Shahram Nazeri Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Shahram Nazeri

Background information
Born	(1950-02-18) 18 February 1950 (age 75) Kermanshah, Iran
Genres	Kurdish music, Persian music
Occupation(s)	Singer, Composer
Instruments	Setaar
Years active	1958–present

Shahram Nazeri with Parviz Meshkatian

Shahram Nazeri (born February 18, 1950) is a very famous singer from Iran. He is from Kermanshah and has Kurdish family roots. He sings different kinds of music, including Sufi music, and traditional Persian music and Kurdish music.

Shahram Nazeri has worked with many great Iranian musicians. These include Jalil Shahnaz, Hossein Alizadeh, Jalal Zolfonoun, and Parviz Meshkatian. He has also performed with his son, Hafez Nazeri, who is a composer.

Nazeri was the first musician to use the beautiful poems of Rumi in Persian music. This helped start a new style of Sufi music in both Persian and Kurdish traditions.

His Musical Journey
Albums
Awards and Honors
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His Musical Journey

Shahram Nazeri became a well-known artist in Iran in the 1970s. His first albums were released with Mohammad-Reza Shajarian. These early albums were very popular.

He has released more than forty albums during his career. His 1984 album, The One Hundred-Petalled Rose (Gol-e Sadbarg), is one of the best-selling Persian classical and Sufi music albums ever.

Shahram Nazeri started learning music when he was very young. His mother helped him begin his musical journey. As a child, he learned from famous Persian music teachers like Abdollah Davami. When he was just eleven years old, he performed live on national Iranian television. By the time he was 29, he had many fans. He has continued to perform in Iran and around the world. He has played at big events in places like Paris and Tokyo.

In 2014, during a concert in his hometown of Kermanshah, he sang a Kurdish song. The song included words that showed his pride in his Kurdish heritage.

In 2019, he decided to cancel his yearly concert in Turkey. He did this to show support for the people of Syria. He said that Rumi's message is about peace and kindness.

Albums

Chavosh (1978)
Seda Sokhan Eshgh (1979)
Gol-e Sadbarg (1984)
Yadegar-e Doust (1984)
ShourAngiz (1988)
Aatashi in Neyestan (1988)
Dele Sheida (1988)
Layla and Majnun (1989)
Dar Golestaneh (1996)
Mystified: Poetry of Rumi (1997)
Song of Myths (2000)
Lulian (2005)
The Passion of Rumi (2007)
Safar Asrat (2009)
Molaviyeh (2011)
Shahram Nazeri Live in Concert (2012)
Arash Kamangir (2019)
Through Eternity (2019)

Awards and Honors

Shahram Nazeri has received many important awards for his music:

Chevalier des Arts et Lettres (Knight of Arts and Letters) from France in 2007.
Lifetime Cultural Heritage Award from Asia Society in 2007.
Simorgh award from the International Institute for Dialogue among Cultures and Civilizations in 2007.
Hafez Film Awards for Best Original Song in 2015.