Iranian singer and musician
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 | Gita Khansari (m. 1995; div. 2015) |
| Children | Yasmine Shajarian |
| Parent | Mohammad Reza Shajarian (father) |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Iranian traditional music, folk, tasnife |
Musical artist | |
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]
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.
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-streamconcert on 24 May 2020 during coronaviruspandemic.[2]
In July 2024, Shajarian released a piece of music and a music video in collaboration with Sami Yusuf.[3][4]
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.