Shahram Nazeri Biography
Master Shahram Nazeri is an undisputed icon of Persian classical and Sufi music. Born in a Kurdish musical family, He was the first vocalist to set Rumi’s poetry to Persian music thirty-five years ago, thus establishing a tradition of Sufi music within both Persian classical music and Kurdish music and his music was instrumental in introducing Western musical audiences to both Sufism and to the poetry of Rumi. The New York Times has dubbed him the “Persian Nightingale” and the Christian Science Monitor has called him “Iran’s Pavarotti”. Most recently he was awarded with Chevalier des Arts et Lettres medal from The government of France for his lifetime achievements in Iranian traditional music. Also Asia Society has awarded him by Lifetime Cultural Heritage Award. Master Nazeri has released over forty recordings to date; His “The One Hundred Leaf Flower” (Gol’eh Sad Barg) recording has held the record for the highest selling album of Persian classical music and Sufi music in the history.
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