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Sima Bina born in Khorasan, in the heart of a popular
tradition, Sima Bina started her career on Iranian radio
at the age of nine, under the direction of her father,
Ahmad Bina - a master of Iranian classical music and
poet who wrote many of her early songs.
Radio Yaran
She studied the repertoire of learned music "radif" and
singing technique with great masters such as Maaroufi
and Zarrin Panjeh.She went on to acquire her own solo
programme, Golhaye Sahraii (Wild Flowers), presenting a
collection of folk songs and music from various regions
of Iran, which is still remembered today.
After graduating from Tehran University in 1969,
majoring in Fine Arts, Sima Bina continued and perfected
her knowledge of radif with the highly subtle teaching
of great Master Davami.since 1979, along with teaching
Iranian classical music and vocality to selected
students.
Conversation
Sima Bina has focused on doing further research on
Persian folk songs, collecting, recording, writing and
re-interpreting popular regional music, especially from
Khorasan, her native land. By travelling to most remote
places all over Khorasan, Sima has been able to gather
and revive a collection of almost forgotten songs and
melodies. She has thus gained a unique position in the
history of Persian music.
Since 1993, Sima Bina has been invited to present her
collection of Persian folklore songs in world festivals
all over the world, including ´97 Vœrlden I Norden in
Norway, ´99 WDR Weltmusik Festival in Bonn/Germany, and
the forthcoming Raza 2000 Festival on Khorasan Music in
Utrecht/Netherland, Bruxelles and Gent/Belgium, Festival
de Músiques del Món 2000 Barcelona/Spain. Due to her
devotion and dedication to the Iranian folk music, Sima
Bina can now see the materialization of thirty years of
meticulous work by making her music known worldwide
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