Davood Azad

Davood Azad (born 6 October 1963) is an Iranian singer, multi-instrumental musician and composer^[1][2] who sings both Iranian classical music and Azeri folk music.^[3] He is the first Iranian lecturer invited to Oxford University to lecture about Iranian music and its forms.^[2][4]

Davood Azad
Background information
Born	6 October 1963 Urmia, Iran
Occupation(s)	Singer, musician & composer[1][2]
Instrument(s)	Tar, setar, tanbour, oud, daf, robab[2]

Davood Azad was born in Urmia, Azerbaijan. He is an ethnic Iranian Azerbaijani multi-instrumentalist and vocalist in Iranian classical music, Azerbaijani folk music, Ancient Persian music, and Persian Sufi music.

In his work "The Divan of Rumi & Bach" Azad joins Iranian Traditional music with Bach's famous melodies.^[5]

See also

• Mohammad Reza Shajarian
• Music of Iran
• List of Iranian musicians