Sima Bina
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Simā Binā (born 1944 in Birjand
, Iran
) is notable Persian classical musician and Iran's researcher, composer, singer and song-writer of Iranian folk music
. She is currently living in Cologne
, Germany
.
.
Her main focus is Iranian folk music. Bina has been able to gather and revive a collection of almost forgotten Iranian folk songs and melodies. A captivating vocalist, Sima Bina is one of the leading exponents of the traditional music of Khorasan
. For decades she has done extensive research on Persian folk songs, collecting, recording, writing and re-interpreting popular regional music. Her works cover the whole spectrum of Iranian folk music including Mazandarani music, Kurdish music
, Turkmen music, Baloch music, Lor music.
Since 1993, Sima Bina has been invited to present her collection of Persian folk songs in festivals all over the world, including "97 Världen I Norden" in Norway
, and "99 WDR Weltmusik Festival" in Bonn
, Germany
.
Due to her devotion and dedication to the Iranian folk music, Sima Bina can now see the materialization of thirty years of meticulous work by making her music known worldwide.
Birjand
Birjand is the east Iranian provincial capital of South Khorasan and the centre of the county Birjand resp. Quhestan, known for its saffron, barberry, rug and handmade carpet exports....
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
) is notable Persian classical musician and Iran's researcher, composer, singer and song-writer of Iranian folk music
Iranian folk music
Despite all common roots the folk music in each different part of Iran has certain characteristics in correlation with its native myths, dialects, geographical and social situation...
. She is currently living in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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Career
Began to learn music when she was 9 under the driection of her father Ahmad Bina an Iranian Classical musician and poet, After graduating from Tehran University in 1969 with a major in Arts, Sima Bina continued and completed her studies with master Abdollah DavamiAbdollah Davami
Abdollah Davami was an Iranian musician and singer of traditional Iranian music.-References:*Haghighat, A., Honarmandan e Irani az Aghaz ta Emrooz, Koomesh Publication, 2004,...
.
Her main focus is Iranian folk music. Bina has been able to gather and revive a collection of almost forgotten Iranian folk songs and melodies. A captivating vocalist, Sima Bina is one of the leading exponents of the traditional music of Khorasan
Greater Khorasan
Greater Khorasan or Ancient Khorasan is a historical region of Greater Iran mentioned in sources from Sassanid and Islamic eras which "frequently" had a denotation wider than current three provinces of Khorasan in Iran...
. For decades she has done extensive research on Persian folk songs, collecting, recording, writing and re-interpreting popular regional music. Her works cover the whole spectrum of Iranian folk music including Mazandarani music, Kurdish music
Kurdish music
Kurdish music refers to music performed in Kurdish language.Traditionally, there are three types of Kurdish Classical performers - storytellers , minstrels and bards . There was no specific music related to the Kurdish princely courts, and instead, music performed in night gatherings is...
, Turkmen music, Baloch music, Lor music.
Since 1993, Sima Bina has been invited to present her collection of Persian folk songs in festivals all over the world, including "97 Världen I Norden" in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, and "99 WDR Weltmusik Festival" in Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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Due to her devotion and dedication to the Iranian folk music, Sima Bina can now see the materialization of thirty years of meticulous work by making her music known worldwide.
External links
- Sima Bina: Official website
- Sima Bina sings some Khorasani and MazandaraniMazandaran ProvinceMazandaran Province is a Caspian province in the north of Iran. Located on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, it is bordered clockwise by the Golestan, Semnan, Tehran, Alborz, Qazvin, and Gilan provinces....
folk-songs, 2007, YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/v/4Ap9Jw9Nydo&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1 (7 min 33 sec); http://www.youtube.com/v/i0ao2dVWljU&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1 (3 min 48 sec); http://www.youtube.com/v/bqqOaDzjsi0&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1 (7 min 12 sec). - Sima Bina sings Aziz Beshi[n] be Kenārom (My Love Sit Next to Me), YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/v/kvnyy29avrE&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&border=1 (4 min 30 sec).
- Bahār Navāi, Motherly Hums, in Persian, Jadid Online, 30 December 2009, http://www.jadidonline.com/story/30122009/frnk/sima_bina_lullabies.
• Audio slideshow: http://www.jadidonline.com/images/stories/flash_multimedia/Sima_bina_lullabies_test/sim_high.html (6 min 31 sec).