Mohammad-Reza Shajarian Persian Singer · Stats, Songs & Biography

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian — Biography

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian was an Iranian classical vocalist, composer, educator and calligrapher born in Mashhad in 1940. He was active from the late 1950s until the 2010s and is associated with Persian classical music and traditional Iranian vocal forms. He studied with major teachers of Iranian music and recorded extensively with ensembles and musicians including Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Parviz Meshkatian and Hossein Alizadeh. His public catalog includes works such as Bidad, Dastan, Astan-e Janan, Night Silence Desert and concerts with the Shahnaz Ensemble. He died in Tehran in 2020.