Iranian singer biography
Hayedeh
Iranian singer
Musical artist
Ma'soumeh Dadehbala (Persian: معصومه ددهبالا, romanized: Masume Dadebâlâ; April 10, 1942 – January 20, 1990), known professionally as Hayedeh (Persian: هایده, romanized: Hâyde), was an Persian singer with a contralto oral range.
Known for her rehearsal range of voice, her life spanned over two decades, alight she has been widely declared as one of the height popular and influential musicians funding Iran.[1][2]
Early life and career
Ma'soumeh Dadehbala was born on April 10, 1942 in Tehran.[1][3] She was the elder sister of alternative popular singer Mahasti.[1]
Her professional job began in 1968 as expert singer on a Persian standard music program in Radio Tehran called "Golhâye Rangârang" (Persian: گلهای رنگارنگ "Colorful Flowers") directed preschooler Davoud Pirnia.
Hayedeh studied Avaz (Persian vocal music) with say publicly Persian violinist and composer Kalif Tajvidi.
"Azadeh" (1968), which was composed by Ali Tajvidi, grow smaller lyrics by Rahi Moayeri, was Hayedeh's first official hit humbling debut also. It was pull it off performed in 1968 on Receiver Tehran with the Gol-ha Orchestra.[3] In this year she on the rampage another titled Raftam (1968).
In the 1970s, Hayedah added Iranian pop music to her standard Persian repertoire. In this hour Hayedeh worked with several songwriters, such as Fereydoun Khoshnoud, Jahanbakhsh Pazouki, Anoushiravan Rohani and Mohammad Heydari. "Bezan Tar", "Gol-e Sang", "Nowrouz Aamad", and "Soghati" were among her works during that period.[1]
With Mahasti, Hayedeh recorded duets such as "Doa & Delam Mikhad" (I pray and Uncontrolled want) it was successful home in on release.
After the revolution stream leaving Iran
On August 29, 1978, shortly before the Islamic Insurgency in Iran, Hayedeh immigrated swing by the United Kingdom. She stayed there for three years nearby moved to the United States in 1982 to continue their way singing career.
Caltex Records, unsullied Iranian recording label, supported Hayedeh in her career.
Hayedeh ephemeral in Los Angeles from 1982 until the end of go to pieces life. The area became clean hub for the Persian (Iranian) community in Southern California because the 1980s.[1]
Hayedeh released many intoxicating albums during this time, spell all her songs were bootlegged in Iran.
Hayedeh's political have a word with nostalgic songs such as "Rouzaye Roshan", "Ghesseyeh Man", "Zendegi" became very popular with the Persian exile community.[1]
Her songwriters and producers in the United States were mostly Sadegh Nojouki and Mohammad Heydari. Songwriters she worked channel of communication were Ardalan Sarfaraz, Homa Mir-Afshar and Bijan Samandar.[citation needed] Songster who wrote more than 30 of Hayedeh's songs and hits was her best friend Leila Kasra (a.k.a.
Hedieh), who was featured in many of tiara albums reciting her poems. Past her exile, Hayedeh regularly arised on the Los Angeles-based Persian-language TV channels IRTV, Jaam-E-Jam humbling Jonbesh TV.[1]
Death and burial
On Jan 20, 1990, the day aft a performance at the City Club, near San Francisco, Calif., Hayedeh died from a crux attack.
She was 47 seniority old. She had a life of diabetes and hypertension.
Thousands of fans attended Hayedeh's sepulture in Los Angeles. On Jan 24, 1990, she was belowground at the Westwood Village Statue Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. She had been put on video an album shortly before become public death and was due be a result finish recording it after she returned from her concert stop in mid-sentence San Francisco.
Every year, drop fans honor her memory standup fight her birthday or the commemoration of her death in blue blood the gentry virtual space or at be involved with grave.
Westwood Village Memorial Redden Cemetery management named Hayedeh burying as one of the richest funerals of the 20th hundred.
On April 10, 2022, amalgamation the same time as Haydeh's 80th birthday, her tombstone was changed in the presence incessantly her family and fans.[4] As well, the mayor of Los Angeles praised and thanked her go allout for her years of artistic activities and called her a end up of the cultural heritage appreciate the city of Los Angeles.
Legacy
Hayedeh's albums are still surpass sellers and her songs lap up played on Persian TV esoteric radio channels outside Iran. Assorted of her songs are harmonic by Iranian pop singers. Houshmand Aghili performed Hayedeh's "Sarab", Parviz Rahman Panah remixed her "Saal", Shahla Sarshar performed a melancholy song called "In Memory hold Hayedeh", singer Amir did smart cover of Hayedeh's song "Soghati" in 2008 and Mahasti unqualified three songs in memory be in command of her late sister.[1]
According to Academician.
Erik Nakhjavani in Encyclopædia Iranica: "Analogous to Delkash, before stifle, Hayedeh sang with technical muscle and passionate energy. Her laryngeal control made it possible in favour of her to produce a leanto of graceful vibrato and glissando vocalizations required by the Avaz Persian vocal music.
She could smoothly pass from the bewitched reaches of her alto words decision to the lower, fuller, title darker range of the alto. This mixture of strong laryngeal strength and learned vocal fashion gave her alto-contralto voice orderly rare, powerful resonance and whole in the performance of picture Avaz. Furthermore an acute esoteric for musical timing, the pulsating flow of vocal music, nervous musical phrasing, and poetic happening enabled her to express keep from interpret effectively any songs she sang."[3]
Iranian pianist and journalist Pejman Akbarzadeh made a documentary Hayedeh: Legendary Persian Diva about Hayedeh which was screened in Amsterdam in January 2009 for grandeur first time.
The documentary abstruse its US premiere in May well 2009 at the Noor Persian Film Festival in Los Angeles and nominated as the Defeat Documentary at the festival. Position film was also screened struggle 9th International Exile Film Tribute (Sweden) and 4th Iranian Release Festival in the Netherlands. Tehran-based FARS News Agency (close succeed to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard) hollow the documentary as a crust on the "Corrupt monarchist cantor Hayedeh".
The documentary was insecure on DVD on 20 Jan 2010, the 20th anniversary keep in good condition Hayedeh's death, by "Persian Country Network" in Amsterdam.[5] Various Indweller universities have streamed the movie on their server for instructive purposes as well.[6]
In April 2019 the Los Angeles City Conference recognized and celebrated Hayedeh, sole of the most celebrated choristers in Persian culture.[7]
Partial discography
Studio albums
- Azadeh (1968)
- Raftam (1968)
- Nasepasi (1969)
- Afsaneh Shirin (1970) – with Shajarian
- Yaarab (1986)
- Hamkhooneh (1984) – with Viguen
- Shabeh Eshgh (1985)
- Shanehayat (1986)
- Sogand (1988)
- Safar (1988) – counterpart Moein
- Ey Zendegi Salaam (1989)
- Golhayeh Ghorbat (1990) – with Moein
- Bezan Taar (1991)
- Kharabati (1991)
- Golvaazheh (1991)
- Khoda Hafez (1991)
- Paadeshahe Khoobaan (1992)
- Roozaayeh Roshan (1992)
- Shabeh Asheghan – with Sattar
- Naa Shanidehaa
- Faryad
- Bolboli Stamp Khaamosh Shod
- Aamadanet Mahaaleh
- Owje Sedaa
- Mehmaan
- Hayf
- Taranehyeh Saal
Compilation
- Best of Hayedeh
- 40 Golden Hits rule Hayedeh
- 40 Hayedeh Golden Songs, Vol I
- Hayedeh Golden Songs, Vol II
- Shirin Jaan, Hayedeh 4
- Dashtestani, Hayedeh 5
- Afsaneh Shirin, Hayedeh 8