Hooshmand Aghili

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Hooshmand Aghili
هوشمند عقیلی
Born1 August 1937 (86 years old)
Abadeh, Fars, Iran
OriginFars, Iran
GenresPop Music , Classical Music
Years active1972–present

Hooshmand Aghili (Persian: هوشمند عقیلی) is a prominent Iranian singer, best known for his song Farda To Miaei (sometimes spelled Farda to Miayee).[1] Aghili served as one of ten Honorary Judges of the 2005 contest The Search for the Star Musician of Iran, held to identify gifted amateur vocalists and musicians performing Persian traditional music and Iranian folk music.[2] Following the death of Iranian singer Hayedeh, Aghili performed Hayedeh's Sarab as a tribute.[3]

Biography[edit]

He was born in 1937 in Abadeh, Fars province, with the original name of Houshmand Aghili Mehran[1]. Then he migrated to Isfahan with his family. He is a graduate of Adeb High School during the presidency of Hossein Oreizi. At the age of 13, he learned music with his father's family under the supervision of Taj Esfahani, but the peak of his musical career began when he went to the classes of Mahmoud Karimi and Ismail Mehrtash. His brilliance caused him to be invited to the opening ceremony of Iran TV to perform live with composers such as Morteza Hananeh and Hossein Qavami. Smart Aghili's education was in the field of English literature. He worked for several years as an expert of the Ministry of Cooperation before the revolution. Houshmand Aghili immigrated to America the year before the revolution and continued to sing after that.He is now a resident of America.

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

  • Faal – EP 1992 Pars Video
  • Jamal e Janan 2007 Pars Video
  • Yar – Persian Music 1997 Caltex Records
  • Che Khabar Az Iran 1990 Pars Video
  • Live in Concert 2001 Pars Video
  • Dokhtarekeh Faal Been 1998 Pars Video
  • Darya – Persian Music 1989 Caltex Records
  • Yar 1998 Caltex Records
  • Eshghe Sharghi (Persian Music) 1997 Caltex Records[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "About Hooshmand Aghili in BBC Persian". BBC Persian. 25 April 2008.
  2. ^ "The Search for the Star Musician of Iran". payvand.com. NetNative. 12 May 2005. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  3. ^ Semnani, Reza (April 2014). "In Memory of the Persian Legendary Diva Hayedeh". huffpostiran. Rezal Semnani. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Hooshmand Aghili In iTunes". iTunes. 24 January 2017.