Davood Azad

Davood Azad (born 6 October 1963) is an Iranian singer, multi-instrumental musician and composer[4][5] who sings both Iranian classical music and Azeri folk music.[6][7] He is the first Iranian lecturer invited to Oxford University to lecture about Iranian music & its forms.[8][9]

Davood Azad
Background information
Born6 October 1963
Urmia, Iran
Occupation(s)Singer, musician & composer[1][2]
InstrumentsTar, setar, tanbour, oud, daf & robab[3]

Davood Azad was born in Urmia, Azerbaijan. He is an ethnic Iranian Azerbaijani multi-instrumentalist and vocalist in Iranian classical music, Azerbaijani folk music, Ancient Persian music, and Persian Sufi music.

In his work "The Divan of Rumi & Bach" Azad joins Iranian Traditional music with Bach's famous melodies.[10]

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