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Browse piano sheets by فرهاد مهراد on Zen Virtual Piano. Farhad Mehrad (فرهاد مهراد) was born on 20 January 1944 in Tehran, and his father, Reza Mehrad, was an Iranian diplomat. At three Farhad stayed outside his brother's room, listening to violin lessons, and his family bought him a cello. After three lessons the cello broke, and as Farhad describes it, "The instrument broke into pieces so did my soul". After quitting high school in grade 11, he met an Armenian music band, The Four Elfs, learned music on their instruments, and became the band's guitar player. The cello that ended after three lessons and the guitar he took up in The Four Elfs may suggest an instrumental path that changed course. The band went to southern Iran to play at the Iranian Oil Company Club, and before the first night's show it was decided that Farhad would be the singer because the vocalist was absent. In 1967 Farhad joined the Black Cats as vocalist, guitar player and piano player. The decision at the Oil Company Club to make him the singer and his joining the Black Cats as vocalist may point to a thread of vocal work running through both. In 1969 Farhad sang "Marde Tanha" ("A Lonely Man") for the movie Reza Motori, a song composed by Esfandyar Monfaredzadeh with lyrics by Shahyar Ghanbari. After Marde Tanha, Farhad released just three singles from 1971 until 1973, because he sang only songs with a message he believed in. Gonjeshkak Ashi Mashi (گنجشکک اشی مشی) is an Iranian proverb, probably with Kazerun roots, and Pari Zangeneh and then Farhad Mehrad sang a song based on it. The credited writers of Marde Tanha and the proverb behind Gonjeshkak Ashi Mashi may point to a repertoire that included songs originating outside his own writing. After the revolution, the Islamic government turned its back on Farhad and refused many times to let him publish an album. Farhad was granted permission to release his first album, Khab Dar Bidari ("Sleep while Awake"), in 1993, after 15 years of silence, and it rose to the top of the charts as soon as it came out. Farhad planned an album to be named Amin (Amen), made up of songs from various countries in several languages. He began recording it but died before finishing. The repeated refusals of permission after the revolution and the unfinished Amin may point to an output limited both by official refusals and by his death. Farhad's illness became serious in September 2000, following two years of treatment in Iran and France. He died in Paris on 31 August 2002 of a malignant form of hepatitis C. After his death, a museum of his personal items was founded at the cinema-museum in Tehran. Two documentaries about him, Farhad's Fridays and Snow, have also been made. His joining the Black Cats in 1967 and the 1993 release of Khab Dar Bidari may suggest a career that spanned both band work and album releases.
Browse piano sheets by فرهاد مهراد on Zen Virtual Piano.
Farhad Mehrad (فرهاد مهراد) was born on 20 January 1944 in Tehran, and his father, Reza Mehrad, was an Iranian diplomat. At three Farhad stayed outside his brother's room, listening to violin lessons, and his family bought him a cello. After three lessons the cello broke, and as Farhad describes it, "The instrument broke into pieces so did my soul". After quitting high school in grade 11, he met an Armenian music band, The Four Elfs, learned music on their instruments, and became the band's guitar player. The cello that ended after three lessons and the guitar he took up in The Four Elfs may suggest an instrumental path that changed course.
The band went to southern Iran to play at the Iranian Oil Company Club, and before the first night's show it was decided that Farhad would be the singer because the vocalist was absent. In 1967 Farhad joined the Black Cats as vocalist, guitar player and piano player. The decision at the Oil Company Club to make him the singer and his joining the Black Cats as vocalist may point to a thread of vocal work running through both.
In 1969 Farhad sang "Marde Tanha" ("A Lonely Man") for the movie Reza Motori, a song composed by Esfandyar Monfaredzadeh with lyrics by Shahyar Ghanbari. After Marde Tanha, Farhad released just three singles from 1971 until 1973, because he sang only songs with a message he believed in. Gonjeshkak Ashi Mashi (گنجشکک اشی مشی) is an Iranian proverb, probably with Kazerun roots, and Pari Zangeneh and then Farhad Mehrad sang a song based on it. The credited writers of Marde Tanha and the proverb behind Gonjeshkak Ashi Mashi may point to a repertoire that included songs originating outside his own writing.
After the revolution, the Islamic government turned its back on Farhad and refused many times to let him publish an album. Farhad was granted permission to release his first album, Khab Dar Bidari ("Sleep while Awake"), in 1993, after 15 years of silence, and it rose to the top of the charts as soon as it came out. Farhad planned an album to be named Amin (Amen), made up of songs from various countries in several languages. He began recording it but died before finishing. The repeated refusals of permission after the revolution and the unfinished Amin may point to an output limited both by official refusals and by his death.
Farhad's illness became serious in September 2000, following two years of treatment in Iran and France. He died in Paris on 31 August 2002 of a malignant form of hepatitis C. After his death, a museum of his personal items was founded at the cinema-museum in Tehran. Two documentaries about him, Farhad's Fridays and Snow, have also been made. His joining the Black Cats in 1967 and the 1993 release of Khab Dar Bidari may suggest a career that spanned both band work and album releases.
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Farhad Mehrad (فرهاد مهراد) was born on 20 January 1944 in Tehran and sang as part of the Black Cats, which he joined in 1967 as vocalist, guitar player and piano player.
Gonjeshkak Ashi Mashi is an Iranian proverb, probably with Kazerun roots. Pari Zangeneh and then Farhad Mehrad sang a song based on it.
After the revolution, the Islamic government refused many times to let Farhad Mehrad publish an album. After 15 years of silence, Farhad Mehrad was finally granted permission in 1993 to release Khab Dar Bidari, which topped the charts straight away.
Farhad Mehrad's illness became serious in September 2000, after two years of treatment in Iran and France. He died of a malignant form of hepatitis C in Paris on 31 August 2002, before finishing the album Amin.