Homeyra
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Parvaneh Amir-Afshari (; born March 17, 1945), better known by her stage name Homeyra (), is an Iranian singer. She is a veteran celebrity of golden age for Iranian music. According to her teacher, Ali Tajvidi her voice is from alto to soprano. Homeyra, with more than half a century of artistic activity, has a legendary popularity among the Iranian people.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1945-03-17
Discography
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Homeyra (Persian: حميرا) is the stage name of Iranian singer Parvaneh Amir-Afshari (Persian: پروانه امير افشاری). She is a veteran celebrity of Iran's Golden Years of music. Her voice has been measured to span six octaves. She currently continues her music career from Los Angeles, her home since her exile after the Iranian Revolution. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Homeyra">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Homeyra
- Musical artist.image
- Homeyra.jpg
- Musical artist.image_size
- 220px
- Musical artist.background
- solo_singer
- Musical artist.native_name
- حميرا
- Musical artist.native_name_lang
- tr
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Parvaneh Amir-Afshari()
- Musical artist.alias
- Homeyra, Homayra, Homeira
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Tahran, Imperial State of Iran
- Musical artist.genre
- Persian traditional music, Jazz Fusion, Pop
- Musical artist.occupation
- Singer
- Musical artist.instrument
- Vocal
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1965–present
- Musical artist.label
- Taraneh Records, Caltex Records, Pars Video, Avang Records
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Iran
- Place of birth
- Tehran
- Spouse
- Ali Tajvidi
- Occupation
- singer
- Religion
- Islam
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Homeyra 5.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- name in native language
- پروانه امیرافشاری
- name
- Homayra
- Commons category
- Homeyra
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- date of birth
- 1945-03-17
- birth name
- পারভানে আমির-আফসারি
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Parvaneh Amir-Afshari (; born March 17, 1945), better known by her stage name Homeyra (), is an Iranian singer. She is a veteran celebrity of golden age for Iranian music. According to her teacher, Ali Tajvidi her voice is from alto to soprano. Homeyra, with more than half a century of artistic activity, has a legendary popularity among the Iranian people.
==Early life== Parvaneh Amir-Afshari was born on March 17, 1945, to an aristocratic Iranian family in Tehran, Iran. Her family is from Zanjan..
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