Payam Salehi (; born March 12, 1975) is an Iranian singer and guitarist, and is a founder and main member of the band

Arian Arianism (, ) is a Christological doctrine which rejects the traditional notion of the Trinity and considers Jesus to be a creation of God, and therefore distinct from God. It is named after its major proponent, Arius (). It is considered he ...

Biography

Encouraged by his parents, he turned to music and learned to play the

santur The santur ( ; ) is a hammered dulcimer of Iranian origin.--- Rashid, Subhi Anwar (1989). ''Al-ʼĀlāt al-musīqīyya al-muṣāhiba lil-Maqām al-ʻIrāqī''. Baghdad: Matbaʻat al-ʻUmmāl al-Markazīyya. History The santur was invented ...

with

Azita Hajian Azita Hajian (, born 10 January 1958) is an Iranian actress. Early life She was born on 10 January 1958 in Narmak, Tehran. She graduated in theatre acting and directing from the ''Faculty of Dramatic Arts'' in Tehran, Azita Hajian started stage ...

as a child. After learning the santur, he turned to guitar and piano. Together with

Ali Pahlavan Ali Pahlavan (; born May 1, 1975) is an Iranian–Australian musician, singer-songwriter, lyricist and composer. He started his professional music career in 1999 by establishing the first Iranian mixed-gender pop band, Arian (). The band subseq ...

, he formed Arian, which was originally a traditional music group.

Mohammad Reza Golzar Mohammad Reza Golzar (, born March 31, 1977) is an Iranian actor. Early life Mohammad Reza Golzar was born on 31 March 1977 in Tehran in a family of Iranian Azerbaijanis origin. His close friend Aria Sajadi helped him with his acting skills. ...

was once the guitarist of Arian, but later left the group. A few years after the end of Arian's activity, he performed the parvaz piece in a concert in the United States with Payam Salehi, which caused dissatisfaction between

and Arian's agents, because the single was performed without the permission of the band members at the concert.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salehi, Payam 21st-century Iranian male singers 1975 births Living people