Anousha Nazari

Nazari began singing in local orchestras before joining the Sonata Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir Ensemble.{{Cite web |title=Magiran {{!}} روزنامه ایران (1391/11/25): آواز جمعی صدای بلند جشنواره صداها |url=https://www.magiran.com/article/2679515 |website=www.magiran.com |access-date=2020-05-13}} She began her musical training at the conservatory while studying architecture at the university, from which she graduated in 2012. She won the International Prize at the Fajr International Music Festival{{Cite web |language=fa |title=جشنواره موسیقی فجر در یک نگاه+ زمان و مکان اجراهای زنده |url=https://www.mashreghnews.ir/news/193726/جشنواره-موسیقی-فجر-در-یک-نگاه-زمان-و-مکان-اجراهای-زنده |website=مشرق نیوز |date=2013-02-13 |access-date=2020-05-13}} (choir section) in 2013 and 2014, and participated in national and international festivals.

In 2014, she was selected by the Tehran Symphony Orchestra,{{Cite web |language=fa |title=هیجان یک رهبر ارکستر بین‌المللی در تهران/ وعده‌ای که محقق شد |url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/2519879/هیجان-یک-رهبر-ارکستر-بین-المللی-در-تهران-وعده-ای-که-محقق-شد |website=خبرگزاری مهر {{!}} اخبار ایران و جهان {{!}} Mehr News Agency |date=2015-03-17 |access-date=2020-05-13}} then under the direction of Alexander Rahbari.

Based in France since 2016, she joined the lyrical singing section of the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Cergy-Pontoise, where she completed her education in music and singing.{{Cite web |language=fr-FR |title=Rendez-vous Musical #28 |url=https://www.fondationdesetatsunis.org/rendez-vous-musical-28/ |website=Fondation des Etats-Unis |access-date=2021-01-17}}{{Cite web |language=fr |title=La bourse Habib Sharifi soutient les artistes déracinés |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/affaire-en-cours/la-bourse-habib-sharifi-soutient-les-artistes-deracines-4520816 |website=France Culture |date=2023-03-24 |access-date=2023-04-19}}

After performing in concert halls across Iran ( Salle Vahdat, Arasbaran, Milad &...), she continues her career on Parisian and European stages ( Théâtre des Champs-Élysées,{{Cite web |language=fr-FR |first=Laurie-Anne |last=Toulemont |title=Iran : La mezzo-soprano Anousha Nazari dévoile sa chanson en soutien aux femmes iraniennes |url=https://www.radioclassique.fr/international/iran-la-mezzo-soprano-anousha-nazari-devoile-sa-chanson-en-soutien-aux-femmes-iraniennes/ |website=Radio Classique |date=2023-03-08 |access-date=2023-04-19}}{{Cite web |language=fr |title=Les sculptures hybrides de Germaine Richier, le deuxième album de Daniel Auteuil, des chats et des haïkus... Nos 5 incontournables culturels |url=https://madame.lefigaro.fr/celebrites/culture/les-sculptures-hybrides-de-germaine-richier-le-deuxieme-album-de-daniel-auteuil-des-chats-et-des-haikus-nos-5-incontournables-culturels-20230308 |website=Madame Figaro |date=2023-03-08 |access-date=2023-04-19}}{{Cite web |language=fr |title=Orient hebdo - Une vidéo-musique pour les Iraniennes |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/orient-hebdo/20230225-une-vid%C3%A9o-musique-pour-les-iraniennes |website=RFI |date=2023-02-25 |access-date=2023-04-19}}{{Cite web |language=en-US |first=Francisco |last=Salazar |title=Anousha Nazari to Pay Tribute to Iranian Women on International Women's Day |url=https://operawire.com/anousha-nazari-to-pay-tribute-to-iranian-women-on-international-womens-day/ |website=OperaWire |date=2023-02-28 |access-date=2023-04-19}}{{Cite web |language=fr-FR |title=Anousha Nazari rend hommage aux femmes d'Iran |website=Ventoux Opera |url=https://www.ventoux-opera.com/2023/03/03/anousha-nazari-rend-hommage-aux-femmes-diran/ |access-date=2023-04-19}} Salle Cortot,{{Cite web |language=en-US |first=Francisco |last=Salazar |title=Anousha Nazari to Perform 'In Vino Veritas: Hommage à Khayam' launch Concert |url=https://operawire.com/anousha-nazari-to-perform-in-vino-veritas-hommage-a-khayam-launch-concert/ |website=OperaWire |date=2024-04-03 |access-date=2024-04-18}}{{Cite web |language=en-US |title=Anousha Nazari - Opera Gazet |url=https://operagazet.com/anousha-nazari/ |date=2024-03-19 |access-date=2024-04-18}} École des Beaux-Arts de Paris, Musée national des arts asiatiques Guimet,{{Cite web |language=en-US |first=David |last=Salazar |title=Musée Guimet to Present 'Toi, mon désir' |url=https://operawire.com/musee-guimet-to-present-toi-mon-desir/ |website=OperaWire |date=2022-10-05 |access-date=2023-04-19}}{{Cite web |language=fa-IR |first=کیهان |last=لندن |title=صحنه‌ای پوشیده از گل‌های سرخ به نام زن، زندگی، آزادی |url=https://kayhan.london/1401/07/28/302932/ |access-date=2023-04-19}} Hôtel de Lauzun, Musée français de la carte à jouer,{{Cite web |language=fr-FR |title=Issy se lie avec la communauté arménienne d'Ispahan |url=http://www.leparisien.fr/hauts-de-seine-92/issy-se-lie-avec-la-communaute-armenienne-d-ispahan-11-04-2018-7658331.php |website=leparisien.fr |date=2018-04-11 |access-date=2020-05-13}}{{Cite web |language=fr |title=Iran: Signature d'un protocole d'amitié entre le quartier arménien d'Ispahan et Issy-les-Moulineaux |url=https://www.cites-unies-france.org/IRAN-Signature-d-039-un-protocole |website=www.cites-unies-france.org |access-date=2020-05-13}} Amphithéâtre Richelieu de la Sorbonne, Institut du monde arabe,{{Cite web |language=fr |title=24 heures pour le peuple iranien Femme |url=https://www.paris.fr/evenements/48-heures-pour-le-peuple-iranien-femme-vie-liberte-en-soutien-au-peuple-iranien-34570 |website=www.paris.fr |access-date=2023-04-19}}{{Cite web |language=en-EN |title=Femme, Vie, Liberté |url=https://www.imarabe.org/en/node/16149 |website=Institut du monde arabe |date=2023-03-08 |access-date=2023-04-19}} Cité internationale universitaire de Paris{{Cite web |language=fr |first=Frédéric |last=Sausse |title=Le concert des résidents musiciens de la Cité à la Maison Internationale |url=http://saga6t.over-blog.com/2017/06/le-concert-des-residents-musiciens-de-la-cite-a-la-maison-internationale.html |website=saga6t |date=10 June 2017 |access-date=2020-05-13}}), Philharmonie am Gasteig à Munich,{{Cite web |language=de |title=Weltfrauentag: Frauenpower gegen Schweigen |url=https://www.in-muenchen.de/stadtleben/weltfrauentag-in-muenchen-frauenpower-gegen-schweigen-92126868.html |website=www.in-muenchen.de |access-date=2023-04-19}}{{Cite web |language=de |title=MERET-Festival {{!}} München Ticket - Dein Ticketservice für Konzerte, Musicals u.v.m. |url=https://www.muenchenticket.de/tickets/performances/e6fngo6avlsu/MERET-Festival |website=München Ticket |access-date=2023-04-19}}Hermann-Levi-Saal in Gießen,{{Cite web |language=de |title=Charmanter, musikalischer Mix |date=18 March 2022 |url=https://www.giessener-anzeiger.de/stadt-giessen/charmanter-musikalischer-mix-91421043.html}}{{Cite web |language=de |title=Konzert in Laubach 2022: Klassik trifft Nowruz |date=3 March 2022 |url=https://www.giessen-aktuell.de/konzert-in-laubach-2022-klassik-trifft-nowruz.html}} Rathaus Laubach Friedrichstraße in Laubach{{Cite web |language=de |title=Immer neue Facetten |date=21 March 2022 |url=https://www.giessener-allgemeine.de/kreis-giessen/laubach-ort848772/immer-neue-facetten-91426447.html}} where she collaborates with various artists and musicians such as Jean-Claude Carrière, Nahal Tajadod, Leili Anvar,{{Cite web |language=fr |title=Concert poétique persan " Toi, mon désir " |url=https://www.paris.fr/evenements/concert-poetique-persan-toi-mon-desir-25737 |website=www.paris.fr |access-date=2023-04-19}} Julie Gayet, Sonia Wieder-Atherton,{{Cite web |language=fr-FR |first=Philippe |last=Gault |title=1 an après la mort de Masha Amini, le soutien aux femmes iraniennes passe aussi par la musique |url=https://www.radioclassique.fr/classique/1-an-apres-la-mort-de-masha-amini-le-soutien-aux-femmes-iraniennes-passe-aussi-par-la-musique/ |website=Radio Classique |date=2023-09-15 |access-date=2024-04-18}}{{Cite web |language=fr |title=Un an après la mort de Mahsa Amini, le combat des Iraniennes en poèmes et en musique |url=https://information.tv5monde.com/terriennes/un-apres-la-mort-de-mahsa-amini-un-concert-poetique-pour-le-combat-des-iraniennes |website=information.tv5monde.com |date=2023-09-16 |access-date=2024-04-18}}{{Cite web |language=fr-FR |first=Guillaume |last=Deleurence |title=Après Mahsa Amini, une colère flamboyante |url=https://www.politis.fr/articles/2023/09/apres-mahsa-amini-une-colere-flamboyante/ |website=Politis |date=2023-09-13 |access-date=2024-04-18}} Shani Diluka.{{Cite web |language=fr |title=Video. Quand l'art rend hommage aux femmes iraniennes |url=https://brut.media/fr/news/quand-l-art-rend-hommage-aux-femmes-iraniennes-497e3c48-323c-4a40-bb57-4c9ca4833b0b |website=Brut. |access-date=2024-04-18}}

For example, she performs the Danse Macabre and Persian Melodies: Op. 26 : La Brise by Camille Saint-Saëns in the version for voice and piano.{{Cite web |language=fr-FR |title=Anousha Nazari chante la Danse macabre de Saint-Saëns {{!}} Ventoux Opéra |url=https://www.ventoux-opera.com/2020/05/24/anousha-nazari-chante-la-danse-macabre-de-saint-saens/ |access-date=2021-01-17}}

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the creation of the editorial staff and the International Day of Nowrouz, at the request of the RFI, she presented Fire Temple.{{Cite web |language=fa |title=سرودۀ آتشکدۀ کرکوی با آواز آنوشا نظری و تنبور سپند دادبه، هدیه نوروز ۱۴۰۰ و سی سالگی ار.اف.ای به زبان فارسی |date=21 March 2021 |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fa/ایران/20210321-سرودۀ-آتشکدۀ-کرکوی-با-آواز-آنوشا-نظری-و-تنبور-سپند-دادبه-هدیه-نوروز-۱۴%DB%B0%DB%B0-و-سی-سالگی-ار-اف-ای-به-زبان-فارسی}}{{Cite web |language=fr |title=30 ans de la rédaction en persan de RFI : concert d'Anousha Nazari et de Sepand Dadbeh |website=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/RFIMusique/videos/1451942038309605}}.

His debut album Sounds of Ancestors was produced and released in March 2021 by the Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies & Culture at the University of California.{{Cite web |language=en |title=Publication of Musical CD "Sounds of Ancestors" by Anousha Nazari and Jeyran Ghiaee |url=https://www.humanities.uci.edu/persianstudies/spotlight_det.php?id=2614}}{{Cite web |language=en |title=Anousha Nazeri, André Schuen & Mozart Lead New CD/DVD Releases |date=21 May 2021 |url=https://operawire.com/anousha-nazeri-andre-schuen-mozart-lead-new-cd-dvd-releases/}}.{{Cite web |title=Critique musicale : Anousha Nazari & Jeyran Ghiaee - Sounds Of Ancestors (2021) |date=24 December 2021 |url=https://www.lagazettedeparis.fr/critique-musicale-anousha-nazari-jeyran-ghiaee-sounds-of-ancestors-2021/}} In this music album, she has performed pieces by Iranian composers such as André Hossein, Morteza Hannaneh, Samin Baghtcheban & M. S. Sharifian.

In April 2021, she participated with 20 artists from around the world in the musical project 20 Chansons et Berceuses du monde produced and published by Joyvox Éditions and Sony music.{{Cite web |language=fr |title=20 Chansons & Berceuses du monde |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/emissions/une-heure-en-france-le-week-end-en-famille/20-chansons-berceuses-du-monde}}{{Cite web |language=fr |title=LayLay |url=https://www.musicme.com/#/Anousha-Nazari/}}

Anousha Nazari's second album, titled In Vino Veritas. Hommage à Khayam, was produced and published in 2024 by Gondishapour in partnership with the Société Nationale des Beaux Arts . This album, composed for lyrical vocals, clarinet and piano, brings together compositions by four Iranian composers—Rouzbeh Rafie, Aso Kohzadi, Basir Faghih Nasiri, and Mehdi Panahi—of the new generation in homage to Omar Khayyam, the 11th century poet. The album explores themes such as wine, love and the quest for the present moment, which are central to Khayyam 's work.{{Cite web |language=fr |title=Concert de sortie de l'album " In vino veritas. Hommage à Khayam " |url=https://www.paris.fr/evenements/concert-de-sortie-de-l-album-in-vino-veritas-hommage-a-khayam-56045 |website=www.paris.fr |access-date=2024-04-18}}

She is the co-founder of the French Association Gondishapour.

On March 26, 2022, Anousha Nazari and Sepand Dadbeh, bring to life a legendary Persian love story during a musical performance in the National Museum of Asian Arts - Guimet in Paris.{{Cite web |title=Performance musicale : Khosrow & Shirin : Le temple du feu |url=https://www.guimet.fr/event/khosrow-shirin-le-temple-du-feu/}}{{Cite web |language=fa |title=چشم‌انداز روز - "آتشكده"؛ اجرای داستان "خسرو و شیرین" در موزه گیمه پاریس |url=https://www.rfi.fr/fa/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA/%DA%86%D8%B4%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B2/20220327-%D8%A2%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%83%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%9B-%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%88-%D9%88-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87-%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%87-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3 |website=ار.اف.ای - RFI |date=2022-03-27 |access-date=2022-03-28}} This lyrical creation, dedicated to the Persian loves of Princess Shirin and King Khosrow, is inspired by the poems of Nizami, dating from the 12th century.{{Cite web |title=Paris: Khosrow & Shirin Au Musée Guimet |url=https://www.ventoux-opera.com/2022/03/20/paris-khosrow-shirin-au-musee-guimet/}}

In November 2022, Anousha Nazari released a music video for the piece L'Eraclito amoroso by Barbara Strozzi.

On March 8, 2023, on the occasion of International Women's Rights Day, in solidarity with Iranian women, Anousha Nazari presents You're the One I Desire at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.

Anousha Nazari, in collaboration with pianist Shani Diluka and cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton, as well as actress Julie Gayet, participated in an artistic project Mèches de feu . This project took place on May 22, 2023 at the Cité de la Musique-Philharmonie de Paris . It consisted of a concert accompanied by a reading of poems, organized in five acts. The performances combined classical music with the poetry of Garous Abdolmalekian.{{Cite web |language=fr |title="Mèches de feu" : des clips musicaux poignants en soutien aux Iraniennes |url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/podcasts/reportage/meches-de-feu-des-clips-musicaux-poignants-en-soutien-aux-iraniennes-2880800 |website=France Musique |date=2023-09-07 |access-date=2024-04-18}}{{Cite web |language=fr |title=Un collectif de mécènes s'engage pour relayer la lutte des femmes iraniennes |url=https://www.lesechos.fr/industrie-services/services-conseils/un-collectif-de-mecenes-sengage-pour-relayer-la-lutte-des-femmes-iraniennes-1981020 |website=Les Echos |date=2023-09-24 |access-date=2024-04-18}}{{Cite web |language=fr |title=La Lettre Du Musicien {{!}} À la découverte de la compositrice iranienne Sheida Gharachedaghi |url=https://lalettredumusicien.fr/article/a-la-decouverte-de-la-compositrice-iranienne-sheida-gharachedaghi-8126?fbclid=IwAR3_hjUowJnBPm6gvMjJRmaASXdbUlCiyBBZ9GoxbfcrlDGq0Ro_dYiipHQ |website=lalettredumusicien.fr |access-date=2024-04-18}}{{Cite web |language=fr |title=Terriennes 16/09/23 |url=https://europe.tv5monde.com/fr/guide-tv/info-societe/terriennes/terriennes-16-09-23-1018498 |website=tv5monde.com |date=2024-04-18 |access-date=2024-04-18}}

Anousha Nazari was a jury member for several institutions, including the 160th edition of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and the Global Encounters Festival of the Aga Khan Development Network.https://www.salondesbeauxarts.com/prix-recompenses-snba/

• 2021 : Sounds of Ancestors
• 2021 : 20 Chansons et Berceuses du monde
• 2024 : In Vino Veritas. Hommage à Khayam

• 2022 : Fire Temple (Khosrow & Shirin)
• 2022 : Torrents d'amour
• 2022 : L'Eraclito amoroso
• 2023 : You're the One I Desire
• 2023 : Krunk
• 2023 : Omaggio a Saadi
• 2023 : Mèches de feu
• 2023 : Freedom
• 2023 : The Candle of dawn
• 2023 : Bé Sahra
• 2024 : Flow My Tears
• 2024 : Mélodies Persanes Op. 26: La brise

• 2022 : Fire Temple (Khosrow & Shirin)
• 2022 : L'Eraclito amoroso
• 2023 : Krunk
• 2023 : Woman, Life, Freedom
• 2023 : Chera
• 2023 : Freedom
• 2023 : Bé Sahra
• 2024 : Flow My Tears
• 2024 : Mélodies Persanes Op. 26: La brise

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