Endorsements

Muhammad Reza Shajarian is regarded as the undisputed living master of Persian classical singing. He taught traditional Persian classical singing at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Tehran for many years, and is especially famed for his original vocal interpretations of the poetry of classical Persian poets such as Khayyam, Baba Taher, Rumi, Sa‘di, and Hafiz.

 

For more information see the links below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad-Reza_Shajarian

http://www.delawaz.com/en/home.html

http://www.shajarian.eu/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBWQGqW9vy8

Hushang Ibtihaj (b. 1928) figures as one of Iran’s leading poets of the twentieth century. Author of some 13 collections of poetry, his poems have been translated into a number of European languages. He was the producer of the Golha-yi taza (Fresh Flowers) and Golchin-i hafteh (Bouquet of the Week) programmes (1972-79).

 

For more information see the links below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hushang_Ebtehaj

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hushang-Ebtehaj-هوشنگ-ابتهاج/46611156875

http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/هوشنگ_ابتهاج

http://saye-sher.blogfa.com/

Humayun Khorram is one of Iran’s leading virtuoso violinists, as well as an eminent composer. He studied and trained under Abu’l-Hasan Saba and his legendary performances on the violin are known world-wide. His compositions for violin, orchestra, songs, and films number well over 300. For years he performed in and composed famous melodies for the Golha Orchestra of the National Radio and Television of Iran.

 

For more information see the links below.

http://www.homayounkhorram.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homayoun_Khorram

http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/همایون_خرم

http://www.facebook.com/h.khorram

Rahim Mu‘in Kermanshahi (b. 1922) is one of the leading song-writers and poets of twentieth century Iran. He composed many legendary ballads and songs for the Golha Programmes performed on the National Radio of Iran during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. He is the author of several collections of lyrical poetry, and for the last two decades has been occupied in composing a historical epic of Iran in verse entitled ‘The Masterpiece’ (Shahkar). Ten volumes of this immense poem, so far totalling over 100,000 couplets, have already appeared in print.

 

For more information see the links below.

http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/رحیم_معینی_کرمانشاهی

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ostad-Rahim-Moeini-Kermanshahi-استاد-معینی-کرمانشاهی/197757813582050

Professor James W. Morris teaches at Boston College and specializes in Islamic Philosophy, Sufism and Persian Culture.

 

For more information see the links below.

http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/theology/faculty/jmorris.html

https://www2.bc.edu/~morrisfm/index.html

Dr. Shahin Farhat is a distinguished Iranian composer, who did his post-graduate work in music in the USA and Paris. Author of numerous compositions, he currently is Professor of Music and Head of the Department of Music at the University of Tehran.

 

For more information see the links below.

http://shahinfarhat.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahin_Farhat

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shahin-Farhat/113377058712307

http://www.facebook.com/Shahin.Farhat

http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/شاهین_فرهت

Hirad Dinavari the Reference Librarian for the African Middle Eastern Division Iranian World Collections, Library of Congress commenting on the Golha Project web site.

 

For more information see the links below.

http://www.spoke.com/info/pAoSapa/HiradDinavari

http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4507

http://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/nes/cty/cir/cirhome.html

http://www.facebook.com/HiradD

Baha al-Din Khurramshahi is one of Iran’s leading scholars in the field of Persian literature. He is the author of Hafiz-nama, a definitive and comprehensive commentary on Hafiz’s poems, and editor of a two volume Encyclopedia of the Holy Qur’an. He is also a prolific translator from European languages into Persian, having translated works by Ortega y Gasset, Carl Jung and Henry Miller.

 

For more information see the links below.

http://www.facebook.com/bkhoramshahi?sk=info

http://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/بهاءالدین_خرمشاهی

http://www.facebook.com/bahaedin.khoramshahi

Alireza Miralinaghi For the past twenty years, has been one of Iran’s leading classical music journalists who has compiled and edited a multi-volume annotated Bibliography of Persian Music (Kitab-shinasi va maqala-shinasi-yi tawsifi-yi musiqi-yi Iran)


 For more information see the links below.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Alireza-Miralinaghi/100002372543705

Mr Shahrokh Pirnia, the son of Davoud Pirnia, is a member of the Royal Society of Arts, and the deputy head teacher at Rustam School in London. He is an International Baccalaureate Examiner and a Lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and also a senior member of O.C.R (GCSE Persian Examination Committee). He works as a Senior Assessor for the Department of Education. as well as Head of Persian Studies at Southbank International school, teaching IB, as well. He has published books on classical Persian Poetry as well as numerous articles in the Iranian press.

 

For more information see the link below.

http://rustamschool.org.uk/staff2.html