Draft:Farid Farjad
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{{Infobox musical artist
| background = person
| name = Farid Farjad
| image = Farid Farjad.jpg
| landscape = yes
| caption = A frame from the artist's concert in Turkey.
| birth_place = Tehran, Pahlavi Iran
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1938}}
| genre = Classical music
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Violin, accordion
| years_active = 1966 – present
| label = Taraneh Records
{{flag icon|Turkey}} [http://peramusic.com/ Pera Music]
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Farid Farjad ({{Lang|fa|Farsi: فرید فرجاد}} – Ferid Fercad; born 1938) is a Persian-born{{Cite web |date=22 Nov 2015 |title='The man who made the violin cry' took the stage in the capital |url=https://www.timeturk.com/ajans/kemani-aglatan-adam-baskentte-sahne-aldi/haber-93412 |access-date=24 May 2025}} American citizen {{Cite web |title=Farjad: I want to become a Turkish citizen |url=https://www.haber7.com/yasam/haber/688561-farjad-turk-vatandasi-olmak-istiyorum |access-date=23 May 2025 |website=Haber 7 LIFE}} violin virtuoso. He is known as "the man who made the violin cry" {{Cite web |date=24 Mar 2010 |title=Farid Farjad is coming to Adana |url=https://www.timeturk.com/tr/2010/03/24/farid-farjad-adana-ya-geliyor.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021234528/http://www.timeturk.com/tr/2010/03/24/farid-farjad-adana-ya-geliyor.html |archive-date=21 Oct 2012 |access-date=30 Oct 2010 |publisher=timeturk.com |language=Turkish}}{{Cite web |date=20 March 2010 |title=Farid Farjad yine kemanı ağlattı |url=http://www.haber7.com/haber/20100324/Farid-Farjad-yine-kemani-aglatti-Video.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022001436/http://www.haber7.com/haber/20100324/Farid-Farjad-yine-kemani-aglatti-Video.php |archive-date=22 October 2012 |access-date=30 October 2010 |website=CHA |publisher=haber7.com |place=Antalya |language=Turkish}} and is considered one of the best violin virtuosos in the world. {{Cite web |date=20 September 2007 |title=Keman, Hüzün ve Farid Farjad |url=http://www.cemaat.com/keman-huzun-ve-farid-farjad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104163309/http://www.cemaat.com/keman-huzun-ve-farid-farjad |archive-date=4 January 2012 |access-date=30 October 2010 |publisher=cemaat.com |language=Turkish}}{{Cite web |title=Dünyaca Ünlü Keman Virtüözü Farjad Türkiye'de |url=http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/unlu-keman-virtuozu-farjad-turkiyede-2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203090249/http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/unlu-keman-virtuozu-farjad-turkiyede-2.html |archive-date=3 December 2013 |access-date=30 October 2010 |publisher=aa.com.tr |place=İzmir |language=Turkish}}
Life
Farjad was born in Tehran, in Pahlavi Iran, in 1938.{{Cite web |title=Vatansız Bir İnsanım Ben |url=http://www.yeniaktuel.com.tr/dun101-2,212@2100.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203034905/http://www.yeniaktuel.com.tr/dun101-2,212@2100.html |archive-date=3 December 2013 |access-date=30 October 2010 |publisher=yeniaktuel.com.tr |place=İstanbul |pages=2. sayfa |language=Turkish}} He began playing the violin at the age of 8.{{Cite web |title=Farid Farjad İzmir'de |url=http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/farid-farjad-izmirde.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504052006/http://www.aa.com.tr/tr/farid-farjad-izmirde.html |archive-date=4 May 2015 |access-date=30 October 2010 |publisher=aa.com.tr |place=İzmir |language=Turkish}} In 1966, he completed his master's degree in classical music at the Tehran Conservatory of Music, and in his next step, he undertook important duties in the Tehran Symphony Orchestra.{{Cite web |title=Kültür Sanat ve Edebiyat Dergisi "D'Oku" |url=http://okulweb.meb.gov.tr/51/01/962156/belgeler/okul_dergisi.pdf |access-date=30 October 2010 |publisher=okulweb.meb.gov.tr |place=Niğde 75. Yıl M. Göker Anadolu Tekstil Meslek Lisesi |pages=8. sayfa |language=Turkish}}{{Dead link|date=Aralık 2022}} Farjad, who has knowledge of Persian folk music, also worked on classical western music with the violin. These works have played an important role in the development of Persian Music.
Farjad left his country before the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and settled in California,{{Cite web |title=Vatansız Bir İnsanım Ben |url=http://www.yeniaktuel.com.tr/dun101-2,212@2100.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203034905/http://www.yeniaktuel.com.tr/dun101-2,212@2100.html |archive-date=3 December 2013 |access-date=30 October 2010 |publisher=yeniaktuel.com.tr |place=İstanbul |pages=2. sayfa |language=Turkish}} later becoming a U.S. citizen. After the revolution, music was declared "haram" and banned in Iran; Farjad and many other Persian musicians were banned from entering the country.{{Cite web |title=Vatansız Bir İnsanım Ben |url=http://www.yeniaktuel.com.tr/dun101-1,212@2100.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415093754/http://www.yeniaktuel.com.tr/dun101-1,212@2100.html |archive-date=15 April 2015 |access-date=30 October 2010 |publisher=yeniaktuel.com.tr |place=İstanbul |pages=1. sayfa |language=Turkish}} Although he has lived in Los Angeles for years,{{Cite web |date=20 March 2010 |title=Farid Farjad: Türkiye'den başka hiçbir ülkede bu kadar sahiplenilmedim |url=http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=963519&title=farid-farjad-turkiyeden-baska-hicbir-ulkede-bu-kadar-sahiplenilmedimb-b&haberSayfa=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325015946/http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=963519&title=farid-farjad-turkiyeden-baska-hicbir-ulkede-bu-kadar-sahiplenilmedimb-b&haberSayfa=1 |archive-date=25 March 2010 |access-date=30 October 2010 |publisher=zaman.com.tr |place=İstanbul |pages=2. sayfa |language=Turkish}} he continues to describe himself as Iranian and Persian rather than American.
Farjad has an album series consisting of five albums called Anroozha (Those Days){{Cite web |date=7 May 1999 |title=Music, Farid Farjad |url=http://www.iranian.com/Music/Farjad/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501005839/http://iranian.com/Music/Farjad/index.html |archive-date=1 May 2014 |access-date=30 October 2010 |publisher=iranian.com |language=English}} which he created using only piano and violin.{{Cite web |title=Farid Farjad - eWorld Records |url=http://www.eworldrecords.com/faridfarjad.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914195051/http://www.eworldrecords.com/faridfarjad.html |archive-date=14 September 2014 |access-date=30 October 2010 |publisher=eworldrecords.com |language=English}} In addition, two collective albums called Golha Orchestra are among the artist's works. In these albums, Farjad, in his own words, put the sadness in nature into notes. He stated that one of the reasons for the formation of his albums in this direction was that he was away from his country after the revolution and had to live far from his country.{{Cite web |date=20 March 2010 |title=Farid Farjad: Türkiye'den başka hiçbir ülkede bu kadar sahiplenilmedim |url=http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=963519&title=farid-farjad-turkiyeden-baska-hicbir-ulkede-bu-kadar-sahiplenilmedimb-b&haberSayfa=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325015946/http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=963519&title=farid-farjad-turkiyeden-baska-hicbir-ulkede-bu-kadar-sahiplenilmedimb-b&haberSayfa=1 |archive-date=25 March 2010 |access-date=30 October 2010 |publisher=zaman.com.tr |place=İstanbul |pages=2. sayfa |language=Turkish}}
In the first four albums of the Anroozha series, Farjad was accompanied by Abdi Yamini on the piano, and in the fifth album, his wife Mitra Tavakkoli Farjad accompanied him on the piano.
Albums
{{Track listing
| headline = Anroozha 1
| title1 = Dokhtare Booyr Ahmady
| length1 = 5:59
| title2 = Shekare Ahoo Va Jane Maryam
| length2 = 4:52
| title3 = Simin Bary
| length3 = 3:50
| title4 = Ahange Azari
| length4 = 8:47
| title5 = Goleh Sang
| length5 = 3:33
| title6 = Mara Beboos
| length6 = 5:02
| title7 = Daryache Noor
| length7 = 3:55
| title8 = Tak Derakhti
| length8 = 4:03
| title9 = Yellow Galin
| length9 = 3:37
| title10 = Shaneh
| length10 = 2:49
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Anroozha 2
| title1 = Dokhtare Booyr Ahmady
| length1 = 5:59
| title2 = Shekare Ahoo Va Jane Maryam
| length2 = 4:52
| title3 = Simin Bary
| length3 = 3:50
| title4 = Ahange Azari
| length4 = 8:47
| title5 = Goleh Sang
| length5 = 3:33
| title6 = Mara Beboos
| length6 = 5:02
| title7 = Daryache Noor
| length7 = 3:55
| title8 = Tak Derakhti
| length8 = 4:03
| title9 = Sari Galin
| length9 = 3:37
| title10 = Shaneh
| length10 = 2:49
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Anroozha 3
| title1 = Hasood
| length1 = 5:02
| title2 = Magnoone
| length2 = 4:47
| title3 = Arshin Malalan
| length3 = 3:47
| title4 = Bordi Az Yadam
| length4 = 4:44
| title5 = Shab Bood Biaban Bood
| length5 = 3:03
| title6 = Dele Divaneh
| length6 = 3:00
| title7 = Masti
| length7 = 5:38
| title8 = Bekhatereh Tou
| length8 = 3:30
| title9 = Agrabe Zolfe Kaje
| length9 = 4:52
| title10 = Ahange Armani
| length10 = 4:18
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Anroozha 4
| title1 = Taghatam Deh
| length1 = 4:12
| title2 = Gole Pamchal
| length2 = 5:32
| title3 = Beyade Gity
| length3 = 4:37
| title4 = Pari Kojaee
| length4 = 6:19
| title5 = Robabeh Jan
| length5 = 3:13
| title6 = Sange Khara
| length6 = 6:50
| title7 = Safar
| length7 = 4:19
| title8 = Amad Amma
| length8 = 4:06
| title9 = Sooratgare Naghashe Chin
| length9 = 8:06
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Anroozha 5
| title1 = Golha
| length1 = 4:44
| title2 = Soltane Ghalba
| length2 = 4:45
| title3 = Esfehan
| length3 = 6:05
| title4 = Davigh
| length4 = 6:14
| title5 = Gnosienne
| length5 = 4:30
| title6 = Ashegh Shodam Man
| length6 = 6:57
| title7 = Goftegoo
| length7 = 4:05
| title8 = Ashegham Man
| length8 = 5:50
| title9 = Kordi
| length9 = 3:11
| title10 = Bahare Delneshin
| length10 = 4:32
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Kayıp
| title1 = Loss
| length1 = 5:16
| title2 = Leyla
| length2 = 5:08
| title3 = He Left My Heart
| length3 = 3:37
| title4 = My Tears, Overture
| length4 = 2:44
| title5 = My tears
| length5 = 5:14
| title6 = Broken Heart
| length6 = 5:35
| title7 = Street of Pain, Overture
| length7 = 1:38
| title8 = Street of Pain
| length8 = 4:43
| title9 = Where are you, Fairy?
| length9 = 6:49
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Source
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External links
- [https://youtube.com/channel/UCUmLDpsuzxfjOe3iQyAKeTA Youtube channel]
- [https://open.spotify.com/artist/4OpgGR0sYIwrfYZgklLWnk Spotify artist page]
- [http://peramusic.com/ Pera Music] (record label)
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