Marzieh (singer)
Ashraf al-Sadat Mortezaie (* 1924 in Tehran , † October 13, 2010 in Paris ; Persian اشرف السادات مرتضایی, DMG Ašrafo's-Sādāt-e Morteżāyī ), stage name Marzieh ( Persian مرضیه, DMG Marżīye ) was a singer of Persian traditional music.
Life
Marzieh began her career at Radio Tehran in the 1940s, working with other popular Persian musicians and lyricists such as Ali Tajvidi , Homajun Chorram and Rahim Moeini Kermanschahi. She had her first major appearance in front of an audience in 1942 when she played the leading role of Shirin in the Persian opera Farhad and Shirin in the Dschame Barbud Opera House. Marzieh also sang with the Farabi Orchestra conducted by Morteza Hannaneh , a pioneer of Persian polyphonic music, during the 1960s and 1970s . She sang in front of figures such as Queen Elizabeth II , Konrad Adenauer and Richard Nixon on various matters .
After the Islamic Revolution in 1979 , public performances and radio broadcasts of the music of female solo singers were completely banned for ten years. Ayatollah Khomeini decreed at the time: "The voices of women should not be heard by men unless they are members of their own families."
After Khomeini's death, the subsequent mullahs indicated that she could continue her singing career provided she never sang for men. She refused and declared: "I have always sung for all Iranians"; in 1994 she finally left Iran as a result of the repression and moved to Paris.
In the West she has performed at several concerts, so in Los Angeles and the Royal Albert Hall in London . Paris-based composer Mohammed Schams and tar soloist Hamid Reza Taherzadeh mainly worked with her in exile.
She was married twice; she had a daughter with her first husband, Hengameh Amini, and a son with her second husband Malik Afzali.
Marzieh died of cancer on October 13, 2010 in Paris at the age of 86.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Marzieh obituary The Guardian , October 19, 2010
- ^ Marzieh The Telegraph , October 21, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | March |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mortezaie, Ashraf al-Sadat (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian singer Persian traditional music |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tehran |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 2010 |
| Place of death | Paris |