Sahar Mohammadi

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Sahar Mohammadi
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Background information
Born1988
borujerd, Iran
Genres Persian/Iranian Classical Music
OccupationSinger
Instrument(s) Tar, Setar
Website Sahar Mohammadi Website

Sahar Mohammadi, born in borujerd, is an Iranian singer of classical radifs and the lyrics of Hafez. [1] She studied the tar and setar at university in Tehran before specialising in song. [2] She has been described as "one of the young generation's most talented performers of classical Persian song". [3]

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In 2016 she performed in the opening ceremony of the 22nd World Sacred Music Festival in Fez, Morocco. [4]

On 18 June 2019, her concert in Nantes was interrupted by a RAID intervention following a hoax bomb threat, [5] much as her concert in Langon had been two years previously. [6]

References

  1. Patrick Labesse (22 November 2019). "Aux Abbesses, les passeurs de souffle Sahar Mohammadi, Jasser Haj Youssef et Haig Sarikouyoumdjian". Le Monde .
  2. Jacqueline Magnier. "Sahar Mohammadi". Opéra National de Lyon.
  3. "Sacred Persian Songs". Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels.
  4. Patrick Labesse (8 May 2016). "Les femmes passeuses de poésie sont à Fès". Le Monde .
  5. "Opération de police pendant le concert de Sahar Mohammadi". LCI . 19 June 2019.
  6. "Alerte à la bombe aux Carmes". actu.fr. 17 March 2017.


Performances