Marzieh (singer)
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Marzieh (Persian: مرضیه, born Khadijeh Ashraf o-Sadat Mortezaie, 22 March 1924 – 13 October 2010), was an Iranian singer of Persian traditional music.[1]
Career
Marzieh started her career in the 1940s at Radio Tehran and cooperated with some of the greatest 20th century Persian songwriters and lyricists like Ali Tajvidi, Parviz Yahaghi, Homayoun Khorram, Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi and Bijan Taraghi. Marzieh also sang with the Farabi Orchestre, conducted by Morteza Hannaneh, a pioneer of Persian polyphonic music, during the 1960s and 1970s. Her first major public performance was in 1942, when, though still a teenager, she played the principal role of Shirin at the Jame'eh Barbod [Barbod Society] opera house in the Persian operetta Shirin and Farhad.[2]
Following the Islamic Revolution of 1979 public performances and broadcasts of record albums by solo female singers were banned outright for ten years. Ayatollah Khomeini had decreed: "Women's voices should not be heard by men other than members of their own families."[2]
She told the
Upon the death of Khomeini the succeeding leaders suggested that she could resume singing, provided that she undertook never to sing for men. She refused, declaring, "I have always sung only for all Iranians".
Exile
In 1994, Marzieh left Iran forever due to the political repression, making her new home in Paris.[3]
She performed several concerts in Los Angeles, California and
The European press have also compared her to Vanessa Redgrave and Melina Mercouri for her willingness to put political and human-rights beliefs ahead of her career, and even ahead of her own safety.[2]
Death
Marzieh died of cancer in Paris on 13 October 2010, aged 86.
References
- ^ Washington Post, 15 October 2010. Accessed 26 October 2010
- ^ a b c Trevor Mostyn, "Marzieh obituary", The Guardian, 19 October 2010, Accessed 26 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Diva defied Iran's Mullahs", Daily Telegraph, 21 October 2010. Accessed 26 October 2010
- ^ Marzieh Passes Away in Exile (Iranian.com, in English)]
- ^ Diva of Persian music passes away (Swedish Friends of Free Iran / FOFI)
- ^ The Daily Telegraph: Marzieh in Music Obituaries
- ^ Margalit Fox (16 October 2010). "Marzieh, Iranian Singer and Voice of Dissent, Dies at 86". The New York Times.
- ^ Maryam Rajavi, "Message of Mrs. Rajavi". 13 October 2010. Accessed 26 October 2010
External links
- Marzieh's songs @ Radio Golchin
- Marzieh's Songs and Albums Archived 20 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine
- Marzieh concert at Royal Albert Hall, conducted by Mohammad Shams, 1993 on YouTube
- Fans website of Marzieh
- Marzieh Songs and lyrics in Persian
- Marzieh on Spotify
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