The Voice of Dust and Ash

Yade Ayyam

Hamsafar ba Morgh-e-Sahar

Chavosh from the Beginning to the End

Lotfi: Four Seasons

Six Centuries and Six Years

Mohammadreza Shajarian & Shahnaz Ensemble Live in Concert: Dubai

Shajarian, Pejvack-e Rozegar

The Roar of Lovers

The Voice of Iran: Mohammad Reza Shajarian - The Copenhagen Concert

Fight Feast

Beyond The Wall

Rhino Season

The Last Season: Shawaks

It's Winter

Abjad

The Love-Stricken

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian (Persian: محمدرضا شجريان; Persian pronunciation: [mohæmːæd ɾeˈzɒː ʃædʒæɾiˈɒːn], 23 September 1940 – 8 October 2020) was an Iranian singer and master (Ostad) of Persian traditional music. He was also known for his skills in Persian calligraphy and humanitarian activities. Shajarian started his singing career in 1959 at Radio Khorasan, rising to prominence in the 1960s with his distinct singing style.
Shajarian's main teachers were Ahmad Ebadi, Esmaeil Mehrtash, Abdollah Davami, and Nour-Ali Boroumand. He also learned the vocal styles of singers from previous generations, including Reza Gholi Mirza Zelli, Fariborz Manouchehri, Ghamar Molouk Vaziri, Eghbal Azar and Taj Isfahani. He cited legendary Persian tar soloist Jalil Shahnaz as highly influential to his development, indicating that he often tried to mimic Shahnaz's playing style in his singing.
Shajarian collaborated with musicians such as Parviz Meshkatian, Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Hossein Alizadeh, Faramarz Payvar, Dariush Pirniakan, and Sohrab Pournazeri. He was recognized as a skilled singer in the challenging traditional Dastgah style. His works also cover some songs of Iranian ethnic music, including Mazandarani music, Azeri music, Kurdish music and Lur music.
Shajarian's critics believe that his fame resulted from the ban on all other singers in 1979. In fact, right before 1979 there was an abundance of excellent singers like Iraj, Golpa, Hayedeh, whom Shajarian was far from being able to compete with due to lack of talent. His concerts before 1979 couldn't attract people at all due to the very strong competitors.
UNESCO in France presented Shajarian with the Picasso Award in 1999 and with the UNESCO Mozart Medal in 2006. In 2017, Los Angeles Times cited him as the "Greatest living maestro of Persian classical music". After coming out in support of the Iranian Green Movement and criticizing the Iranian government, he was banned from holding concerts and releasing music.



Mohammadreza Shajarian