Mohsen Namjoo, ( ), is an
Iranian
singer-songwriter,
author, musician,setar player
and actor. He was born in 1976 in Torbat-e Jam
, a small town in northeastern Iran.
New York Times called Namjoo Iran's
Bob Dylan.
Biography
Namjoo was
born in 1976 in Torbat-e
Jam, Iran and began
his musical training at the age of 12, studying under Nasrollah Nasehpoor until the age of
18. In 1994 he was offered admission to study Theater and
Music at
University of Tehran.
Since the music program at the university wouldn't start for
another year he first joined the theater course. At Tehran
University he was a student of
Alireza Mashayekhi and Azin Movahed and
other masters. Namjoo has also studied
Iranian folk music under Haj
Qorban Soleimani.
He is also familiar with Western musical styles, particularly
blues and
rock.
Since 2003 he has started recording parts of his own works in
Tehran. His debut album titled
Toranj was officially
released in Iran in September 2007 with his own voice appearing in
most of his compositions. He has also composed soundtracks for
movies and plays, and was featured in the documentary
Sounds of
Silence (directed by Amir Hamz and Mark Lazarz] which has been
screened at international film festivals. He also appeared in a
feature narrative film called
Few Kilograms of Dates for the
Funeral (Director
Saman Saloor),
played in various film festivals. Namjoo's first performance
outside Iran was in January 2006 at the Tehran Hotspot of the
International
Rotterdam Film
Festival where he played solo.
He also writes poetry, and sometimes uses his own satirical lyrics
in his songs blended with the classical poetry of
Hafez,
Rumi or
Saadi. His music and words are very emotional
and, in his works, he creates a fusion between various styles from
traditional Iranian to blues and rock .
Discography
Studio and live albums
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