Mohammad-Reza Shajarian is an Iranian classical singer, composer and Ostad (master) of Persian traditional music. He has been called "Iran's greatest living maestro of Persian classical music." Shajarian is also known for his skills in Persian calligraphy, and humanitarian activities.
Hâyedeh, born as Ma’sumeh Dadehbâlâ, was a Persian classical and pop music vocalist with a contralto vocal range. She was active for more than two decades, and was considered as one of the most popular singers of 20th-century Iran.
Rita Yahan-Farouz, also known mononymously as Rita, is an Israeli pop singer and actress.
Eftekhar Dadehbala (Salarpour), better known as Mahasti, was an Iranian singer of Persian classical, Folk, and pop music. She was the younger sister of Iranian singer Hayedeh.
Mohammad Heidari was a Persian santur player and songwriter.
Dariush Eghbali better known by his stage name Dariush is an Iranian singer and actor. He is also a social activist who has been promoting education, awareness and prevention with regards to social maladies.
Since the Iranian revolution, Iranian female solo vocalists are permitted to perform for female audiences. Female vocalists can perform for male audiences only as a part of a chorus. The prominent classical singer Fatemeh Vaezi, has given concerts accompanied by a female orchestra. She has also performed widely in Europe and the United States. Parisa has also assembled a five-piece female orchestra. After 1986 Maryam Akhondy, the classical trained singer from Tehran, started working with other Iranian musicians in exile. With Nawa and Tschakawak she performed in Germany and Scandinavia. At the same time she founded Ensemble Barbad, another group of traditional Iranian art music, which has been touring all over Europe for the past years. In 2000 Maryam Akhondy created the all-female a cappella group named Banu as a kind of musical expedition to the different regions and cultures of Iran. For this project Maryam Akhondy over years collected old folk songs, which were sung only in private sphere, where women are alone or among themselves: at the cradle, doing housework, working in the fields, and women's celebrations. Maryam Akhondy made it her business to bring traditional women’s songs back to life again. The well-known classical and folk singer. Sima Bina, who is also a visual artist, has taught many female students to sing. She has also been permitted to give concerts for women in Iran, and has performed widely abroad.
Ali Tajvidi was an Iranian musician, composer, violinist, songwriter, and music professor at the School of National Music and Tehran University. He composed more than 150 songs and discovered and produced for many Persian performers such as Delkash and Hayedeh. He was born in Tehran, where his father was active as a painter in the style of Kamal-ol-Molk. In his youth he took violin lessons for two years under Hossein Yahaghi and for many years was under the tutelage of Abol-Hassan Saba for the violin as well. also took Harmony lessons under Houshang Ostovar.
Hassan Sattar, also known simply as Sattar, is an Iranian singer with specialization in both Persian pop and classical music. He had gained fame before the Islamic Revolution and became Pahlavi Royal Family court singer up until the political upheavals of the late 1970s. He left Iran in 1978 and has taken residence in the United States since then.
Sari Gelin, also called Sari Aghjik ), is the name for a number of folk songs popular among the people of Iran, the southern Caucasus and eastern Anatolia. All versions of the song use the same melody and are written in the Bayati makam or mode, but are sung with different lyrics. The consensus about its country of origin is contested.
Loghman Adhami is an Iranian violinist and composer.
Hayedeh: Legendary Persian Diva is a 2009 documentary film about the late Iranian iconic singer Hayedeh, made by the exiled musician and journalist Pejman Akbarzadeh in The Netherlands.
Leila Kasra also known as Hedieh, was a prominent Iranian contemporary poet and lyricist who has written lyrics for notable artists including Ebi, Dariush, Sattar, Vigen, Moein, Mahasti, Andy, Homeyra, Morteza, Hassan Shamaizadeh, Siavash Shams and many more. She was best known for writing more than 30 songs for Hayedeh.
Sadegh Nojouki is The leading Iranian Pop and Classical musician, composer, songwriter, arranger, conductor and pianist who introduced a new musical genre in Persian music by scientific composing of Persian traditional music with classic and pop music. He also writes the most memorial and dramatic musical notes for String Instruments. He is also the pioneer iranian musician who had used String Orchestra and Piano in persian pop music. He composed and arranged many songs for popular Persian pop singers including Hayedeh, Sattar, Homeyra, Mahasti, Moein, Dariush, Omid, Martik, Vigen, and Morteza.
Mojtaba Mirzadeh was a renowned Kurdish Iranian Violin, Kamancheh, and Setar player who was influential in Persian classical music. He played, composed and arrangement music for many famous kurdish and Iranian singers such as Hasan Zirak, Mazhar Khaleqi, Hayedeh, Moein, Nader Golchin, Shahram Nazeri, Shahab Jezayeri, Googoosh, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Dariush Eghbali, Homeyra, Golpa, Alireza Eftekhari and Reza Saqaee.. He was known by the music community as "the genius". Iranian classical and pop composer, Sadeq Nojooki says that Mirzadeh was the greatest musician that he ever saw in his life. He was also the composer for many films.
Ostad Homayoun Khorram, was an Iranian musician, composer, violinist, and a member of the high council of Iran's house of music.
Hooshmand Aghili is a prominent Iranian singer, best known for his song Farda To Miaei. Aghili served as one of ten Honorary Judges of the 2005 contest The Search for the Star Musician of Iran, held to identify gifted amateur vocalists and musicians performing Persian traditional music and Iranian folk music. Following the death of Iranian singer Hayedeh, Aghili performed Hayedeh’s Sarab as a tribute.
"Gole Sangam" sometimes "Gol-e Sangam" or just "Gole Sang" is an iconic Persian language song from the 1970s. A hugely popular tune in Iran and Afghanistan, it has gained international fame. "Gole Sangam" meaning "stone flower", talks about someone in love, yet facing rejection from the person he/she loves.
Naser Cheshmazar was an Iranian musician, composer, and arranger. Cheshmazar was a musician who was an author of music in any style, consisting vocal music, instrumental music, electronic music, and music which combines multiple genres. He was mater in classical music, musical theater, blues, folk music, jazz, and popular music. Cheshm Azar composed songs for many well-known Iranian singers including Hayedeh, Googoosh, Mahasti, Dariush, Sattar, Ebi, Leila Forouhar, etc.
Mostafa Heravi is an Iranian filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist currently residing in Netherlands.
