- Sima Bina
Infobox musical artist
Name = Simā Binā
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Background = solo_singer
Birth name = Simā Binā
Born = 1944
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Genre = TraditionalPersian Music
Occupation = Singer of Folkloric songs
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URL = [http://www.sima-bina.com/ "Simā Binā"]Simā Binā (Persian: سیما بینا) (born 1944 in
Birjand ,Iran ) is a master of Persian classical music and Iran's top researcher, composer, singer and song-writer ofIranian folk music . She is currently living inCologne ,Germany .Career
After graduating from
Tehran University in 1969 with a major in Arts, Sima Bina continued and completed her studies with masterAbdollah Davami , one of the most learned authorities onPersian music .Her main focus is Iranian folk music. Bina has been able to gather and revive a collection of almost forgotten Iranian folk songs and melodies. A captivating vocalist, Sima Bina is one of the leading exponents of the traditional music of
Khorasan . For decades she has done extensive research on Persian folk songs, collecting, recording, writing and re-interpreting popular regional music. Her works cover the whole spectrum of Iranian folk music including Mazandarani music,Kurdish music ,Turkmen music , Baloch music, Lor music.Since 1993, Sima Bina has been invited to present her collection of Persian folk songs in festivals all over the world, including "97 Världen I Norden" in
Norway , and "99 WDR Weltmusik Festival" inBonn ,Germany .Due to her devotion and dedication to the Iranian folk music, Sima Bina can now see the materialization of thirty years of meticulous work by making her music known worldwide.
References
External links
* [http://www.sima-bina.com/ Sima Bina: Official website]
* Sima Bina sings some Khorasani and Mazandarani folk-songs, 2007, YouTube: [http://www.youtube.com/v/4Ap9Jw9Nydo&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1] (7 min 33 sec); [http://www.youtube.com/v/i0ao2dVWljU&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1] (3 min 48 sec); [http://www.youtube.com/v/bqqOaDzjsi0&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1] (7 min 12 sec).
* Sima Bina sings "Aziz Beshi [n] be Kenārom" (My Love Sit Next to Me), YouTube: [http://www.youtube.com/v/kvnyy29avrE&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1] (4 min 30 sec).
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