22 Facts About Mohammad-Reza Shajarian

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian was known for his skills in Persian calligraphy and humanitarian activities.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian cited legendary Persian tar soloist Jalil Shahnaz as highly influential to his development, indicating that he often tried to mimic Shahnaz's playing style in his singing.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian collaborated with musicians such as Parviz Meshkatian, Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Hossein Alizadeh, Faramarz Payvar, Dariush Pirniakan, and Sohrab Pournazeri.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian was recognized as a skilled singer in the challenging traditional Dastgah style.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian's works cover some songs of Iranian ethnic music, including Mazandarani music, Azeri music, Kurdish music and Lur music.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian was born on 23 September 1940 in Mashhad, Iran.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian's father, Mehdi, was a Quran qari, as was his grandfather Ali Akbar.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian's mother was Afsar Shahverdiani, who died in 2007.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian was the oldest of five siblings, and studied singing at the age of five under the supervision of his father by recitation of the Quran.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian started his singing career in 1959 at Radio Khorasan, rising to prominence in the 1960s with his distinct style of singing.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian studied with Esmaeil Mehrtash, Ahmad Ebadi and Nour-Ali Boroumand.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian learned the vocal styles of previous singers such as Hossein Taherzadeh, Reza Gholi Mirza Zelli, Qamar-ol-Moluk Vaziri, Eghbal Azar, and Taj Isfahani.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian started playing the santour under the instruction of Jalal Akhbari to understand better and perform the traditional repertoire.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian studied under the guidance of master Abdollah Davami, from whom he learned many early Persian songs.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian taught many students in the field of singing, some of whom are:.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian has indicated support for Iranians protesting against the 12 June 2009 Iranian presidential election results.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian mentioned that his famous song "Iran, Ey Saraye Omid", has no relation with the current situation of his country.

In March 2016, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian revealed that he had had kidney cancer for the past fifteen years.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian appeared with shaved hair in his Nowrouz congratulation video, published on his YouTube account.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian transferred to hospital on 27 January 2020 and had a successful surgery.

Mohammad-Reza Shajarian died on 8 October 2020 at the age of 80 at intensive care unit of Jam Hospital in Tehran.

In 1962, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian married teacher Farkhondeh Golafshan when he was 21 years old.