Mehran Mehrnia

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Mehran Mehrnia
مهران مهرنیا
BornJuly 13, 1969
Hamedan, Iran
GenresClassical Persian Music
OccupationsMusician, composer
InstrumentsTar, Setar
Years active1990–present

Mehran Mehrnia (Persian: مهران مهرنیا; born 13 July 1969) is an Iranian classical musician, tar and setar player and composer. He is the founder and the lead performer of Homayoun Ensemble.[1]

Mehrnia has published several albums including Naghmeh-ye Hamrazan[2] collaboration with Iranian singer Salar Aghili and Tale'e Mehr[3] based on old Tasnifs by Abdollah Tale Hamedani. Mehrnia has led several group performances of Iranian classical music outside Iran including in Estonia,[4] Poland[5][6] and Vietnam.[7][8] Mehrnia has worked with Iranian musician Mohammad-Reza Lotfi and after Lotfi's death, Mehrnia has performances has been dedicated to Lotfi's memory.[9] Mehrnia composed and published a song in collaboration with Salar Aghili in memory of the Iranian healthcare workers who lost their lives during the pandemic.[10] Homayoun Ensemble led by Mehrnia and with Sepideh Jandaghi and Hana Kamkar as singers performed in the Babylon International Festival.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mehran Mehrnia". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  2. ^ Naghmeh-ye Hamrazan - Iranian Orchestral Music, retrieved 2020-08-11
  3. ^ "آلبوم "طالع مهر" به زودی راهی بازار می‌شود". اخبار سینمای ایران و جهان - سینماپرس (in Persian). 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  4. ^ "Festivitas Artium". www.festivitas.ee. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  5. ^ "Mehran Mehrnia & Hamdam Trio - Persian music concert - in the Asia-Pacific Museum".
  6. ^ "EtnoKrakow/Crossroads - Homayoon". www.etnokrakow.pl. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  7. ^ "Homayun to give concerts in Vietnam".
  8. ^ "اولين اجرای ايرانی‌ها در ويتنام با استقبال مواجه شد". Musicema.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  9. ^ "به مناسبت ۴۸ سالگی مهران مهرنیا". گفتگوی هارمونیک Harmony Talk (in Persian). 2017-07-15. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  10. ^ "سالار عقیلی برای شهدای سلامت خواند/ شنیدن "مهر خاور"". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2020-08-16. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  11. ^ "گروه موسیقی همایون به سرپرستی مهران مهرنیا روی صحنه رفت". Musicema.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2023-05-10.