Shahmirza Moradi

Shahmirza Moradi شاه میرزا مرادی
Birth name	Mohammad Moradi
Also known as	Shahmirza
Born	(1924-12-14)December 14, 1924
Origin	Dorud, Loristan, Iran
Died	December 14, 1997(1997-12-14) (aged 73)
Genres	Folk music
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Sorna
Years active	c. 1969–1993

Shahmirza Moradi (also spelled Shamirza Moradi; December 14, 1924 – December 14, 1997) was an Iranian Luri musician especially versed in playing sorna.

Biography

Moradi was born in Dorud, Loristan.

He started learning music as a child and learned Sorna from his father. In 1971, he began radio work; he then performed at the major cultural festivals in Iran, including those of Shiraz and Tehran. Thanks to the efforts of the Luri musician Ali Akbar Shekartchi, his first recordings were distributed in 1981.

In 1991, Moradi performed at the Avignon festival (southern France) and in the autumn of the same year, at two successive concerts in the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. His son, Reza Moradi, used to accompany him on the dohol; Reza Moradi is also a kamancheh player, an instrument that he learned from his father.

See also

• Sorna