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Mohammad Motamedi (; born September 24, 1978) is an Iranian traditional vocalist, and a ney player. He started learning singing and also playing

ney The ney ( ; ) is an end-blown flute that figures prominently in traditional Persian, Turkish, Jewish, Arab, and Egyptian music. In some of these musical traditions, it is the only wind instrument used. The ney has been played for over 4,500 ye ...

as self-taught since adolescence. He has studied "Film Directing" as his major in university. However, he has been singing and training since adolescence by listening to the works of maestros of Persian singing. Since 1997, he started learning singing style of Seyed Hossein Taherzadeh. Due to his interest in

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school of singing, he learned this school of singing by practicing the songs of its maestros such as Taj Esfahani and Adib Khansari and has benefitted from guidance of esteemed masters such as the late

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 ...

and Aliasghar Shahzeidi in this regard. He has a resume ranging from working with the great maestros of Iranian music such as Alexander Rahbari, Mohammadreza Lotfi, Hossein Alizadeh, Majid Derakhshani, Farhad Fakhreddini, etc. as well as working with international figures and many performances in venues such as

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, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, etc. Recently, he collaborated with

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in an album by Trio Jobran called "The Long March". He has been able to create his own dialect and original style of singing and therefore, currently he is regarded as the most characterful singer while being among the few best traditional singers.

Discography

* Boodan Va Soroudan ( Majid Derakhshani & Khorshid Ensembl (Sun Ensembl)-2006 * Sufi (Mohammad Motamedi, Sina Jahanabadi & Hossein Rezaeinia)-2007 * Ashoora Opera( Behzad Abdi &

Behrouz Gharibpour Behrouz Gharibpour () (born 1950 in Sanandaj) is an Iranian theatre director and pioneer of traditional Persian puppet theatre. He studied theatre at Tehran University and at ''Dramatic Arts Academy'' in Rome (Silvio D'Amico). He founded Tehra ...

)-2008 * Vatanam Iran (

Mohammad Reza Lotfi Mohammad-Reza Lotfi (; 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, Shahram Nazeri and Alireza S ...

& Hamnavazan-e Sheida (Sheyda Ensembl)-2008 * Video Album of Dashti Concert– Vatanam Iran (

& Sheida Threefold Groups)-2008 * In Memory Of Aref Ghazvini ( Aref Ghazvini &

)-2009 * Ey Asheghan (

& Banovan-e Sheida (Sheida Women's Ensemble)-2009 * Rumi Opera ( Behzad Abdi &

)-2009 * Video Album of Chavosh Concert – Iran Ey Saraye Omid (

& Hamnavazan-e Sheida (Sheyda Ensembl) -2009 * Saye- e Jan (

& Sheyda Ensembl)-2010 * So Long Goodbye ( Ali Ghamsari)-2010 * Gahi Segahi (

Pouya Saraei Pouya Saraei () is an Iranian composer, arranger, conductor, lecturer, music critic, researcher, and musician. Career Saraei began playing the santur at age seven, taking lessons from Javad Bathaie, Faramarz Payvar, Hossein Alizadeh, Pashang ...

)-2011 * Overwhelmed By Mist ( Arash kamvar )-2012 * Mohammad Motamedi & Chant Classique (Radio France)-2013 * Badeh Toei (

Hossein Alizadeh Hossein Alizadeh (; born August 24, 1951) 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 ...

Hamavayan Ensemble Hamāvāyān Ensemble () 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 features male and female vocal ...

)-2014 * In The Distance a Call ( Mehdi Teimoori )-2015 * Pass ( Ali Gamsari )-2015 * Eshghim Gal ( Azari )-(Hossein Alizadeh &

)-2015 *Dauntless (with Ebrahim Tehranipour)-2017 *The Long March (with Trio Jobran and Roger Waters)-2018 *Told me where you are (Majid wafadar) 2018 *Sarmast (Majid Khalaj) 2018 *Wait (

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) 2020

Significant works

*Rumi Opera ( Behzad Abdi &

-2009) *Mohammad Motamedi & Chant Classique-2014 *The Long March (with Trio Jobran and Roger Waters)-2018

Awards

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prize winner-2013 * Rumi Award- 2018

Concerts

*Extemporization concert in theatre of Paris *Concert in historical Palace of Versailles *Concert at The Festival Of China-Shanghai-2005 *Concert in Rasa theatre – Otrowkht, Trophen Theatre –

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(Poland) *Concert in Music Conservator Rome-Italy *Participation in International Festival of Sufi Music in

Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul ...

– Pakistan *Participation in International Festival of Magham in

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*Concert in Headquarters of UNESCO paris – Paris *Participation in Morgan Land Festival – Osnabruck – Germany *Qasida Concert: Rosario La Tremendita & Mohammad Motamedi – Iran &

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*Rumi Ensemble & Mohammad Motamedi European Tour 2013 *Concert with Raz Music Ensemble (Honor of

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) at

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, Turkey December 2015 *Qasida Concert: Rosario La Tremendita & Mohammad Motamedi at

BOZAR The Centre for Fine Arts (, ; , ) is a multi-purpose cultural venue in the Royal Quarter of Brussels, Belgium. It is often referred to as BOZAR (a homophone of ''Beaux-arts'') in French or by its initials PSK in Dutch. This multidisciplinary s ...

– Brussels March 2016 *Qasida Concert: Rosario La Tremendita & Mohammad Motamedi at

Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Located in the Wade Park District of University Circle, the museum is internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian art, Asian and Art of anc ...

s, Cleveland OH March 2016 *Qasida Concert: Rosario La Tremendita & Mohammad Motamedi at

Zankel Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets. Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by its n ...

–

, New York March 2016 *Qasida Concert: Rosario La Tremendita & Mohammad Motamedi at

Lisner Auditorium Lisner Auditorium is a performance venue sited on the Foggy Bottom campus of George Washington University at 730 21st Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. Named for Abram Lisner (1852-1938), a university trustee and benefactor whose will provided o ...

Washington DC Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and Federal district of the United States, federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from ...

March 2016 *Qasida Concert: Rosario La Tremendita & Mohammad Motamedi at

Berklee Performance Center The Berklee Performance Center is a 1,215-seat theatre located on Massachusetts Avenue in the Back Bay area of Boston, Massachusetts.Hazell, Ed, ''Berklee: The First 50 Years'' (Berklee Press Publications, 1995), p.155 It is the largest theatre sp ...

, Boston MA March 2016 *Concert at Garonne Theater,

Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

France April 2016 *Concert at Odeon Theater,

Nîmes Nîmes ( , ; ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Gard Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of Southern France. Located between the Med ...

France April 2016

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