Mohsen Namjoo

Mohsen Namjoo (* 1976 in Torbat -e Jam in Persian محسن نامجو ) is an Iranian singer-songwriter, author, musician and Setarspieler.

Biography

Mohsen Namjoo was born in Torbat -e Jam, a small town in northeastern Iran in 1976 and grew up in a traditional family in the city of Mashhad on. Namjoos passion for music and literature was already in the earliest childhood. He liked it very much, to sing the Koran in school, was early artistic activities and participated as a child at various demonstrations. After the death of his father - Namjoo was 12 years old - decided his mother and his older brother to send him to a music school. There he was trained by Professor Nasrollah Nassehpoor. Against the wishes of his family he decided to become a professional musician and moved to Tehran to study music at the University of Tehran. To pass the entrance exam there, he had to learn an instrument. Due to its poor financial situation, it was enough in this case only to a Setar.

In 1994 he was admitted to the University of Tehran and continued his studies with a focus on theater and music. In the events of the drama he acquired knowledge of the classical drama and applied this in his ideas and songs. In 1995 his musical studies did not begin until he realized very quickly that musicology that were not what he had imagined underneath. He was very displeased with the classical teaching system of the university. After he had dealt with classically traditional Iranian music, he wanted to experiment. He tried to mix them with more modern styles. His ideas were not accepted by different bodies and often caused him trouble.

Because of its unusual ideas, its kind of song and its application to the Iranian music he was expelled in the third year of university. He then had three concerts in Tehran. Since 2000, rock and jazz music was important to him and he tried - similar to Fusion - to mix these two styles of music with traditional Iranian music. The results of these experiments were only partially etudes and recorded with very poor technique. Some of these recordings were copied throughout the country and heard from many people there. In 2006, a series of private concerts took place and he was selected at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam on " hotspot Tehran " to occur. The concert was a great success for him and extracts with an interview were even broadcast on Dutch radio. Beyond the borders of Iran Mohsen Namjoo also was known especially for the documentary " Sounds of Silence ". In the movie of Amir Hamz and Mark Lazarz the underground music scene of Tehran was portrayed, in addition, other Iranian music pioneers such as O- Hum, Hich - Kas or Emad Bonakdar can be seen there.

In July 2009 he was sentenced to five years in prison for insulting the Koran.

Training

Discography

• Toranj
• Damad Bad
• Jabr -e Joghrafiyai
• Damavand
• Gis
• Jabr
• Duzakh
• Morgh -e Sheyda
• Oy
• Alaki