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Homayoun Shajarian
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Shajarian in 2019
Born (1975-05-21) 21 May 1975 (age 49)
Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Occupation Musician
Spouse(s)
Gita Khansari
(m. 1995; div. 2015)
Children 1
Parent(s) Mohammad Reza Shajarian (father)
Musical career
Genres Iranian traditional music, folk, tasnife

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.

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.

In July 2024, Shajarian released a piece of music and a music video in collaboration with Sami Yusuf.

Personal life

Homayoun Shajarian in Vienna
Homayoun Shajarian in Vienna, October 2023

His wife was Guitta Khansari with whom he has a daughter. Their daughter, Yasmine, was born on the 6th of November 2007 in Tehran, Iran. They divorced after a few years.

Discography

Studio albums

  • Scream (2003)
  • 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 & 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)
  • 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

Singles

List of singles, with year released and album name shown
Title Year Original title Album Notes
"In Love" 2017 عاشقی Non-album singles
"Persian Gulf" خلیج فارس Non-album singles
"Hey Conscious" آهای خبردار Subdued
"Amnesia Again (with Kaveh Abedin)" بار دگر فراموشی Non-album singles
"It's Raining (with Sohrab Pournazeri)" ابر میبارد Subdued
"I Got Mad (with Seventh Soul)" 2020 دیوانه گشتم Non-album singles
"Adventure (with Seventh Soul)" ماجرا Non-album singles
"Savushun (with Tahmoures Pournazeri)" 2021 سووشون Non-album singles
"All Eyes" محو تماشا Non-album singles
"Cloudy Sky" آسمان ابری Non-album singles From "I Want to Live" Original Soundtrack
"Land of My Romances" دیار عاشقی هایم Non-album singles
"Weather of Your Whispers" هوای زمزمه هایت Non-album singles From "I Want to Live" Original Soundtrack
"Flaming (with Nosrat Fatehali Khan)" شعله ور Non-album singles From The Motion Picture "Flaming"
"One Breath of Your Desire" یک نفس آرزوی تو Non-album singles From "I Want to Live" Original Soundtrack
"Visionary Wing of Love" بال رویایی عشق Non-album singles
"Sirius (with Mojgan Shajarian)" شباهنگ Non-album singles
"Destiny" سرنوشت Non-album singles
"Seven Labours (with Seventh Soul)" 2022 هفت خوان Non-album singles
"On This Black Nigh" در این شب سیاه Non-album singles From "Jeyran" Original Soundtrack
"Cry" گریه کن Non-album singles From "Jeyran" Original Soundtrack
"Don't Leave Your Hair in the Wind" زلف بر باد مده Non-album singles
"Mansion of Heart (with Seventh Soul)" عمارت دل Non-album singles
"My Heart Is Crying" دل من میگرید Non-album singles

See also

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