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. Shajarian started his singing career in 1959 at Radio Khorasan, rising to prominence in the 1960s with his distinct singing style.
Iranian rock refers to rock music produced by Iranian artists. Rock music has been popular in Iran since 1960s, 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, keyboard and piano are very important.
Varoujan Hakhbandian, mostly known as Varoujan was an Iranian composer, songwriter and arranger of Armenian descent.
Reza Yazdani is an Iranian singer, musician, composer and actor. He is an Iranian pop-rock musician and has released twelve official albums and numerous singles. His main instrument is guitar, especially electric guitar. He has performed live concerts since the release of his third album, Hiss, mainly in Milad Tower Concert Hall. His first album is called Shahre Del in which all the lyrics were from Rumi poems.
25band is an Iranian music band originating from Mashhad, Iran. The band was formed in 2010 by Tamin along with A-del as the vocalists. The name 25band means Tus, the city that the couple are from. 2 (Tu) and 5 because of its resemblance of S.
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.
Chaartaar is a Persian fusion band founded in 2011.
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.
SOL Music Center is a performing arts center dedicated to Classical Music. First founded in 1983 by Bahman Mehabadi in Tabriz, Iran, it was moved to Tehran, Iran, after several years of activity. Today it is home to SOL Philharmonic and SOL Music Educational Institute. SOL Philharmonic itself is organized into SOL Music Research and SOL Music Ensemble. SOL Music has performed in many concerts, published 19 Classical Music Albums, and presented over 100 issued articles about art and music.
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's certificate in Songwriting and Vocals from the Berklee College of Music. She founded Sanam Pasha, an all-female rock band, in 2012.
Iranian alternative rock is a subgenre of Iranian rock. This style was inspired by the alternative rock works of American musicians. This style was formed at the end of Iran-Iraq war in Tehran to defuse the pressure of war.
Payam Salehi is an Iranian singer and guitarist, and is a founder and main member of the band Arian.
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 Iranian, Kurdish, Baloch and Turkmen folk music among others for a global audience.
Mojgan Shajarian is an Iranian painter, graphic designer, vocalist, and setar player. She is the daughter of musician Mohammad-Reza Shajarian and sister of Iranian singer Homayoun 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.
Habib Samaei, also written as Habib Somā'i, was an Iranian musician, santoor player and music teacher. He has been referred to as the "father of contemporary Iranian santoor playing".
Mina Jafari is an Iranian chorister. She began her work with Tehran Symphony Orchestra and went on to be part of several important choirs like National Orchestra Choir and Damour Vocal Band led by Faraz Khosravi Danesh. Her work as a female singer in Iran was groundbreaking at the time, she and her choir performed in national TV which was dubbed "breaking yet another taboo" by the media because women are not allowed to sing in Islam. Her performance made way for more female choirs to perform in national TV.
Damour Vocal Band is an Iranian A cappella music group co-founded by Faraz Khosravi Danesh and Ata Hakkak in 2011.
Kian Pourtorab ; is a singer, songwriter, composer and musician from Iran. He is also known as the founder and lead singer of Comment Band, an alternative rock band in Iran. The band stopped activities in 2016 and Pourtorab pursued his career as a solo artist. He has since released several solo albums including “This Side (2018)”, “Q (2021)”, ”Shabgard (2022)” along with multiple solo singles such as “Delsard”, “Ye Khabeh, Na Bishtar”, and “Bord o Bakht”.
