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Alireza Ghorbani

Alireza Ghorbani
Alireza Ghorbani  was trained to recite the Qur’an while growing up and began vocal lessons at 12. He developed his vocal abilities at a young age, going on to master the numerous scales of Middle Eastern music. By his 20s he was a solo vocalist with the National Orchestra of Iran. Ghorbani is widely regarded as a major influential singer of the Persian song. He is a great artist deeply rooted in the tradition, but also has an insatiable curiosity and open-mindedness with respect to the other cultures. Born in the midst of the turbulence of 1970s and 80s Iran, Ghorbani has laid claims to being a worthy successor of the man regarded as the undisputed master of Persian classical song, Mohammed Reza Shajarian. Ghorbani has released 19 albums in Iran and Europe.

Ghorbani has participated in several international projects, some multi-cultural projects in Iran, France, India, Mali like: Le Rhythm de la Parole, SOUFFLES DU MONDE and some other collaboration with the Tunisian singer Dorsaf Hamdani in concert with the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra Vienna, Cologne Philharmonic, and the Vancouver Opera Orchestra. Ghorbani has collaborated with film and television artists and has sung some of the popular themes in Iran’s serials. The most important of these are the “Sheb-e Dahom,” “Madar-e Sefr Darajeh,” “Kimia” and “Aghigh.”

Ghorbani is invited every year to major international music festivals and is recognized as the most active traditional singer outside of Iran. He has performed at major venues uch as Cadogan Hall and Barbican in London, Philharmonic Hall of Cologne, the Théâtre du Louvre and the Alhambra in Paris, the Tonhalle in Düsseldorf and the Opera House in Vancouver, Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, Rose Hall in Los Angeles, Gulbenkian Hall in Lisbon, Odeon Concert Hall in Vienna, Bozar Concert Hall in Brussels and Uppsala Concert Hall in Sweden.