thumb Darya Dadvar , [1] (Persian: ???? ????? , born in Rasht, Iran) is an accomplished Iranian soprano soloist and composer living in Paris, France.

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Education

Darya is a native of Rasht but grew up in Tehran. In 1991 she left Iran for France where she studied music. She is a graduate of The National Conservatory in Toulouse, France. She obtained her Diplome d'Etude Musical in voice in June 1999 and subsequently completed a four-year professional course in the Baroque style at the Conservatory of Toulouse in 2000. Darya further holds a postgraduate Master of Arts degree from School of Fine Arts of Toulouse (Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse ).

Career

Darya has given concert performances in Canada, France, Germany, Iran, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States of America. In 2002, Darya was a guest performer in Tehran with the Armenian Symphony Orchestra in the role of Tahmineh, in a work composed and directed by Loris Tjeknavorian based on the tragedy of Rostam and Sohrab, one of the most fascinating tales of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh (The Book of Kings). As well as in English, French, German, Italian and Persian, Darya sings in different languages of Iran, such as Azeri, Gilaki, Kurdish and Mazandarani.

Notes

1. ''Darya'' (????) (Old Persian: ''Drayah'', Middle Persian: ''Draya'', Sanskrit: ''Jraya?'') [1] is the Persian word for ''Sea'', or ''Ocean'' (similar to ''the'' sea), and ''Dadvar'' (?????), a combination of ''Dad'' (???), Justice, and ''var'' (??), a suffix indicative of one's profession or vocation, for ''Jurist'' or ''Chief Justice'' (in general, someone whose main business is judicial administration of law and equity). For comparison, ''Daneshvar'', a combination of ''Danesh'', Knowledge, Science, and ''var'', is the Persian word for ''Scientist''. The word ''Dadvar'' is archaic, if not obsolete, and it is conceivable that the contemporary word ''Davar'' (????), Arbiter, Arbitrator, Judge, may be ''Dadvar'' itself, abbreviated through its frequent use over perhaps millennia, or is a direct descendant of it. The "''v''" in ''Dadvar'' should be pronounced as "''w''" and the "''a''" as "''aa''".
   [1] Roland G. Kent, ''Old Persian Studies'', Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. '''62''', No. 4, pp. 266-277 (1942). JSTOR

See also

• List of famous Persian women
• Iranian women and Persian music