Alireza Ghorbani

Alireza Ghorbani (Persian: علیرضا قربانی; born 4 February 1972[1]) is an Iranian traditional vocalist.

Alireza Ghorbani
Ghorbani in 2008
Background information
Born (1972-02-04) 4 February 1972[1]
Tehran, Iran
GenresPersian traditional music, Classic, World
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1994–present
Websitewww.alirezaghorbani.com

Biography

He began his career by reciting the Quran. Soon he began eagerly learning traditional Iranian music. In 1984, he was fascinated by compilations of poetry and music and the insight of Iranian music under the supervision of his first mentors: Khosro Soltani, Behrooz Abedini, Mahdi Fallah, Hossein Omoumi, Ahmad Ebrahimi and also Razavi Sarvestani. His acquaintance with Ali Tajvidi and Farhad Fakhreddini led him to new horizons of Iranian music.

He has taken part in many important festivals all over the world together with many musicians. Some of these festivals and programs are available on CD. He has been the vocalist of Iran's National Orchestra since 1999 and has joined many concerts and festivals within Iran and abroad. Enthusiasm, the first album of National Iranian orchestra, has also been composed by Farhad Fakhreddini. Although he collaborated in making soundtracks for many different TV programs such as Kife Englisi, Shabe Dahom, Roshantar az Khamooshi (Mollasadra) and Madare Sefr Darajeh. His latest albums are Az Kheshto Khak, Fasle Baran, Rosvaye Zamaneh, Sarve Ravan, Symphony of Molana, Soogvarane Khamoosh, Rooy Dar Aftab 1,2, Eshtiagh, Ghafe Eshgh, Khoshnevise Seda and Sarmasti (Khayyam).[2]

The concert of “ Hame Iranam” or A Persian Night with Vancouver Opera Orchestra conducted by Shardad Rohani, was performed at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, Canada on January 06, 2018. The world premier of Symphonic Poem "Hame Iranam" composed by Kambiz Roshan Ravan was performed in this concert and Alireza Ghorbani was the vocalist of this Symphonic Poem.[3]

The concert of “Resurrection” or “A Persian Night" with Vancouver Opera Orchestra featuring Vancouver Bach Choir conducted by Leslie Dala, was performed at the Orpheum theatre in Vancouver, Canada on January 20, 2019. Alireza Ghorbani was the vocalist in his second performance with Vancouver Opera Orchestra.[4][5][6][7][8]

He collaborated with Homayoun Shajarian on his latest album Afsaneye-Chashmhayat released on 10 Nov 2019.[9]

“The Voices and Bridges” is an ongoing multi-lingual, multicultural collaboration between musicians from many parts of the world including Alireza Ghorbani (lead singer)in collaboration with Ehsan Matoori as a composer and Bombay Jayashri, Celia Woodsmith, Qaiser Nizami, and others. This music project is an exploration which brings together languages of ancient cultures such as Persian, Spanish, Arabic, English, Turkish, Indian and French to create a new story inspired. The style and genre used in the project is Global Music inspired by different musical traditions. All musical tracks are recorded acoustically. The lyrics are inspired by many prominent poets around the world such as Borges, Youshij, Pablo Neruda,d Allama Iqbal, Lal Ded, Rabindranath Tagore, and Rumi.

Discography

year Persian Title English Title Composer Further Notes
2000 اشتیاق

Eshtiagh

Enthusiasm Farhad Fakhredini with Iran National Orchestra
2004 فصل باران

Fasle Baran

Rain Season Majid Derakhshani
2005 از خشت و خاک

Az Khesht o Khak

Sadegh Cheraghi
2006 سوگواران خموش

Sougvaran-e Khamoush

Pejman Taheri
2006 روی در آفتاب

Rooy Dar Aftab

Sadegh Cheraghi
2008 سرو روان

Sarv-e Ravan

Ali Ghamsari
2008 سمفونی مولانا Symphony of Mowlana Houshang Kamkar
2009 رسوای زمانه

Rosvay-e Zamaneh

Homayoun Khorram
2009 قاف عشق

Ghaf-e Eshgh

Alireza Ghorbani
2011 بر سماع تنبور

Bar Sama-e Tanboor

Shams Ensemble
2011 جلوه گل

Jelve-ye Gol

Dariush Talaei
2012 حریق خزان

Harigh-e Khazan

Mahyar Alizadeh
2012 هم آواز پرستوهای آه

Hamavaz-e Parastoohay-e Aah

Siavash Valipoor
2014 رفتم و بار سفر بستم

Raftam-o Bar-e Safar Bastam

Ali Tajvidi arranged by Kambiz Roshanravan
2014 قطره‌های باران

Ghatrehaye Baran

Shams Ensemble
2015 سودایی Éperdument Saman Samimi Released in France
2015 دخت پری‌وار

Dokht-e Parivar

Fairy Like Girl Mahyar Alizadeh
2016 من عاشق چشمت شدم

Man Ashegh-e Chashmat Shodam

Fardin Khalatbari
2018 فروغ

Forough

Saman Samimi
2019 افسانه چشمانت

Afsaneh-ye Chashmanat

Mahyar Alizadeh Feat with Homayoun Shajarian
2020 با من بخوان

Ba Man Bekhan

Sing With Me Hesam Naseri

See also

References

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