Giti Pashaei

Biography

Giti Pashaei or Guitee Pashayi was born in Tehran, Iran, 13 June 1948. "Giti" means "World" in original (Pahlavi). She inherited passion for music from her grandfather, Jafar Mansoori, who was known as a poet and musician. Her early life spent attending the master-classes of such musicians as Faramarz Paywar, Mahdi Foroogh and Mahmood Karimi. She continued her education at different subjects in New York, there where she got diplomas for architecturer and composer as well. Giti was one of the most popular Iranian singers of the late 1960s and 1970s. Became famous with song "Gol-e Maryam". Later on she composed many sound tracks for Iranian movies after the revolution. As a composer, most of the time she worked with her husband Masoud Kimiai, a movie director, whom she was married since 1969. Late 1980s she lived in Hamburg, Germany, while researching Western Church and Baroque music. She died of cancer in Tehran, 7 May 1995. Her songs and pieces are still sounded abroad, particuarly in Greece, Syria and Azerbaijan.

Works

As singer: Miravam & Ye Del Daraam (album, Persian, 1969). Be Man Nakhand & Nemikham Doroogh Begi (album, Persian, 1969). Tasbih-e Sad Dooneh & Gol-e Maryam (album, Persian, 1971). Shadi Ba Man Ghahre & Rizeh Rizeh, (album, Persian, 1971). Ki Migeh Donya Ghashange & Heyfe Harf-e Mano Del Tamoom Besheh (album, Persian, 1972). Mageh Mano Khaab Bebini & Ey Vaay Ey Vaay (album, Persian, 1973). Arezooha (album, Persian, 1976). Ghoroobe & Khoda Mehrabooneh (album, Persian, 1976)

Memorable songs: Gol-e Maryam. Molana. Shirin Sokhan. Bot-e Ayyar. Lili Hozak. Kaniz.

As actress: The Journey of the Stone (movie, 1978), as Fatemeh.

As composer: Blade and Silk (movie, 1986). The Lead (movie, 1988). The Snake Fang (movie, 1989). The Sergeant (movie, 1992).

External links

[1] Official Site [2] Image Gallery [3] Music link