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. His main teachers were Ahmad Ebadi, Esmaeil Mehrtash, Abdollah Davami, and Nour-Ali Boroumand. He also learned the vocal styles of singers from previous generations, including Reza Gholi Mirza Zelli, Fariborz Manouchehri, Ghamar Molouk Vaziri, Eghbal Azar, and Taj Isfahani. He has cited legendary Persian tar soloist Jalil Shahnaz as highly influential to his development, indicating that he has often tried to mimic Shahnaz's playing style in his singing.
The music of Iran encompasses music that is produced by Iranian artists. In addition to the traditional folk and classical genres, it also includes pop and internationally celebrated styles such as jazz, rock, and hip hop.
Hossein Alizadeh (1951-) is an Iranian musician, composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar, shurangiz and setar instrumentalist and improviser. He has performed with such musicians as Shahram Nazeri, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Alireza Eftekhari and Jivan Gasparyan, as well as with a number of orchestras and ensembles.
Homayoun Shajarian Homayoun Shajarian is an Iranian singer. homayoun is the son of Iranian singer Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, He learned singing from his father and started his musical career in the 1990s..
Shahram Nazeri is a contemporary Iranian tenor of Kurdish origin from Kermanshah, Iran, who sings Sufi music, classical and traditional Kurdish and Persian music. He has been accompanied by some of the masters of Iranian traditional music such as Jalil Shahnaz, Hossein Alizadeh, Jalal Zolfonoun, Parviz Meshkatian and Faramarz Payvar. He has also worked with his son Hafez, a composer.
The Kamkars is a Kurdish Iran musical family group of seven brothers and a sister, all from the city of Sanandaj, the capital of the Kurdistan province of Iran.
Saeed Farajpouri is a composer, performer, and instructor of a classical Iranian instrument called the Kamancheh or Spike Fiddle.
Alireza Ghorbani is an Iranian traditional vocalist.
Mohammad-Reza Lotfi was an Iranian classical musician renowned for his mastery of the tar and setar. He collaborated with singers such as Mohammad-Rezā Shajarian, Hengameh Akhavan, Shahram Nazeri and Alireza Shahmohammadi.
Hamid Reza Noorbakhsh is a Persian classical vocalist and musician.
Sohrab Pournazeri is an Iranian musician and composer. He plays Kamancheh and Tanbour.
Mahyar Alizadeh is an Iranian musician, composer, singer and Taar player.
Beyond Any Form is a collaborative studio album by Persian traditional musicians Homayoun Shajarian and Tahmoures Pournazeri, as vocalist and composer respectively.
Tahmoures Pournazeri is an Iranian multi-instrumentalist and Iranian traditional musician. He is a member of Shamss Ensemble since 1989, along with his father Kaykhosro Pournazeri and his brother Sohrab pournazeri.
Masters of Persian Music is a Persian classical music ensemble founded in 2000 by four internationally recognized ustāds (masters) of the genre: vocalist Mohammad-Reza Shajarian; composer-musicians Hossein Alizâdeh and Kayhan Kalhor; and M. R. Shajarian's son, multi-instrumentalist singer Homayoun Shajarian.
Seyyed Mohammad Motamedi is an Iranian traditional vocalist, and a ney player.
Ramin Mazaheri is an Iranian audio engineer, music producer, and musician.
Pouya Saraei is an Iranian composer, arranger, conductor, lecturer, music critic, researcher, and musician.
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.
Kaykhosro Pournazeri is a composer and musician who plays Tanbour.
