Maryam Akhondy

Maryam Akhondy, born 1957, is a classical trained singer from Teheran/Islamic Republic of Iran. She was student of Ostad Esmail Mehrtasch and Ostad Nassrollah Nassehpour, two masters of classical Iranian music. Because of the difficult situation for artists in Iran after the Islamic Revolution of 1979 – especially female artists – she moved to Europe and lives since 1986 in Cologne (Germany).

After 1986 Maryam Akhondy started working with other Iranian musicians in exil. With “Nawa” and „Tschakawak“ – both groups of traditional classical Iranian music – she performed in Germany and Scandinavia.

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