Farid Farjad
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| Background information | |
| Native name | فرید فرجاد |
| Born |
January 1, 1938 Tehran |
| Origin | Persian |
| Genres | Modern Classical, Chamber Music, Persian Classical Music |
| Occupation(s) | Violinist |
| Instruments | Violin |
| Years active | 1966–present |
| Website | http://www.faridfarjad.com |
Farid Farjad (Persian: فرید فرجاد), is an Iranian-born American violinist.
He is known as "the man that makes the violin cry" and he is renowned as one of the best violin virtuosos in the world.
Early life
Farjad was born in Tehran (Iran) on 1 January 1938 and started to play violin since the age of 8.
He left Iran before the Islamic Revolution that took place in 1979 and settled in California.Although he became citizen of the USA and he currently lives in Los Angeles he labels himself as Iranian, not as American.
Career
Farjad received his master's degree in classical music from the Tehran Music Conservatory in 1966, he became the first violinist in the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, and taught violin at the Conservatory.
Farjad has profound knowledge on Persian Folk Music and he also worked on Classical Western Music. These works have had a large influence on the development of Persian music.
Farjad has released an album of five series with only piano and violin: An Roozha I, An Roozha II, An Roozha III, An Roozha IV and An Roozha V. ( An Roozha means "Those Days" in Persian,with reference to the period that the artist has spent in Iran and in order to immortalize them through this way ) Two collective albums named " Golha Orchester" have also been released among his pieces. In these albums,as he himself said, he "transferred the misery of the nature to the notes".
In the first four albums of An Roozha series Farjad was accompanied with the piano from Abdi Yamini,while in the last album his wife, Mitra Tavakkoli Farjad accompanied him.
Discography
| An Roozha vol. 1 (1989) |
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| Dokhtare booyr ahmady |
| Shekare ahoo va jane maryam |
| Simin bary |
| Ahange azari |
| Goleh sang |
| Mara beboos |
| Daryache noor |
| Tak derakhti |
| Sari galin |
| Shaneh |
| An Roozha vol. 2 (1989) |
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| Sahel va darya |
| Shabhaye Tehran |
| Amad nobahar |
| Soghati |
| Ahange mahali |
| Ghoghaye setaregan |
| Bazgashteh |
| Leyli menal |
| Mahali |
| Nefrin |
| Aylirigh |
| Mahali dar na jan |
| An Roozha vol. 3 (1990) |
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| Hasood |
| Magnoone |
| Arshin malalan |
| Bordi az yadam |
| Shab bood biaban bood |
| Dele divaneh |
| Masti |
| Bekhatereh tou |
| Agrabe zolfe kaje |
| Ahange armani |
| An Roozha vol. 4 (1997) |
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| Taghtam deh |
| Goleh pamchal |
| Deyad gity |
| Pari kojaee |
| Robabeh jan |
| Sangeh khara |
| Safar |
| Amad amma |
| Soratgar naghash |
| An Roozha vol. 5 (2005) |
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| Golha |
| Soltane ghalbha |
| Esfehan |
| Daveegh |
| New sin |
| Ashegh shodam man |
| Goftegoo |
| Ashegham man |
| Kordi |
| Bahare delneshin |