Mohammad-Reza Shajarian was an Iranian singer and master (Ostad) of Persian traditional music. He was also known for his skills in Persian calligraphy and humanitarian activities.
Iranian rock refers to rock music produced by Iranian artists. Rock music has been popular in Iran since the late forties, with the emergence of singers such as Kourosh Yaghmaei, Farhad Mehrad, Fereydoon Foroughi and Habib Mohebian, but was largely forgotten after the Iranian Revolution. Like most rock styles, electric guitar and bass guitar and drums are the main instruments in this type of music. In some groups, the keyboard also has the task of adjusting the rhythms and symbols.
Reza Sadeghi is an Iranian pop singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the most popular domestic singers in Iran. He is praised for his vocals and song writing, which are mainly about the subject of love. He has performed live concerts in different cities around Iran and in other countries, including Germany and the United States.
Abdolhossein Mokhtabad is an Iranian singer and composer of Persian traditional music. Gold Medal Winner of Global Music Awards 2020.
Ali Pahlavan 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 subsequently achieved nationwide success in the 2000s. Arian band has released 6 albums, sold more than 5 million records and performed more than 400 concerts world-wide. Their fifth album, titled Goodbye, was released in March 2015. They announced that this will be their last album. Ali continued with his solo music career.
Four Seasons Guitar Quartet is an Iranian ensemble formed in 2010. It consists of Vahid Vahidpour, Fereydoon Vaziri, Adel Shahandeh and Farokh Karnama. Some of their repertoire consists of their arrangements.
O-Hum is an Iranian rock band from Tehran, Iran formed in 1998. The band consists of Shahram Sharbaf, Nima Ramezan (guitar), Roozbeh Gholipour, Pouya Shomali (bass), Saman Vandadi.
Musicema Awards is an Iranian annual music awards ceremony based in Tehran, Iran.
Tanbe10, meaning "One Against 10", is an underground Iranian hip hop group from Tehran, formed by Nabilety, Amir Aemha, Mehdi Alpha, Ali10 and his brother Reza Moty and is part of the late first-generation of gangsta rap in Iran, a sort of an artistic rebellion, as producing western style music and even more "rap" are prohibited acts in Iran since the 1979 revolution.
Bahman Mehabadi is an Iranian violinist, music teacher, and composer. He is the founder and the director of SOL Music Center and has devoted his life to classical music. He can be regarded as one of the most versatile violinists of his generation. He has enjoyed great success in SOL Music Ensemble with which he has toured to many of the world’s major music centers. He has performed regularly in Europe, North America, and Asia, both as a recitalist and with SOL Music Ensemble. He also performs regularly with orchestras around the world.
Sanam Pasha is an Iranian songwriter, vocalist and vocal coach in rock and metal music. As a child, she learned Persian folk music and later went on to learn classical piano, vocals, and solfeggio. She also has an online Masters certificate in Songwriting and Vocals from the Berklee College of Music. She founded Sanam Pasha, an all-female rock band, in 2012.
Dilan Ensemble is a Kurdish Music Ensemble from Iranian Kurdistan or Eastern Kurdistan, which was established by the Kamanche player and composer Shahriyar Jamshidi in memoriam of Kurdish musician brothers Qadir Dilan and Muhamad Salih Dilan from Southern Kurdistan in 2003.
Crows in the Rain is an Iranian post-rock band which was formed in Tehran in 2014. It is among the first post-rock bands in Iran. After their first album was released, they became popular as the first Iranian ambient post-rock band. They were also known as “The Crows”. The band's music is a blend of post-rock and neo-classical style. Indeed, the core of the band consists of Masih Taj, Hamed Fahimi Jou, Ashkan Karimi, who had been intimate friends for many years before the band was formed. One of the characteristics of Crows In The Rain is that the lead guitar and rhythm guitar are swirling in a different way between Masih Taj and Hamed Fahimi Ju.
Iranian Alternative rock is a subset of Iranian rock. This style was inspired by the alternative rock works of American. This style was formed at the end of Iran-Iraq war in Tehran to defuse the pressure of war.
Payam Salehi, Persian: پیام صالحی, Iranian singer and guitarist and artist, is one of the main members and founders of the band Arian. Encouraged by his parents, he turned to music and learned to play the santorini with Azita Hajian as a child. After Santour, he turned to guitar and piano. Together with Ali Pahlavan, he formed Arian, which was originally a traditional music group.
Mahsa Shahbazian is an Iranian musician, composer and Qanun player.
Rastak Music Group is an Iranian contemporary folk music ensemble that was formed as an experimental music group in 1997. Rastak seeks to collect, record and interpret
Mojgan Shajarian is an Iranian singer, painter, graphic designer and setar player. She is daughter of Mohammad-Reza Shajarian.
Bijan Bijani is an Iranian singer and calligrapher. His most famous work is the song "The Concealment of the Heart".
Mostafa kamal pourtorab was an Iranian musician, composer, music teacher and music theorist. He was a member of the founding board and vice-president of the Supreme Council of the Iranian House of Music.
