Mohammad-Reza Shajarian
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In 2004, he was nominated for a Grammy award in Best World Music. He is perhaps Iran's most diverse and prolific singer of all time and has a huge repertory of recorded works. In 1999, UNESCO in France presented him with the prestigious Picasso Award; one of Europe1s highest honors, and in 2000, the Ministry of Culture in Iran declared him the best classical vocalist since the Revolution. In the music of Iran, traditional singing is one of the most difficult arts to master. Shajarian is widely considered the embodiment of the perfect singer and a major source of inspiration to other musicians. He studied singing at the early age of five under the supervision of his father, and at the age of twelve, he began studying the traditional classical repertoire known as the Radif. He studied with the great masters Esmaeil Mehrtash and Ahmad Ebadi, and learned the vocal styles of singers from previous generations, including Reza Gholi Mirza Zelli, Ghamar Molouk Vaziri, Eghbal Azar (Eghbal Sultan Azar), and Tadj Esfahani. He started playing the Santour under the instruction of Jalal Akhbari in order to better understand and perform the traditional repertoire, and in 1960, he became the pupil of Faramarz Payvar. He deployed inspired by the late master vocalist Gholam Hussein Banan. He studied under the guidance of master Abdollah Davami, from whom he learned the most ancient (songs). Abdollah Davami also passed on to Shajarian his own interpretation of the Radif. Shajarian started his singing career in 1959 at Radio Khorasan, rising to prominence in the 1960s with his distinct style of singing, at once technically flawless, powerful, and intensely emotional. Since then, he has had an illustrious career that includes teaching at Tehran University's Department of Fine Arts (among other places), working at National Radio and Television, researching Iranian music, and making numerous important recordings. He was recorded many songs with Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Parviz Meshkatian, Faramarz Payvar, Hossein Alizadeh and … He was member of Masters of Iranian Music.
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Nowadays he is a member of Masters of Persian Music and sings in group with his son Homayoun Shajarian, Keyhan Kalhor and Hossein Alizadeh.
Works
- Bi To Be Sar Nemishavad
- Hamnava ba Bam