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Homayoun Shajarian
Iranian singer and musician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Homayoun Shajarian (Persian: همايون شجريان, born 21 May 1975) 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.[1]
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Early life
Shajarian was born in Tehran and is the son of Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, a grand master vocalist of Persian traditional music. At a young age, he began studying the tombak, a Persian hand drum, and Persian traditional vocal Avaz as well as Kamancheh.
Career
Shajarian attended Tehran Conservatory of Music, choosing Kamancheh as his professional instrument, and was tutored by Ardeshir Kamkar. In 1991, he accompanied his father in concerts of Ava Music Ensemble in the United States, Europe and Iran, playing Tombak and from 1999 on, he started accompanying his father also on vocals. In 1995 he married Guitta Khansari, their child, Yasmine Shajarian, was born in 2007 in Tehran, Iran. They were divorced in 2015. His first independent work Nassim-e Vasl, composed by Mohammad Javad Zarrabian, was released on his 28th birthday, on 21 May 2003. He performed live-stream concert on 24 May 2020 during coronavirus pandemic.[2]
In July 2024, Shajarian released a piece of music and a music video in collaboration with Sami Yusuf.[3][4]
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Personal life
His wife was Guitta Khansari, with whom he has a daughter. Their daughter, Yasmine, was born on 6 November 2007 in Tehran, Iran. They divorced after a few years.
Discography
Studio albums
- Wind of Reaching (2003)
- Impatient (2004)
- Passion of Friend (2004)
- Role of Dream (2005)
- With Stars (2006)
- Koli Ghaychak (2007)
- Sun of Wish (2008)
- Water, Bread, Song (2009)
- Night of Separation (2010)
- My Love Don't Leave Without Me (2012)
- Heavenly (2012)
- What Fires (2013)
- Gods of Secrets (2015)
- In Oblivion (2022)
Collaborative albums
- Tune of Faith (1998) (with Mohammad Reza Shajarian)
- Can't Go On Living Without You (2002) (with Mohammad Reza Shajarian)
- Turmoil of Lovers (2007) (with Mohammad Reza Shajarian)
- Love Letter (2011) (with Abdolghader Maraghi Ensemble)
- Simorgh (2013) (with Simorgh Orchestra, Hamid Motebassem)
- Beyond Any Form (2014) (with Tahmoures Pournazeri)
- The Lord of the Secrets (2015) (with Sohrab Pournazari, Siavash Ensemble)
- Sleep Next to My Love Poems Tonight (2017) (with Fardin Khal Atbari)
- The Occult and the Intoxicated (2017) (with Jano Baghoumian)
- My Iran (2018) (with Sohrab Pournazeri)
- The Myth of Your Eyes (2019) (with Alireza Ghorbani, Mahyar Alizadeh)
Soundtrack albums
- Heavy Makeup (2014) (with Sohrab Pournazeri)
- Subdued (2017) (with Sohrab Pournazeri)
Extended plays
- Mind (2020) (with Seventh Soul, Mohammad Reza Shajarian)
Singles
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See also
References
External links
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