Maryam Akhondy (singer) with her ensemble Barbad will have a concert in Duisburg-Germany, as a part of an internationally
known festival "Ruhr Triennale 2008" on 29.08.08.
Sarmast means intoxicated... and Maryam had been intoxicated each time she would read lyrics by some of the great old Persian
poets such as Hafez, Attar or Khayyam. Inspired by these lyrics she composed songs in the style of classical Iranian art and
mystical music.
Maryam Akhondy & Ensemble Barbad; at Musica Sacra International Marktoberdorf 2004
Biography of Maryam Akhondy
Maryam Akhondy, was born in Tehran, Iran. Being as a school student, she won several prizes at singing competitions.
First studied Persian vocal music with the late maestro Esmail Mehrtash. Maryam studied Persian vocal Radif repertoire
in known Cultural and Artistic Institute named Chavosh with maestro Nasrollah Nassehpoor, nationally recognized master of
the classical Persian vocal music.
She studied science of theater at the Academy of Arts too.
As a soloist, she took part of several Radio and Television Productions and had first concerts with Iranian musicians
in Europe.
Since 1986 that she lives in Germany, worked together with several musicians from different cultures, initiated her own
musical and theatrical projects, which makes her one of the best known Iranian musicians in Europe.
Besides singing for several years with the international known band "Schäl Sick Brass Band", she leads several
classical Iranian ensembles and has won several prizes for her recordings.
She is the leader of the Ensemble Barbad, an orchestra for classical Persian art music, as well as of the Iranian women's
choir Banu, a unique ensemble of its kind.
Her current CDs are "Sarmast" with Ensemble Barbad and "BANU" songs of Persian women (LAIKA-Records).
