allowed to perform in public, so all the activities for women vocalists were ...

Abolhasan Saba Abu Al-Hasan ( ar, أبو الحسن, Abū Al-Ḥasan, Father of Hasan), also transliterated Abu'l Hasan, is an Arabic ''kunya'' ('teknonym'). It may refer to: Notable people Politics and military * Ali ibn Abi Talib (600–661), the fourth ...

Dariush Safvat Dariush Safvat ( fa, داريوش صفوت‎; 28 November 1928 – 17 April 2013) also spelled as Daryush Safvat, was a master Persian traditional musician, teacher, and ethnomusicologist. Safvat is best known for his mastery of setar and santu ...

Abdolvahab Shahidi Abdolvahab Shahidi ( fa, عبدالوهاب شهيدی; 23 September 1922 – 10 May 2021) was an Iranian barbat player, singer and composer in the classical style. He is noted as one of the contemporary pioneers of Persian music Persian music m ...

Jalil Shahnaz Jalil Shahnaz (22 May 1921 – 17 June 2013; Persian: جلیل شهناز) was a Persian classical music musician and a virtuoso of the Persian musical instrument, tar. Biography Jalil Shahnaz was born in 1921 in Isfahan, Persia (Iran). Sha ...

* Ali-Akbar Shahnazi *

Shams Ensemble The Shamss Ensemble is a musical group that performs traditional Sufi and classical Iranian music with the Tanbour, Daf (frame drum), Ney and various other percussion instruments. The group was founded by composer Kaykhosro Pournazeri. His sons ...

Farhang Sharif Farhang Sharif ( fa, فرهنگ شریف; – 7 September 2016) was an Iranian musician and renowned tar player.HAMS ...

Haj Ghorban Soleimani Haj Qorban Soleimani ( fa, حاج قربان سلیمانی) (April 11, 1920 – January 20, 2008) was an Iranian celebrated dotar player and vocalist. Dotar or Dutar is a form of Central Asian lute. Biography Soleimani was born in 1920 to Khora ...

Ali Tajvidi Ali Tajvidi ( fa, علی تجويدی; November 7, 1919 – March 15, 2006) was an Iranian musician, composer, violinist, songwriter, and music professor at the School of National Music and Tehran University. He composed more than 150 songs and d ...

* Dariush Talai *

Mehdi Rajabian Mehdi Rajabian ( fa, مهدی رجبیان; born October 1989) is an Iranian composer and musician. He was imprisoned for pursuing illegal musical activities in 2013. In 2019, he released the album ''Middle Eastern'' in collaboration with a numb ...

Hossein Tehrani Hossein Tehrāni (1912 – February 26, 1974) ( fa, حسین تهرانی) was an Iranian musician and tonbak player. He is regarded as an innovator, expanding the modern tonbak into an instrument that can be played solo, in addition to its ea ...

Alinaghi Vaziri Ali-Naqi Vaziri, also transcribed as Ali Naghi Vaziri (Persian: علی نقی وزیری) (October 1, 1886 in Tehran, Persia – September 9, 1979) was a composer, thinker and a celebrated player of the tar. He is considered a revolutionary i ...

* Qamar ol-Molouk Vaziri *

Mortezâ Varzi Mortezâ Varzi (December 30, 1922 – January 3, 2004) was an Iranian musician. Biography He was born in Tehran of an artistically inclined family. He started his music lessons on the violin at age 15 with Morteza Neydavoud, one of the greates ...

* Amir Abbas Zare * Hasan Zirak *

Jalal Zolfonun Jalaal Zulfonun ( fa, جلال ذوالفنون, Jalâl Zolfonun, ) was an Iranian musician, setaar player, and a prominent composer and teacher of Persian music. Collaboration with Maurice Béjart He has also collaborated with Maurice Béjart ...

* Mahmoud Zolfonun *

Zyriab Abu l-Hasan 'Ali Ibn Nafi, better known as Ziryab, Zeryab, or Zaryab ( 789– 857) ( ar, أبو الحسن علي ابن نافع, زریاب, rtl=yes) ( fa, زَریاب ''Zaryāb''), was a singer, oud and lute player, composer, poet, and teac ...

Parviz Yahaghi Parviz Yahaghi ( fa , پرویز یاحقی ) (September 23, 1935 – February 2, 2007) was a distinguished Iranian composer and violinist. He resided in Tehran city for practically his whole life, and was born and died there. His birth name was ...

* Salar Aghili *

Ali Zand Vakili Ali Zand Vakili (, born February 16, 1986, in Shiraz) is an Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the p ...

Modern/traditional

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* Zohreh Jooya * Mohammad Nouri * Niyaz *

Ramin Rahimi Ramin Rahimi is a percussionist and songwriter. His music mostly focused on drums and Iranian Percussions Daf and Tombak. he is also one of the members of power metal act Angband. Biography Born 1969 in Tehran, Rahimi worked with Tehran Symph ...

Hangi Tavakoli Hangi Tavakoli (in Persian: فرهنگ توکلی); also known as Hangi; born as Farhang Tavakoli is an Iranian songwriter and record producer. During his active years since 2004, he had produced over 3,500 and written over 4,800 published songs ...

* Roseland * Shanbehzadeh Ensemble * Vas *

Chaartaar Chaartaar ( fa, چارتار lit. ''Four Strings'') is a Persian fusion band founded in 2011. Members * Arman Garshasbi, vocalist * Arash Fathi - Composer * Ehsan Haeri - songwriter * Aeen Ahmadifar - Arrangement Style The group’s style ...

Western classical / Persian symphonic

Ahmad Pejman Ahmad Pejman ( fa, احمد پژمان ; born 1935), also spelled as Ahmad Pezhman, is an Iranian classical composer who resides in the United States. Pejman is notable for his operatic and symphonic works. Biography Born in 1935 in Lar, Ir ...

Ali Rahbari Ali (Alexander) Rahbari ( fa, علی رهبری; also Romanized as "Alī Rahbarī", ; born 1948) is an Iranian composer and conductor, who has worked with more than 120 European orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic and the Mariinsky Oper ...

Alireza Mashayekhi Alireza Mashayekhi is an Iranian musician, composer, conductor and academic. He is one of the first composers in Iran to represent avant-garde, modern and contemporary music. He is a pioneer of electroacoustic music in Iran. Early life Mashayekh ...

Alireza Motevaseli Alireza Motevaseli ( Persian علیرضا متوسلی born 9 February 1992) is an Iranian musician. Early life He was born in Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of ...

* Aminollah Hossein *

* Arshia Samsaminia *

Behzad Ranjbaran Behzad Ranjbaran ( fa, بهزاد رنجبران; born 1955, in Tehran, Iran) is a Persian composer, known for his virtuosic concertos and colorful orchestral music. Ranjbaran's music draws from his cultural roots, incorporating Persian musical mo ...

Bijan Mortazavi Bijan Mortazavi ( fa, بیژن مرتضوی, born November 16, 1957) is an Iranian virtuoso violinist, musician, composer, songwriter, arranger and singer. Biography Musical education Born in the city of Babol, Iran. Mortazavi studied music i ...

Cyrus Forough Cyrus Forough ( Persian: سیروس فروغ (Persian: علی فروغ) is a Persian-American concert violinist and professor. Forough was born in Tehran and began violin studies at age five with his mother, a graduate of the Brussels Royal Conse ...

* Darya Dadvar *

Daryush Shokof Daryush Shokof (Persian: داریوش شکوف, born 1954) is an Iranian artist, film director, writer, and film producer based in Germany. Biography He was born as Ali Reza Shokoufandeh on 25 June 1954 in Tehran, Imperial State of Iran. Sho ...

Farhad Fakhreddini Farhad Fakhreddini ( fa, فرهاد فخرالدینی; born 11 March 1938 in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan) is a renowned Iranian composer, conductor and founder of Iran’s National Orchestra. He led Iran's Radio and Television Orchestra from 1 ...

Fouzieh Majd Fouzieh Majd (also spelled Fozie Majd) ( fa, فوزیه مجد) is a Persian composer and ethnomusicologist. She was educated in England and France. In the 1970s she was the head of a group to gather Persian folk songs at NITV. References About ...

Heshmat Sandjari Heshmat Sanjari, also transcribed as Sandjari ( fa, حشمت سنجری, April 1, 1917 – January 4, 1995) was a well-known Persian (Iranian) conductor and composer, the son of Hossein Sanjari who was well-known player on tar in Persia. Educati ...

* Hooman Khalatbari *

Houshang Ostovar Amir Houshang Ostovar (Persian: هوشنگ استوار) (also transcribed as ''Hoochang Ostovar'', January 30, 1927 – January 7, 2016) was a Persian symphonic music composer and Instructor. Biography Houshang Ostovar was born in Tehran 1927 ...

Hossein Dehlavi Hossein Dehlavi ( fa, حسین دهلوی) (September 30, 1927 – October 15, 2019) was an Iranian composer. Biography Hossein Dehlavi was born in 1927 in Tehran, Iran and started music with his father Moezeddin Emami who was a pupil of maste ...

Hormoz Farhat Hormoz Farhat ( fa, هرمز فرهت; 9 August 1928 – 16 August 2021) was a Persian-American composer and ethnomusicologist who spent much of his career in Dublin, Ireland. An emeritus professor of music, he was a fellow of Trinity College, ...

Idin Samimi Mofakham Idin Samimi Mofakham (Persian: آیدین صمیمی مفخم) is an Iranian composer born in 1982. Biography He studied contemporary composition at Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan at the class of Ashot Zohrabian. In 2009, his piece ...

* Kayvan Mirhadi *

Loris Tjeknavorian Loris Haykasi Tjeknavorian ( hy, Լորիս Ճգնավորյան; fa, لوریس چکناواریان; born 13 October 1937) is an Iranian Armenian composer and conductor. He has appeared internationally as a conductor, serving as the principal ...

Lotfi Mansouri Lotfollah "Lotfi" Mansouri (15 June 1929 – 30 August 2013) was an Iranian-born opera director and manager. He was an opera director from about 1960 onwards, and is best known for being the General Director of the Canadian Opera Company and ...

Morteza Hannaneh Morteza Hannaneh ( fa, مرتضی حنانه; March 1, 1923 – October 17, 1989) was an Iranian composer and Musician He composed for some films, such as ''Fleeing the Trap'' in 1971. Musical career He studied Horn at the Tehran Conservatory ...

* Mehdi Hosseini *

Nader Mashayekhi Nader Mashayekhi ( fa, نادر مشایخی; born November 26, 1958 in Tehran) is an Iranian composer. From 2006 to July 2007 he was conductor of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra. He is the son of Jamshid Mashayekhi. Mashayekhi studied under ...

* Nima A Rowshan * Parviz Mahmoud *

Ramin Karimloo Ramin Karimloo ( fa, رامین کریملو; ; born September 19, 1978) is a Canadian actor, singer and composer recognized for his work in London's West End and Broadway theatre. He has played the leading male roles in both of the West End's ...

* Reza Najfar *

Reza Vali Reza Vali (born 1952 in Ghazvin) is an Iranian musician and composer. Reza Vali was born in Iran and studied at the Tehran Conservatory. In 1972, he attended the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, where he studied composition. He ...

Saman Samadi Saman Samadi (born 1984) is a Persian-American composer, performer, music scholar, and current doctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge. Biography Saman Samadi's work has been performed internationally—in the mid & far East, Europe, ...

Samin Baghtcheban Samin Baghtcheban ( fa, ثمین باغچه‌بان , tr, Samin Bahçeban) (variations: Baghcheban, Baqcheban, Bahceban) (1923 – 19 March 2008) was an Iranian composer, author and translator. Biography Samin Baghtcheban was born in 1925 in T ...

Soheil Nasseri Soheil Nasseri (born 1979) is an American pianist based in Berlin. Concerts Nasseri has premiered over two dozen works by contemporary composers since 2001. Notably, he performed the world premiere of Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji's Sonata No. 0 ( ...

Sadegh Nojouki Sadegh Nojouki ( fa, صادق نوجوکی; born February 11, 1950 in Tehran) is a famous Iranian musician, composer, arranger, and pianist of Persian classical and pop music. He is credited for the use of string orchestra and piano for first ...

Shahrdad Rohani Shahrdad Rohani, also known as Shardad Rohani ( fa, شهرداد روحانی, born 27 May 1954) is an Iranian-American composer, violinist/pianist, and conductor. His style is contemporary and he is well known for composing and conducting classi ...

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Afshin Afshin ( fa, افشین / ''Afšīn'') is a common Persian given name, which is a modern Persian word derived from Avestan. Afshin was used by the Sogdians. Historically, it was the princely title of the rulers of Osrushana at the time of the Mu ...

Afshin Moghaddam Afshin Moghaddam ( fa, افشین مقدم, 30 September 1945 – 23 July 1976), born Hossein Ahanian Moghaddam, was an Iranian singer. He was best known for his song "Zemestoun (''Winter'')", which came 79th in Manoto 1's "100 Greatest Iranian ...

Ali Abdolmaleki Ali Abdolmaleki (Persian language, Persian علی عبدالمالکی; born 17 August 1988 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian pop music, Iranian pop singer, songwriter, composer and arranger. He made several hit songs in young age . He contributes ...

Ali Lohrasbi Ali Lohrasbiis an Iranian singer and pop-star. Early life Ali Lohrasbi is from Tehran. He was born on April 9, 1976. He is the first child in his family and has 3 younger brothers. He was a Quran reader in his childhood. Correct reading of Qur ...

* Ali Noroozi *

Ali Pahlavan Ali Pahlavan ( fa, علی پهلوان) (born 1 May 1975) is an Iranian Australians, Iranian–Australian musician, singer-songwriter, lyricist and composer. He started his professional music career in 1999 by establishing the first Iranian mixed ...

Alireza Assar Alireza Assar ( fa, علیرضا عصار) (January 24, 1970 in Tehran) is an Iranian musician and Persian pop singer and composer, and piano and guitar player. Biography The oldest child of a four-member family in Tehran, His studied the p ...

Alireza Talischi Alireza Talischi ( fa, علیرضا طلیسچی; born September 29, 1985, in Tehran) is an Iranian singer, songwriter and Music Producer. He is originally from Hamadan. Career Alireza Talischi started singing professionally when he was 18 y ...

Andy Andy may refer to: People * Andy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Horace Andy (born 1951), Jamaican roots reggae songwriter and singer born Horace Hinds *Katja Andy (1907–2013), German-American pianist and pian ...

Arash Arash the Archer ( fa, آرش کمانگیر ''Āraš-e Kamāngīr'') is a heroic archer-figure of Iranian mythology. According to Iranian folklore, the boundary between Iran and Turan was set by an arrow launched by Arash, after he put his ow ...

* Aref * Babak Jahanbakhsh * Baran *

Benyamin Bahadori Benyamin Bahadori ( fa, بنیامین بهادری) is an Iranian pop singer, composer, songwriter and actor. from Tehran, Iran. His first album "85" released in 2006, was a massive commercial success within Iran and with the Iranian diaspora a ...

Dariush Dariush ( fa, داریوش; also spelled ''Darioush'', ''Daryoush'' or ''Daryoosh'') is a common Persian male given name in Iran. Dariush is composed of ''dāraya-'' old+ ''vash-'' ood meaning "holding firm the good". It was the throne name of ...

Ebi Ebrahim Hamedi ( fa, اِبراهیم حامدی, also Romanized as "Ebrāhim Hāmedi"; born 1949), better known by his stage name Ebi (Persian: ), is an Iranian pop singer who first started his career in Tehran, gaining fame as part of a ban ...

(Ebrahim Hamedi) * Ehsan Khajeh Amiri * Elaheh *

Faramarz Asef Faramarz Assef ( fa, فرامرز آصف; born 27 October 1950 in Abadan, Iran) is an Iranian music artist and former long and triple jumper who won a bronze medal at the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran in triple jump. Music career As a graduate i ...

Faramarz Aslani Faramarz Aslani ( fa, فرامرز اصلانی; born July 13, 1954) is an Iranian singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter, and music producer. Biography Faramarz Aslani was born in Tehran, Iran. He is a graduate of London University's College ...

* Farhad *

Farman Fathalian Farman Fathalian ( fa, فرمان فتحعلیان, born December 20, 1970), is an Iranian guitarist and Persian Rock singer. Biography Fathalian was born on December 20, 1970, in Tehran . He started learning Violin when he was five years old ...

* Farzad Farzin *

Farzane Zamen Farzane Zamen, (فرزانه ضامن) is an Iranian musician, producer and songwriter. She has released albums and singles in Persian as well as single records in English. She has been interested in music since her childhood, and she started lea ...

* Fereydoon Forooghi *

Fereydoun Farrokhzad Fereydoun Farrokhzad ( fa, فریدون فرخزاد; October 7, 1938 – August 3, 1992) was an Iranian showman, host, poet, actor, political activist, singer, humanitarian, and writer. He is best known for his television variety show ''The Silv ...

Googoosh Faegheh Atashin ( fa, فائقه آتشین; born 5 May 1950), known professionally as Googoosh ( fa, گوگوش, ), is an Iranian singer and former actress. One of the most popular and prolific entertainers in Iran, her career has spanned over ...

(Faegheh Atashin) *

Habib Habib ( ar, حبيب, ''ḥabīb''; ), sometimes written as Habeeb, is an Arabic masculine given name, occasional surname, and honorific, with the meaning "beloved" or "my love", or "darling". It also forms the famous Arabic word ‘''Habibi’'' ...

Hassan Shamaizadeh Hassan Shamaizadeh ( fa, حسن شماعی‌زاده, also Romanized as Hasan-é Šamâ'izâde; born January 15, 1943 in Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, la ...

Hayedeh Ma'soumeh Dadehbala ( fa, معصومه دده‌بالا; 10 April 1942 – 20 January 1990), known professionally as Hayedeh ( fa, هایده), was an Iranian singer with a contralto vocal range. Known for her wide range of voice, her career span ...

* Homeyra * Hooshmand Aghili * Javad Yasari *

Kouros Shahmiri Kouros Shahmiri ( fa, کوروس شاهمیری), also known by the mononym "Kouros" (Persian: ), is an Iranian–American pop singer, best known for being part of the pop duo Andy & Kouros with Andranik Madadian (Andy). Andy and Kouros release ...

* Laleh *

Leila Forouhar Leila Forouhar ( fa, لیلا فروهر, ''Leilâ Foruhar'') (born 23 February 1959) is an Iranian pop and classical singer. She was a child star, acting from the age of 3. She relocated to next door Turkey in 1986, then to Paris, before emigrat ...

Mahasti Eftekhar Dadehbala), and others Eftekhar ( fa, افتخار). ( fa, افتخار دده‌بالا; 16 November 1946 – 25 June 2007), known by her stage name Mahasti ( fa, مهستی), was an Iranian singer of Persian classical, folk, and pop ...

Mahvash Mahvash ( fa, مهوش), born Masoumeh Azizi Borujerdi ( fa, معصومه عزيزى بروجردى), was an Iranian singer, dancer, film actress and stage performer. She came from a poor family and was lauded as a singer (performer) of the peop ...

* Majid Akhshabi *

Mansour Mansour ( ar, منصور, Manṣūr); also spelled Mounsor, Monsur (Bengali), Mansoor, Manser, Mansur, Mansyur (Indonesian) or Mensur (Turkish), is a male Arabic name that means "He who is victorious", from the Arabic root '' naṣr'' (نصر), m ...

* Marjan *

Martik Martik Qarah Khanian ( fa, مارتیک قره‌خانیان; born 17 July 1949), known mononymously as Martik (Armenian: Մարտիկ), is an Iranian Armenian singer and songwriter. Discography Studio albums * ''Martik 1'' 1977 Avang * ''To ...

* Maziar *

Mehdi Yarrahi Mehdi Yarrahi ( fa, مهدی یراحی,born 14 November 1981 in Ahvaz) is an Iranian singer, musician, and activist living in Tehran. He began his professional career in 2010. In December 2018 in a concert due to wearing the uniform of worke ...

Mehrnoosh Mehrnoosh ( fa, مهرنوش) (born November 1, 1976) is an Iranian Persian pop singer from Tehran. She currently lives in the state of Texas in the US after obtaining a Green Card through Diversity Visa Lottery. She is signed to the record l ...

Mohammad Esfahani Mohammad Mahdi Vaezi Esfahani ( fa, محمدمهدی واعظی اصفهانی ; born 5 July 1966), better known as Mohammad Esfahani, is an Iranian Persian pop and traditional singer. He graduated from The Medical Sciences University of Ira ...

Mohsen Chavoshi Mohsen Chavoshi Hosseini ( fa, محسن چاوشی, ku, موحسن چاوشی; born 30 July 1979) is an Iranian Kurdish musician, singer, record producer and songwriter, based in Tehran. He has released ten albums including a soundtrack to the ...

* Mohsen Ebrahimzadeh *

Mohsen Yeganeh Mohsen Yeganeh ( fa, محسن یگانه; born May 13, 1985) is an Iranian singer and musician. He performed at many concerts including one at the Fajr International Music Festival. Early life Mohsen Yeganeh was born in Gonbad-e Kavus to Pers ...

* Morteza * Morteza Pashaei *

Omid Hajili Omid Hajili (Persian: امید حاجیلی, born 24 September 1983) is an Iranian trumpet player, pop singer, musician, composer, and music arranger. He has released three albums, ''Allegro'' and '' Darkoob'' and '' Hajilitto.'' Career Omid Ha ...

* Pooran *

Pouya Kolahi Barbad Award ( fa, جایزه باربد, Jāyeze-ye Bārbad) is a statue awarded to the winners of the competitive section of Iran's most prestigious music festival, the Fajr International Music Festival. This award was added to the festival f ...

* Pouya Pourjalil * Pyruz * Roozbeh Azar * Rana Mansour * Reza Sadeghi *

Roya Arab Roya Arab (born 1967) is an Iranian musician and archaeologist. Musical career Born in Tehran, Iran, Roya Arab learned the craft of singing during jam sessions around London in the early and mid-1990s. She was the first Iranian female to recei ...

Sahar Sahar may refer to: People * Sahar (name), Arabic feminine name or Hebrew unisex name * Sahar (singer), Iranian singer, musician and dancer. * Sahar Aslam, former Scottish international cricketer. * Sahar Ansari, Urdu poet and linguist from Karachi ...

* Sami Beigi *

Sami Yusuf Sami Yusuf (born 21 July 1980) is a British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and composer. He gained international attention with the release of his debut album, '' Al-Muʽallim'', in 2003. As of 2020, he has released eight studio al ...

* Sasy * Sattar * Sepideh *

Shadmehr Aghili Shadmehr aghili ( fa, شادمهر عقیلی; born 27 January 1973) is an Iranian pop singer, musician, composer, music arranger, producer and song-writer, and formerly an actor. He revitalized music culture post-revolution in Iran, Aghili was b ...

Shahkar Bineshpajooh Shahkar Bineshpajooh ( fa, شاهکار بینش‌پژوه; born 13 December 1972 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian peoples, Iranian poet, translator, composer, and singer. Bineshpahjooh has performed with orchestras in Europe and North America and ...

Shahram Shabpareh Shahram Shabpareh ( fa, شهرام شب‌پره) is an Iranian Pop singer and songwriter. Career He started his career as a drum player in the early 1960s when he was 13. In the mid 1960s at the age of 17, he formed a band of his own named "R ...

* Shahram BozorgMehr *

Shahrum Kashani Shahrum Kashani ( fa, شهرام کاشانی; 7 July 1971 – 28 July 2021), also known as Shahram Sebastian Shahbal was an Iranian pop singer. He released eight albums with notable hits. Biography Music Shahrum's interest in singing and music ...

* Shakila *

Shohreh Solati Fatemeh Solati Nayebi ( fa, فاطمه صولتی نایبی), better known by her stage name Shohreh ( fa, شهره), is an Iranian singer. Since the Islamic Revolution in Iran, she has continued her music career in exile. Biography Shohreh ...

* Siavash Ghomayshi *

Siavash Shams Siavash Shams ( fa, سیاوش شمس) (also known as Siavash Sahne ( fa, سیاوش صحنه) due to his hit song ''Sahneh'') (born 26 January 1963) is an Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers ...

Sirvan Khosravi Sirvan Khosravi ( fa, سیروان خسروی; born 26 July 1982) is an Iranian singer, songwriter, and music producer. He has produced music for various artists including Xaniar Khosravi, his younger brother, who is also a singer-song writer. He ...

Susan Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), ...

Susan Roshan Susan Roshan ( fa, سوزان روشن) (born 23 September 1967) is an Iranian singer, who currently lives in California, United States. After the Iranian Revolution, she moved to the United States with her parents and brother at the age of t ...

Viguen Viguen (born Viguen Derderian, fa, ویگن دردریان, ''Viguen Derderyân''; hy, Վիգէն Տէրտէրեան, ''Vigen Tērtērian''; 23 November 1929 – 26 October 2003), known as "King of Iranian pop" and the "Sultan of Jazz", was an ...

Xaniar Khosravi Xaniar Khosravi ( fa, زانیار خسروی, also Romanized as Zānyār Xosrawi; born 22 April 1985)فرید توفیقی.%20 is an Iranian singer. composer, lyricist and arranger. He officially published his album debut named ''28'' in early 2 ...

Bands

25band 25band ( fa, ۲۵ باند) is an Iranian music band originating from Mashhad, Iran. The band was formed in 2010 by Tamin (Tahmineh تهمینه) along with A-del (Adel عادل) as the vocalists. The name 25band means Tus, the city that the couple ...

Arian Arianism ( grc-x-koine, Ἀρειανισμός, ) is a Christological doctrine first attributed to Arius (), a Christian presbyter from Alexandria, Egypt. Arian theology holds that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, who was begotten by G ...

* Barobax *

Kako Band Kako Band ( fa, کاکو بند) is an Iranian new-style integrative and vocal Fusion band. In 2013 Kako band produced and released its first album called ''Invite''Whatever will be: a different work from Kako Band�. Musicema. Retrieved August ...

Songwriters

Ilya Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, or Ilija (russian: Илья́, Il'ja, , or russian: Илия́, Ilija, ; uk, Ілля́, Illia, ; be, Ілья́, Iĺja ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/ Jah ...

Mina Assadi Mina Assadi ( fa, مینا اسدی; born March 12, 1943) is an Iranian-born poet, author, journalist and songwriter who lives in exile in Stockholm, Sweden. Author She is known for writing about controversial and provocative subjects, especi ...

* Laleh

Lyricists

Amir Tataloo Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo () known professionally as Amir Tataloo (), is an Iranian singer-songwriter and rapper. Tataloo is the first R&B singer in Iran and also he is part of the first generation of the Iranian underground hip hop scene. His d ...

Molana Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī ( fa, جلال‌الدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī (), Mevlânâ/Mawlānā ( fa, مولانا, lit= our master) and Mevlevî/Mawlawī ( fa, مولوی, lit= my ma ...

Shahyar Ghanbari Shahyar Ghanbari ( fa, شهیار قنبری also spelled wrongly as Shahryar Ghanbari , born 28 July 1950 in Tehran) is an Iranian poet, writer, lyricist, songwriter, and singer of Persian pop music. He is also a film director & radio-TV produce ...

* Maryam Heydarzadeh *

Leila Kasra Leila Kasra ( fa, لیلا کسری) also known as Hedieh ( fa, هدیه), (March 27, 1939 – May 16, 1989) was a prominent Iranian contemporary poet and lyricist who has written lyrics for notable artists including Ebi, Dariush, Sattar, Vi ...

Sahar Ajdamsani Sahar Ajdamsani (Persian:سحر اژدم ثانی; born 26 March 1996) is an Iranian singer, songwriter, poet, lyricist, writer, and photographer. Biography Sahar started writing poetry at the age of eight, and has written poetry in Persian l ...

Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi ( fa, رحیم معینی کرمانشاهی, February 6, 1923 – November 17, 2015) was an Iranian poet and lyricist. He is one of the pioneering songwriters in the history of Persian traditional music. Biography Mast ...

Rock/Metal

Singers

Afshin Moghadam Afshin Moghaddam ( fa, افشین مقدم, 30 September 1945 – 23 July 1976), born Hossein Ahanian Moghaddam, was an Iranian singer. He was best known for his song "Zemestoun (''Winter'')", which came 79th in Manoto 1's "100 Greatest Iranian ...

Ali Azimi Ali Azimi ( fa, علی عظیمی) is an Iranian musician-singer and guitarist. He was the vocalist and songwriter of the band ''Radio Tehran'' until the early 2010s. After they disbanded, Ali embarked on a solo career, and released his debut al ...

* Kamil Yaghmaei *

Kavus Torabi Kavus Torabi ( fa, كاووس تورابى; born 5 December 1971) is a British-Iranian musician and composer, record label owner and broadcaster. A multi-instrumentalist, he is known for his work in the psychedelic, avant-garde rock field (prim ...

* Kourosh Yaghmaei *

Kaveh Afagh Kaveh Afagh ( fa, کاوه آفاق) (born May 1, 1983) is an Iranian singer, songwriter, arranger, guitarist as well as an actor and painter. Career Afagh learned to play classical guitar as a child. By age 15, he knew how to play the electric ...

* Martik Kanian *

Maryama Maryam Mirbagheri (Persian: مریم میرباقری; born February 18, 1992), known professionally as Maryama, is an Iranian-American singer, songwriter, composer, music producer and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. Early life and education ...

* Morteza Pashaei *

Reza Yazdani Reza Yazdani ( fa, رضا یزدانی, born August 25, 1984 in Juybar, Iran) nicknamed The Leopard of Juybar, is an Iranian wrestler and two time World Champion, who won Gold in the 2011 World Wrestling Championships and 2013 World Wrestling ...

Salim Ghazi Saeedi Salim Ghazi Saeedi () ( fa, سلیم قاضی‌سعیدی, also Romanized as ''Salim Ghāzi Saeedi'' and ''Salim Ghāzi-Saeedi''; born 1981) is an Iranian composer and guitarist who plays a variety of genres ranging from progressive metal, j ...

* Shahin Najafi *

Mohsen Namjoo Mohsen Namjoo ( fa, محسن نامجو) is an Iranian singer-songwriter, composer and musician. His style of music is influenced by blues and rock as well as Iranian folk music. Early life and education Namjoo was born on 4 March 1976 in Torb ...

Bands

127 127 may refer to: *127 (number), a natural number *AD 127, a year in the 2nd century AD *127 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC *127 (band), an Iranian band See also *List of highways numbered 127 Route 127 or Highway 127 can refer to multiple roads ...

* Angband *

Antikarisma Morteza Najafipoor Moghaddam ( fa, مرتضی نجفی‌پور مقدم; born 1980), better known as Shahin Najafi ( fa, شاهین نجفی), is an Iranian musician, singer, composer, poet, author ...

* Arashk *

Arsames Arsames ( peo, 𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠𐎶 Aršāma, modern Persian:،آرسام، آرشام‎ Arshām, Greek: ) was the son of Ariaramnes and the grandfather of Darius I. He was traditionally claimed to have briefly been king of Persia during th ...

* Barad *

Hypernova A hypernova (sometimes called a collapsar) is a very energetic supernova thought to result from an extreme core-collapse scenario. In this case, a massive star (>30 solar masses) collapses to form a rotating black hole emitting twin energetic j ...

Kiosk Historically, a kiosk () was a small garden pavilion open on some or all sides common in Persia, the Indian subcontinent, and in the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century onward. Today, several examples of this type of kiosk still exist i ...

Take It Easy Hospital Take It Easy Hospital was a London-based duo from Iran. Formed by singer and producer Ash Koosha a.k.a. Ashkan Kooshanejad Ashkan Kooshanejad (Persian: اشکان کوشانژاد; born 13 August 1985), also known as Ash Koosha, is a Britis ...

* The Yellow Dogs Band

Electronic

* Ashkan Kooshanejad *

Leila Arab Leila Arab ( fa, لیلا عرب, born in 1971), professionally known as Leila, is an Iranian-born record producer and DJ based in London, England. She has released music on the labels Rephlex, XL and Warp. She has also worked extensively with ...

* Deep Dish *

DJ Aligator Ali Asghar Movasat ( fa, علی اصغر مواسات ), better known by his stage name DJ Aligator, is an Iranian-Danish producer and DJ. Musical career He enjoyed worldwide success with the single " The Whistle Song" from his 2000 debut albu ...

Masoud Masoud (; ) is a given name and surname, with origins in Persian and Arabic. The name is found in the Arab world, Iran, Turkey, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Russia, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and China. Masoud has spe ...

Steve Naghavi And One is a German new wave, synthpop and EBM band founded by Steve Naghavi and Chris Ruiz in 1989. History The band formed after Steve Naghavi and Chris Ruiz met in 1989 at a Berlin club. Being fans of early EBM music, Naghavi and Ruiz dec ...

Nami Nami ( ar, نامي, ja, 波 ('wave'), ('regular'), etc.) may refer to: Given name * Nami (, , , , ), Japanese feminine given name * Nami Akimoto (born 1968), Japanese manga artist * , Japanese film director, screenwriter and editor *, Japane ...

* Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia *

Sharam Tayebi Sharam Tayebi ( fa, شهرام طیبی, born August 12, 1970), better known as Sharam, is an Iranian techno and house DJ and producer. Born in Tehran, Iran, he emigrated to Washington D.C. at the age of 14. A mainstay of the Washington underg ...

Patrick Alavi Patrick Alavi is a German musician and DJ specialising in funk and electronic. Career History In 1996, Alavi released his first EP as Dj Alavi on Sonic House, a Sub Label of the German Techno Label Atomic Silence. In 2001, Alavi was signed ...

Rap/Hip Hop

* Zedbazi * Hichkas *

Erfan Irfan (also transliterated as Erfan, ar, عرفان) is an Arabic/Persian male given name, meaning "knowledge", "awareness" and "learning". Given name Irfan * Irfan_Khan _ (born 1982) pakistani Singer * Irfan Ahmed (born 1989), Pakistani cri ...

Alireza JJ Zedbazi ( fa, زدبازی) is an Iranian hip hop band, formed by longtime friends Saman Wilson and Mehrad Hidden and later joined by Sohrab MJ, Sijal, Alireza JJ and Nassim. In a 2022 concert, the founder of the group (Saman Wilson) announced ...

Bahram Bahrām ( fa, بهرام) is a male given name. Other variants Behram, Bahran, Vahran, and Vahram ( uz, Баҳром, Bahrom and Tajik: Баҳром, Bahrom) The older form is Vahrām ( pal, 𐭥𐭫𐭧𐭫𐭠𐭭, in la, Varrames), also spel ...

* Shahin Najafi *

Yas Yaser Bakhtiari ( fa, ياسر بختیاری, born 1982 in Rezvanshahr, Gilan province, Iran) better known by his stage name Yas (), is an Iranian rapper. He wears a Faravahar pendant, a symbol of Iranian nationalism and Zoroastrianism. On ...

Jazz

Ardeshir Farah Ardeshir Farah ( fa, اردشیر فرح) is an Iranian musician and guitarist. Early life He was born in Tehran. Farah is half of the guitar duo Strunz & Farah. Career Farah's work in Strunz & Farah earned him a Grammy Award in 1991. His work ...

Rana Farhan Rana Farhan ( fa, رعنا فرحان) is an Iranian musician and singer of jazz and blues. After graduating from Tehran University, she left Iran in 1989, and has been living in New York since then. Career Born in Iran, Rana grew up listening ...

* Cymin Samawatie * Shahin and Sepehr *

Ziba Shirazi Ziba Shirazi is an Iranian-American writer, poet, singer, songwriter, storyteller and ghostwriter. As a poet and music artist, she is best known for her poignant songs and storytelling through poetry. Shirazi's compositions blend flavors of Persian ...

Blues

* Kourosh Yaghmaei * Martik Qarah Khanian

Film composers

* Saeed Shahram *

References

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