Shahram Nazeri
(Kurdish: Sehram Nazirî
, Persian: ????? ?????
) is a contemporary Iranian Kurdish tenor who sings classical Persian and Kurdish music. He is one of Iran's most respected vocalists. He has been accompanied by some of the authorities of Persian traditional music such as Jalil Shahnaz, Alizadeh, Payvar.
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Biography
Shahram Nazeri is a prominent icon of Persian classical, Kurdish folklore and sufi music.
Born in a Kurdish musical family, He was the first vocalist to set Rumi's poetry to Persian music thirty-five years ago, thus establishing a tradition of Sufi music within both Persian classical music and Kurdish music and his music was instrumental in introducing Western musical audiences to both Sufism and to the poetry of Rumi. The New York Times has dubbed him the
Persian Nightingale and the
Christian Science Monitor has called him
Iran's Pavarotti.
Master Nazeri has released over forty recordings to date. His
Gol-e Sad-Barg (The One-hundred-petalled flower) recording has held the record for the highest selling album of Persian classical music and Sufi music in the history.
His musical talents were first nurtured by his mother at a very young age. Throughout his childhood, he was under the tutelage of the most renowned masters of Persian music including Abdollah Davami, Nourali Boroumand, and Mahmood Karimi.
At eleven, he performed on television for the first time. By twenty-nine, he had gained a loyal fan base. He has continued to perform in Iran and abroad over the course of the last two decades.
He has performed at major venues worldwide, including The Festival of
Aix-en-Provence, The
festival of Avignon,
Theatre de la Ville in Paris, The
Tokyo Summer festival, The
Kodak Theatre (Oscar ceremony) in Los Angeles, the
Royal Albert Hall, the
Festa del Popolo in Italy, The
Beiteddine Festival in Lebanon, the
Kolner Philharmonie in Germany,
Asia Society,
World Music Institute and
Brooklyn Academy of Music BAM in New York, the
Roma Europa Festival in Rome,
Sao Paolo Music Festival in Brazil and
Fes Festival of World Sacred Music in Morocco and many others.
From early on, Master Nazeri began to sing and compose music to the works of Mawlana Jalal ad-Din
Rumi, Iran's most cherished Sufi poet. Nazeri was also pioneering in assimilating contemporary Persian poetry into the classical repertoire. His progressive approach to music has led to collaborative new projects with his son, Composer and singer
Hafez Nazeri. In year 2000 they performed Hafez's new composition in Iran which has hold the record for the most highly attended concert 140.000 in entire Middle East.
In year 05/06 Master Nazeri along with his son's new Rumi ensemble launched
In the Path of Rumi, a highly successful North American tour which performed record-breaking sold-out concerts, to rave reviews. The venues included Los Angeles' Kodak theater (12/11/05), - the most highly attended Persian classical music concert outside of Iran. His international appeal led to several invitations to speak at various media outlets, including radio stations such as NPR in the United States,
BBC, a live appearance on the
Fox news Channel (3/10/06), and an exclusive on
ABC NEWS, following a recent New York performance.
Master Nazeri's performances have garnered critical acclaim worldwide and won him awards at music festivals around the world. In 1975, he won First Prize at the
Concours de Musique Traditionelle, the first competition to showcase Iran's great performers.
More recently, the Ministry of Culture in Iran named him the Best Singer of Classical Persian and Sufi Music.
UCLA has honored Shahram Nazeri with the Living Legend Award. The United Nations has honored Nazeri with a recognition award for his legendary contribution to the revival of Kurdish and Iranian Classical Music. The
Irvine City Hall Award of Distinction in Persian music was given to Shahram Nazeri for his contributions in spreading
Rumi's spiritual message of peace through the language of music.
February 25, 2006 was named
"SHAHRAM NAZERI DAY" in
San Diego County by the Mayor and the Chairman of San Diego's Board of Supervisors. Soon after this date Shahram Nazeri also received a recognition award from the
Congress of the United States and was invited to perform and lecture at
Stanford University,
Columbia University,
University of California Berkeley, University of
California Los Angeles UCLA,
Emory University in Atlanta and
Harvard University, where he was recognized for his pioneering efforts in introducing Rumi to the West as well as for his innovations in Persian music.
He specializes in the rich tradition of
Sufi music, which turns to song the mystical poetry of
Rumi,
Hafiz,
Attar, and others. Nazeri is known particularly for several decades of works on Rumi poetry. He is also working on the composition and arrangement of a symphony on
Firdowsi's masterpiece
Shahnameh.
[1] Nazeri is Called "the Iranian nightingale" and usually holds deeply soulful performances.
[2] [3] [4]
[5] He is also referred to as "the Pavarotti of Iran"
[6].
He studied
Vocal techniques with distinguished Persian classical masters of
vocal such as:
- Abdollah Davami
- Abdol Ali Vaziri
- Nourali Boroumand
- Mahmoud Karimi
Besides, has studied playing
Setar with Persian masters of
Setar such as:
- Ahmad Ebadi
- Bigjeh-Khani
- Jalal Zolfonoun
Works
Some of his most popular albums are:
- Gol e Sad Barg
(The one-hundred-petalled-flower), composed by Jalal Zolfonoun
- Yadegar e doust
(In remembrance of a friend), composed by Kambiz Roshanravan
- Seda ye Sokhan e Eshgh
(Voice of Endearment), with Tanbour-e-Shams ensemble
- Shour Angiz
(Joy giver), composed by Hossein Alizadeh
- Heyrani
(Mystified), with Tanbour-e-Shams ensemble
- Motrebe Mahtab-rou
, with Tanbour-e-Shams ensemble
- Atashi Dar Nayestan
(Fire in the Sugarcane Fields), composed by Jalal Zolfonoun
- Loulian
, with Dastan ensemble
- Safar be digar sou
(Journey to Beyond), with Dastan ensemble
- The Passion of Rumi
, composed by Hafez Nazeri
- The Book of Austerity
, composed by Farrokhzad Layegh
- Del e Shayda
, with masters of Persian music composed by Faramarz Payvar
- Layli & Majnoun
, with masters of Persian music composed by Faramarz Payvar
- Concert of the Masters of Persian Music
, composed by Faramarz Payvar
- Dar Golestaneh
, composed by Hooshang Kamkar
- Laleh Bahar
(Spring tulip),composed by Parviz Meshkatian
- Bi Gharar
,composed by Jalil Andalibi
Banned works
- Rastpanjgah Concert
, composed by Shahram Nazeri, performed in Tehran 1996
- The Book of Austerity
,
- Zagros
based on folklore music of Iran
- Mousa & Shaban
(Moses & Shepherd)
- Concert of Aref Ensemble
in Tehran 2005
- In the Path of Rumi Tour
in the US & Canada since 2001
Honors
- On September 28, 2007 he was presented France’s Chevalier des Arts et Lettres medal for his lifetime achievements in Persian Classical music. [9]
- Prestigious "lifetime achievement award", House of Music Celebration.(2007)
- Asia Society has awarded him by the prestigues Lifetime Cultural Heritage Award along with Secretary General of United Nation on Nov 2007
See also
Ensembles worked with Nazeri:
- Aref ensemble
- Dastan ensemble
- Kamkars group
- Shayda Ensemble
- Rumi Ensemble
- Armenian Philharmonic
- Loris Tjecknavorian
- Shams Ensemble
Notes
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- CHN | News
- Fes Festival
- World Music Central — Your connection to World Music
- AIAP Monthly General Meetings
- Iran's Pavarotti: Sharam Nazeri
- IranInstitute
- Iran Daily article
- France to present Chevalier medal to Shahram Nazeri