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Giti Pashaei
گیتی پاشایی
BornGiti Pashaei Tehrani
(1940-06-13)June 13, 1940
Tehran, Iran
DiedMay 7, 1995(1995-05-07) (aged 54)
Tehran, Iran
Resting placeBehesht Zahra
NationalityIranian
EducationArchitecture
Occupation(s)Singer, composer, actor
Spouse Masoud Kimiai ​ ​(m. 1969; div. 1991)​
ChildrenPoulad Kimiayi
Musical career
Also known asGiti Pashayi, Gity
OriginTehran
Genrespop
LabelsVinzomusic Ltd.
Musical artist

Giti Pashaei Tehrani (Persian: گیتی پاشایی تهرانی; sometimes spelt Giti Pashayi; June 13, 1940 – May 7, 1995) was an Iranian singer and musician. Pashaei 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 and Mehdi Forough. She continued her education in New York City, where she obtained a diploma in architecture and also studied orchestration and harmony and became a composer.

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, a film director, whom she married in 1969.

Personal life

A photo of the anniversary of her death on 2024
Gravestone of Giti Pashaee

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

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

Works

Discography

  • Miravam (1969)
  • Ye Del Dāram (1969)
  • Be Man Nakhand (1969)
  • Nemikhām Dorough Begi (1969)
  • Tasbih-e Sad-Douneh (1971)
  • Gol-e Maryam (1971)
  • Shādi Bā Man Ghahr-eh (1971)
  • Rizeh-Rizeh (album, 1971)
  • Ki Migeh Donyā Ghashang-eh (1972)
  • Heyf-eh Harf-e Man-o Del Tamoum Besheh (1972)
  • Mageh Man-o Khāb Bebini (1973)
  • Ey Vāy Ey Vāy (1973)
  • Ārezou-hā (1976)
  • Ghorou-eh (1976)
  • Khodā Mehraboun-eh (1976)
Memorable songs
  • "Gol-e Maryam"
  • "Mowlānā"
  • "Shirin-Sokhan"
  • "Bot-e Ayyār"
  • "Lili Howzak"
  • "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

  1. 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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