Mojgan Shajarian (, born 17 May 1970) is an Iranian painter,

graphic designer A graphic designer is a practitioner who follows the discipline of graphic design, either within companies or organizations or independently. They are professionals in design and visual communication, with their primary focus on transforming ...

, vocalist, and

setar A setar (, ) (lit: "Three String (music), Strings") is a stringed instrument, a type of lute used in Persian traditional music, played solo or accompanying voice. It is a member of the tanbur family of long-necked lutes with a range of more than ...

player. She is the daughter of musician

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian Mohammad-Reza Shajarian (; , 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 humanitarian activities. Shajarian started ...

and sister of Iranian singer

Homayoun Shajarian Homayoun Shajarian (, born 21 May 1975) is an Iranian singer. Homayoun is the son of Iranian singer Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, He learned singing from his father and started his musical career in the 1990s. Early life Shajarian was born in Te ...

Early life and education

Mojgan Shajarian was born on 17 May 1970 in

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

. She holds a bachelor's degree in painting and a master's degree in graphic communication from the

Islamic Azad University The Islamic Azad University (IAU; , ''Dāneshgāh-e Āzād-e Eslāmi'') is a Private university, private university system Headquarters, headquartered in Tehran, Iran. It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of university, universities in ...

. She also has a bachelor's degree in music from the University of the Arts. Shajarian is married to Mohammad Ali Rafiei, who was the concert director for Mohammad Reza Shajarian and later

. They have a daughter named Mehr Rafiei and twin sons named Sam and Sepehr.

Educational background

* Learning

with

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 ...

and

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 ...

in 1979 * Learning

radif In Persian poetry, Persian, Turkic, and Urdu poetry, Urdu ghazals, the ''radīf'' (from Arabic ; ; ; ; ; ) is the word which must end each line of the first couplet and the second line of all the following couplets. It is preceded by a ''qafiya'' ...

with

Parviz Meshkatian Parviz Meshkatian (Persian: پرويز مشكاتيان; May 15, 1955 – September 21, 2009) was an Iranian musician, composer, researcher and university lecturer. Biography Born in Neyshabur, Meshkatian entered the Tehran Academy of Ar ...

in 1981 * Learning radif with Mehrabano Toufigh at the

Tehran University of Art Iran University of Art (, ''Daneshgah-e Honar-e Iran'') (former "Tehran University of Art and formally Art Academic Complex (1979-1991)), is the largest art university in Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and al ...

in 1989

Shahnaz group

Mohammad Reza Shajarian founded a music group named Shahnaz in 2008, in honor of

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 ...

, a renowned

tar Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation. Tar can be produced from coal, wood, petroleum, or peat. "a dark brown or black b ...

player. Mohammad Reza Shajarian works with Mojgan Shajarian's daughters within this group.

''Arghavan''

Her first independent album was released in April 2019 under the name of ''Arghavan''. This album was composed by Sorena Sefati. In this album, the poems of poets such as

Hushang Ebtehaj Amir Hushang Ebtehaj (; 25 February 1928 – 10 August 2022), also known by his pen name H. E. Sayeh (, lit. ''Shadow''), was an Iranian poet of the 20th century, whose life and work spans many of Iran's political, cultural and literary upheava ...

Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani (, also Romanized as "Mohammad–Reza Shafi'i Kadkani") (born 10 October 1939) is an Iranian writer, poet, literary critic, editor, and translator.Hafez (), known by his pen name Hafez ( or 'the keeper'; 1325–1390) or Hafiz, “Ḥāfeẓ” designates someoone who has learned the Qurʾān by heart" also known by his nickname Lisan al-Ghaib ('the tongue of the unseen'), was a Persian lyri ...

have been used. Mojgan Shajarian says about the name of this album: "The name Arghavan tells the story of the suffering of the people of our land, as well as those who have been forced to emigrate but have never taken root in their homeland." Regarding the restrictions on the release of music albums with women's voices in Iran, Mojgan Shajarian published a post on social media: "Due to the unjust laws governing our country, it is not possible to publish Arghavan's album, and for this reason, Arghavan is available for free on the Internet to those interested in Iran."

Artistic activity

* Performed in a concert with

Sima Bina Sima Bina (, ''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 performing arts career has spanne ...

in 1991 in Tehran * Graphic design of the works of

and

since 1993 * Solo and Vocal with Shajarian in a concert in London with Shahnaz Group (April 2010) (officially broadcast by BBC) * Setar playing in the concert of Mohammad-Reza Shajarian and Shahnaz Group in Dubai, Shahnaz Group Concert in Tehran, Rendan-e Mast and Morgh-e Khoshkhan * In 2019, she was part of Sourena Safati's NuAeen Ensemble, which toured

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shajarian, Mojgan 20th-century Iranian women singers Iranian setar players Iranian women painters 21st-century Iranian painters Iranian graphic designers Iranian women graphic designers 1970 births Living people Singers from Tehran 21st-century Iranian women singers