Shahram Shokoohi (born 1973 in Tehran) is an Iranian singer, songwriter, composer and guitarist. He has released three albums, Modara, Kolie Eshgh and Ta Nafas Hast.
Art activities:
Shahram Shokoohi started his music career in 1992 with an Iranian singing class and sang for 3 years. He was interested in both guitar and traditional singing. During his student days, around 2001, he was a member of a group that held student concerts; But for some reason he withdrew from music and believed that music should not be viewed as a job.
He entered professional music in 2006 with the song "Modara". This entry was completely unintended, and even his family opposed his presence in the field of professional music. The "Farhad House" ceremony was to be held this year. He also participated at the suggestion of a friend and recorded the piece "Modara" in a small home studio with the least facilities; But that program was canceled.
In 1390, he released the album Modara to the music market, which was praised by critics and became the best-selling album of the year. Two years later, he released his second album, kolie Eshgh, which was well received by fans. In 2015, Shahram Shokoohi's third album called Ta Nafs Hast was released, in which we see a new style in Iranian music.
Attending the Next Persian Star Show:
He, who was critical of the issues raised in the Next Persian Star singing contest of Persia 1 TV, protested via email to the program officials, and in response, he was told that if you have any objections, you can attend the program and talk to Sattar, Ramin Zamani and Maryam Heidarzadeh. do. In this way, he entered the competition on Nowruz in 2009 and performed the same piece "Tolerance" and criticized and gave reasons in response to the judges. The show received a lot of attention from its viewers, but he was not allowed to attend the finals by the judges of the show.
Participating in the Next Persian Star contest made Shahram Shokoohi's name known among Persian-speaking music audiences; The singer who, with the same presence, caused the piece "Modara" to be noticed and various producers inside and outside Iran to go to him in order to sign a contract; However, in consultation with those who had more experience in this valley, he considered that the best way to work was to work inside Iran.
His first album, "Madara", was released on November 7, 2011. This album had 10 tracks, including 5 tracks with his own style and 5 pop works. Milad Torabi and Amir Hossein Kashanian have collaborated with him on this album. This album was under the patent of "Honar Aval" company and the publisher, considering the relative knowledge of Shahram Shokoohi due to the music audience's relative knowledge, predicted that the album would enter the country's music market in high circulation. The album "Modara" had some margins at the beginning of its arrival, but the margins could not stop the good sales of this album, and it followed the path it had chosen so smoothly that it was able to become one of the most popular albums.
Style:
Shahram Shokoohi's singing style is with the sound of traditional Iranian music. He has heard enough of these sounds, so he tries to use them and combine them with music based on flamenco guitars.
What made him accept the idea was what his teacher, Hatem Askari, told him. According to Askari, apart from Iranian music, the only music in the world that has a writing style is Spanish music, which they write with Lala. And since Shahram Shokoohi is interested in guitar, he tries to create Iranian song and flamenco music.
