Giti Pashaei

Giti Pashaei
Giti Pashaei
گیتی پاشایی
	Giti
Born	June 13, 1940; Tehran, Iran
Died	May 7, 1995 (aged 54); Tehran, Iran
Cause of death	cancer
Resting place	Tehran
Nationality	Iran
Education	Architecture
Occupation(s)	Singer, composer, actor
Spouse	Masoud Kimiai (m. 1969⁠–⁠1991)
Children	Poulad Kimiayi (b. 1980)
Relatives	Jafar Mansoori (grandfather)
	Musical career
Also known as	Giti Pashayi, Gity
Origin	Tehran
Genres	pop
Labels	Vinzomusic Ltd.

Giti Pashaei (Persian: گیتی پاشایی) (sometimes as Giti Pashayi, June 13, 1940 – May 7, 1995) was an Iranian singer and musician.^[1] Her name, "Giti", means "world" in original Pahlavi. Giti was one of the most popular Iranian singers of the late 1960s and 1970s.

Biography

Giti Pashaei was born on June 13, 1940, in Tehran, Iran. She inherited her passion for music from her grandfather, Jafar Mansoori, who was known as a poet and musician. Her early life was spent attending the master-classes of such musicians as Faramarz Payvar, Mehdi Forough and Mahmoud Karimi. She continued her education in New York, where she obtained a diploma in architecture and also studied orchestration and harmony and became a composer. She became famous with her song "Gol-e Maryam" (The Maria Flower).

In 1979, Islamic Revolution put an end to her singing career. Women were forbidden to sing in public. Later on, she composed many soundtracks for Iranian movies after the revolution in 1979. As a composer, most of the time she worked with her husband Masoud Kimiai, an film director, whom she married in 1969.

Personal life

Giti married to Masoud Kimiai, an Iranian film director,^[2] in 1969. In the late 1980s, she moved to Hamburg, Germany, where she researched Western Church and Baroque music. The couple was separated in 1991, and had a son Poulad Kimiayi, a pianist, who was born on 14 July in 1980.

She died of cancer in Tehran on 7 May 1995. Her songs and compositions are still heard abroad.

Works

Discography

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

Memorable songs

Gol-e Maryam
Molana
Shirin Sokhan
Bot-e Ayyar
Lili Hozak
Kaniz

Compilation

Arezooha (1995)
Gole Maryam (1996)
Rangarang: Pre-revolutionary Iranian Pop (2011, as co-artist)

Filmography

as actor

Safar sang (The Journey of the Stone, 1978), as Fatemeh

as composer

Blade and Silk (1986)
Tigh o abrisham (1987)
Sorb (The Lead, 1989), as Giti Pashayi
The Snake Fang (1989)
Goroohban (The Sergeant, 1991), as Giti Pashayi

References

^ LLC Books (2010). Iranian Musicians: Shahin Najafi, Antikarisma, Jamshid, Dariush Talai, Hichkas, Mahdyar Aghajani, Shakila, Masoud Fuladi, Mehrdad Minavand (2010 ed.). General Books LLC. ISBN 9781155936284. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
^ Ginsberg, Terri; Lippard, Chris (11 March 2010). Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema (illustrated, 2010 ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 237. ISBN 9780810873643. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

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[LLC_Books-1] LLC Books (2010). Iranian Musicians: Shahin Najafi, Antikarisma, Jamshid, Dariush Talai, Hichkas, Mahdyar Aghajani, Shakila, Masoud Fuladi, Mehrdad Minavand (2010 ed.). General Books LLC. ISBN 9781155936284. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

[Eastern_Cinema-2] Ginsberg, Terri; Lippard, Chris (11 March 2010). Historical Dictionary of Middle Eastern Cinema (illustrated, 2010 ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 237. ISBN 9780810873643. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

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