Darya Dadvar
Daryā Dādvar,[1] (Persian: دريا دادور) (April 22, 1971, Mashhad, Iran) is an accomplished Iranian soprano solist and composer living in Paris, France. Darya is a native of Mashhad but grew up in Tehran. In 1991 she left Iran for France where she studied music. She is a graduate of The National Conservatory in Toulouse, France. She obtained her Diplome d'Etude Musical in voice in June 1999 and subsequently completed a four-year professional course in the Baroque style at the Conservatory of Toulouse in 2000. Darya further holds a postgraduate Master of Arts degree from School of Fine Arts of Toulouse (Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse). Darya has given concert performances in Canada, France, Germany, Iran, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States of America. In 2002, Darya was a guest performer in Tehran with the Armenian Symphony Orchestra in the role of Tahmineh, in a work composed and directed by Loris Tjeknavorian based on the tragedy of Rostam and Sohrab, one of the most fascinating tales of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh (The Book of Kings). As well as in English, French, German, Italian and Persian, Darya sings in different languages of Iran, such as Azeri, Gilaki and Kurdi. Through her compositions and artistic performances Darya transports her audience on a musical journey not only throughout Iran, but also, by combining songs in different languages and dialects, throughout a world where seemingly dissimilar cultures are seen to be closely interrelated.
Notes
- ^ Daryā (دريا) (Old Persian: Drayah, Middle Persian: Drayā, Sanskrit: Jrayaḥ) is the Persian word for Sea, or Ocean (similar to the sea), and Dādvar (دادور), a combination of Dād (داد), Justice, and var (ور), a suffix indicative of one's profession or vocation, for Jurist or Chief Justice (in general, someone whose main business is judicial administration of law and equity). For comparison, Dāneshvar, a combination of Dānesh, Knowledge, Science, and var, is the Persian word for Scientist. The word Dādvar is archaic, if not obsolete, and it is conceivable that the contemporary word Dāvar (داور), Arbiter, Arbitrator, Judge, may be Dādvar itself, abbreviated through its frequent use over perhaps millennia, or is a direct descendant of it. The "v" in Dādvar should be pronounced as "w" and the "a" as "aa".
Reference
- Roland G. Kent, Old Persian Studies, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 62, No. 4, pp. 266-277 (1942). JSTOR
See also
External links
- Darya Dadvar's official website. [1]
- Interviews with Darya Dadvar: Friday 4 March 2005 (BBC Persian) and Saturday 19 May 2007 (BBC Persian).
- Video summaries of some of Darya Dadvar's public performances. YouTube