Shadmehr Aghili (; born 27 January 1973) is an

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pop singer, musician, composer, music arranger, producer and songwriter, and formerly an actor. He is credited as a revitalizer of music culture post-revolution in Iran.

Biography

Early life

Aghili was born in

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, Iran. He started early in music and studied piano, guitar and violin, graduating from the Tehran Conservatory of Music. and working at the IRIB, the official broadcasting system of Iran.

Career

Aghili released his cassette album ''Bahar e Man'' (''My Spring'') in 1997, an instrumental music album where he played piano, guitar and violin. The album ''Fasl e Ashenayi'' (''Season of Acquaintance''), released in 1998, was another great effort with a number of collaborations. The follow-up ''Mosafer'' (''Traveler'') was also well received by the public. Aghili appeared also on screen with the movie ''Par e Parvaz'' (''Wings to Fly''), a bestseller in Iran for that year. He also wrote the soundtrack for the film. He had also a lead role in ''Shab-e Berahne'' (''The Naked Night''). Aghili immigrated to

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where he was signed to Nova Media. His first album in Canada was ''Khiali Nist'' (''I Don't Care''), quickly followed by ''Doori o Pashimani'' (''Separation and Regret''), ''Adam Foroush'' (''Traitor'') and ''Popcorn''. In 2009, Aghili released '' Taghdir'' (''Fate''), a highly praised album on a new contract with Century Records, and in 2012, '' Tarafdaar'' (''On Your Side'') was released on Avang Music. Besides his prominent use of piano, guitar and violin, he also plays santur,

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, trumpet, harmonica,In the movie ''The Naked Night'', Shadmehr plays the harmonica many times keyboard, banjo, and koto. In his ''Taghdir'' song a compose of the mentioned instruments is heard. Shadmehr also remains active politically recording a track in 2010, conveying his support of the Iranian Green Movement recorded over background music, encouraging Iranian people to protest against their government and using music as a tool to get to freedom and liberty. And in 2012, in a collaboration with singer Ebi, he released the anti-war '' Royaye Ma'' (Globally released ''A Dream'') in support of World Vision USA and World Vision Canada.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Soundtrack

2000: Par-e Parvaz ("Wings to Fly") (Soundtracks of a film of the same name) 2001: Shab-e Berahne ("The Naked Night") (Soundtracks of a film of the same name

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aghili, Shadmehr 1973 births Living people Iranian pianists Iranian composers Iranian guitarists Iranian violinists Iranian pop singers Singers from Tehran Musicians from Tehran Iranian music arrangers Persian-language singers of Iran Iranian record producers Iranian singer-songwriters Iranian male singer-songwriters Iranian emigrants to Canada Iranian expatriates in Canada 20th-century Iranian male singers