Farhad Mehrad
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Farhad Mehrad |
| Also known as | Farhad |
| Born |
January 20, 1944 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | August 31, 2002 (aged 58) Paris, France |
| Genres |
Pop Rock Folk |
| Occupation(s) |
Singer Songwriter Guitarist Pianist |
| Years active | 1964–1979, 1993–2002 |
| Website | Official Site |
Farhad Mehrad (Persian: فرهاد مهراد), (January 20, 1944 - August 31, 2002) widely known in Iran as Farhad was an award winning Iranian pop, rock and folk singer, songwriter, guitarist, pianist and icon.
He rose to prominence among Iranian rock folk and pop musicians before the Iranian Revolution, but after the revolution, he was banned from singing for several years. His first concert after the Iranian Revolution was held in 1993. To this day, he is considered as one of the most influent and respected Iranian artist of all time.
Farhad is most well known for his song "Jomeh", a revolutionary song which was written in opposition to the 1908 Bombardment of the Majlis, which is regarded in Iranian history as "Jomeh Sia" or Black Friday. It's also a ballad in tribute to the Siahkal incident of 1971.
Farhad was born in Tehran. His father was Reza Mehrad, an Iranian diplomat who worked in the Arabic countries for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Being the youngest child, he always behaved differently from his family members and everyone assumed he was trying to act like an adult.
When Farhad was three years of age, his love for music was noticed when he stayed outside his brother's room, listening to his violin lessons. His family bought Farhad a cello and he started taking lessons. After 3 lessons, his cello broke and as Farhad describes "the instrument broke into pieces so did my soul". That was the end of the cello for Farhad and his love and passion for music ended up to be only listening to his brother playing the violin.
When he went to school he found a passion for literature. He decided to study literature in high school but with the absence of his father, his uncle forced him to study science despite his weak results on all other subjects other than literature and English language. His interest being ignored; he quit high school in grade 11 because he had no love for what he was studying.
After quitting high school he met an armenian music band(The Four Elfs). Using their instruments, he learned music by experience and after a while he became the guitar player in the band. The band went to southern Iran to perform for the Iranian Oil Company Club – one of the biggest organizations in Iran with many foreign employees. Before the start of the first night's performance, the band decided that Farhad will be the singer because of the vocalist's absence.
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