- Giti Pashaei
Giti Pashaei (
Tehran ,June 13 , 1948 -Tehran ,May 7 , 1995) was an Iranian singer and musician. Her name, "Giti" means world in originalPahlavi .Biography
She inherited her passion for music from her grandfather,
Jafar Mansoori , who was known as a poet and musician. Her early life was spent attending the master-classes of such musicians asFaramarz Paywar ,Mahdi Foroogh and Mahmoud Karimi. She continued her education in New York, where she obtained a diploma in architecture and also studied orchestration and harmony and became a composer. Giti was one of the most popular Iranian singers of the late 1960s and 1970s. She became famous with her song "Gol-e Maryam" (The Maria Flower). TheIranian Revolution put an end to her singing career in 1979. Women were forbidden to sing in public. Later on she composed many sound tracks for Iranian movies after theIranian Revolution in 1979. As a composer, most of the time she worked with her husbandMasoud Kimiai , a movie director, whom she married in 1969. In the late 1980s she moved to Hamburg in Germany where she researched Western Church andBaroque music . She died ofcancer in Tehran on the 7th May 1995. Her songs and compositions are still heard abroad, particularly inGreece ,Syria andAzerbaijan .Works
"As singer:"Miravam & Ye Del Daraam (album, Persian, 1969).Be Man Nakhand & Nemikham Doroogh Begi (album, Persian, 1969).Tasbih-e Sad Dooneh & Gol-e Maryam (album, Persian, 1971).Shadi Ba Man Ghahre & Rizeh Rizeh, (album, Persian, 1971).Ki Migeh Donya Ghashange & Heyfe Harf-e Mano Del Tamoom Besheh (album, Persian, 1972).Mageh Mano Khaab Bebini & Ey Vaay Ey Vaay (album, Persian, 1973). Arezooha (album, Persian, 1976).Ghoroobe & Khoda Mehrabooneh (album, Persian, 1976)
"Memorable songs:"Gol-e Maryam.Molana.Shirin Sokhan.Bot-e Ayyar.Lili Hozak.Kaniz.
"As actress:"The Journey of the Stone (movie, 1978), as Fatemeh.
"As composer:"Blade and Silk (movie, 1986).The Lead (movie, 1988).The Snake Fang (movie, 1989).The Sergeant (movie, 1992).
External links
* [http://www.giti-music.tk Official Site] Verify source|date=January 2008
* [http://www.rangarang1.persiangig.ir/Gallery-01.htm Image Gallery]
* [http://www.studentprice.de/singer.php?singer=Giti%20Pashaei Music link]
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