Giti Pashaei

Giti Pashaei Tehrani (Persian: گیتی پاشایی تهرانی‎) (sometimes spelt Giti Pashayi, June 13, 1940 – May 7, 1995) was an Iranian singer and musician. Giti was one of the most popular Iranian singers of the late 1960s and 1970s.

Giti Pashaei
گیتی پاشایی
Born
Giti Pashaei Tehrani

(1940-06-13)June 13, 1940
Tehran, Iran
DiedMay 7, 1995(1995-05-07) (aged 54)
Tehran, Iran
Resting placeTehran
NationalityIran
EducationArchitecture
OccupationSinger, composer, actor
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1969⁠–⁠1991)​
Children1
Musical career
Also known asGiti Pashayi, Gity
OriginTehran
Genrespop
LabelsVinzomusic Ltd.

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, Mehdi Forough and Mahmoud Karimi. 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
Gravestone of Giti

Giti married to Masoud Kimiai, an Iranian film director,[1] 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 Kimiai, 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 & Ye Del Daraam (1969)
  • Be Man Nakhand & Nemikham Doroogh Begi (1969)
  • Tasbih-e Sad Dooneh & Gol-e Maryam (1971)
  • Shadi Ba Man Ghahre & Rizeh Rizeh, (album, Persian, 1971)
  • Ki Migeh Donya Ghashange & Heyfe Harf-e Mano Del Tamoom Besheh (1972)
  • Mageh Mano Khaab Bebini & Ey Vaay Ey Vaay (1973)
  • Arezooha (1976)
  • Ghoroobe & Khoda Mehrabooneh (1976)
Memorable songs
  • Gol-e Maryam
  • Molana
  • Shirin Sokhan
  • Bot-e Ayyar
  • Lili Hozak
  • 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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