Ali Akbar Moradi
Ali Akbar Moradi ( Persian علی اکبر مرادی; * 1957 in Kermanshah ) is a Kurdish singer from Iran . He is considered a representative of Kurdish music .
biography
Moradi was born into a Kurdish family in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah. He started making music at a young age and learned to play from Kurdish musicians such as Sayyed Veli Husseini , Sayyed Mirza Khafashyan , Sayyed Mahmoud Alevi and Allahmouradi Hamedi Tanbur .
In 1971 he gave his first solo concert in Kermanshah. In 1981 he organized concerts with the Kurdish musician Shahram Nazeri in major European and North American cities such as London , New York City and San Francisco . On September 30, 2006, he gave a concert with the Voices of Kurdistan program at the San Francisco World Music Festival. Moradi has released five albums so far.
Discography
Albums
- 1999: Fire of Passion, Kurdish Tanbur Music of Iran
- 2001: Kurdaneh
- 2001: Whisper
- 2002: Kurdish Music from Iran
- 2004: In The Mirror Of The Sky (with Kayhan Kalhor)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b seveneighths.com: Biography about Akbar Moradi ( Memento from October 15, 2006 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 21, 2009. (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moradi, Ali Akbar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | علی اکبر مرادی (Persian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kermanshah |