Daryā Dādvar, is an accomplished Iranian soprano

Soprano

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 soloist and composer living in Paris

Paris

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, France

France

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.

Education

Darya is a native of Rasht but grew up in Tehran

Tehran

Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

. In 1991 she left Iran for France where she studied music. She is a graduate of The National Conservatory in Toulouse

Toulouse

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, France. She obtained her Diplome d'Etude Musical in voice in June 1999 and subsequently completed a four-year professional course in the Baroque style at the Conservatory of Toulouse in 2000. Darya further holds a postgraduate Master of Arts

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 degree from School of Fine Arts of Toulouse (Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse).

Career

Darya has given concert performances in Canada

Canada

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, France, Germany

Germany

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, Iran

Iran

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, Sweden

Sweden

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 and United States of America

United States

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. In 2002, Darya was a guest performer in Tehran with the Armenia

Armenia

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n Symphony Orchestra in the role of Tahmineh, in a work composed and directed by Loris Tjeknavorian

Loris Tjeknavorian

Loris Tjeknavorian is a contemporary Iranian-Armenian composer and conductor...

 based on the tragedy of Rostam and Sohrab

Rostam and Sohrab

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, one of the most fascinating tales of Ferdowsi's

Ferdowsi

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 Shahnameh

Shahnameh

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(The Book of Kings). As well as in English

English language

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, French

French language

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, German

German language

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, Italian

Italian language

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 and Persian

Persian language

Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...

, Darya sings in different native languages of Iran, such as Armenian

Armenian language

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, Azeri

Azerbaijani language

Azerbaijani or Azeri or Torki is a language belonging to the Turkic language family, spoken in southwestern Asia by the Azerbaijani people, primarily in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran...

, Gilaki

Gileki language

The Gilaki language is a Caspian language, and a member of the northwestern Iranian language branch, spoken in Iran's Gīlān Province.The language is divided into three dialects: Western Gilaki, Eastern Gilaki, and Galeshi . Furthermore, the Gilaki language is closely related to Mazanderani, and the...

, Kurdish

Kurdish language

Kurdish is a dialect continuum spoken by the Kurds in western Asia. It is part of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian group of Indo-European languages....

 and Mazandarani

Mazandarani language

Mazandarani or Tabari is an Iranian language of the Northwestern branch, spoken mainly in Iran's Mazandaran, Gilan and Golestan provinces...

.

See also

• Music of Iran
  Music of Iran
  The music of Iran has thousands of years of history, as seen in the archeological documents of Elam, one of the earliest world cultures,which was located in southwestern Iran...
  
  
• List of Iranian musicians
• List of famous Persian women
• Iranian women and Persian music
  Iranian women and Persian music
  Persian music owes partly its maturity to the significant efforts made by accomplished female musicians, instrumentalists and vocalists throughout the history.- Persian women musicians in Ancient Iran :...
  
  

External links

• Darya Dadvar's official website
• Interviews with Darya Dadvar: Friday 4 March 2005 (BBC Persian) and Saturday 19 May 2007 (BBC Persian).
• Video summaries of some of Darya Dadvar's public performances (YouTube).
• Rostam and Sohrab, by Hakim Abol-Qasem Ferdowsi Tousi, translated into English by Helen Zimmern
  Helen Zimmern
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  (Iran Chamber Society).