Farid Farjad

Farid Farjad
Background information
Native name فرید فرجاد
Born (1938-01-01) 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 Orchestra" have also been released among his pieces. In these albums,as he himself said, he "transferred the misery of the nature to the notes".

Discography

An Roozha vol. 1 (1989)
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)
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)
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)
Taghtam deh
Goleh pamchal
Deyad gity
Pari kojaee
Robabeh jan
Sangeh khara
Safar
Amad amma
Soratgar naghash
An Roozha vol. 5 (2005)
Golha
Soltane ghalbha
Esfehan
Daveegh
New sin
Ashegh shodam man
Goftegoo
Ashegham man
Kordi
Bahare delneshin
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