Mohammad Motamedi
Mohammad Motamedi is an Iranian traditional vocalist, and a ney player.
He started learning singing and also playing ney as self-taught since adolescence. He has studied "Film Directing" as his major in university. However, he has been singing and training since adolescence by listening to the works of maestros of Persian singing. Since 1997, he started learning singing style of Seyed Hossein Taherzadeh. Due to his interest in Isfahan school of singing, he learned this school of singing by practicing the songs of its maestros such as Taj Esfahani and Adib Khansari and has benefitted from guidance of esteemed masters such as the late Hossein Omoumi and Aliasghar Shahzeidi in this regard.
He has a resume ranging from working with the great maestros of Iranian music such as Alexander Rahbari, Mohammadreza Lotfi, Hossein Alizadeh, Majid Derakhshani, Farhad Fakhreddini, etc. as well as working with international figures and many performances in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Theatre de la ville, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, etc. Recently, he collaborated with Roger Waters in an album by Trio Jobran called "The Long March".
He has been able to create his own dialect and original style of singing and therefore, currently he is regarded as the most characterful singer while being among the few best traditional singers.
Discography
- Boodan Va Soroudan -2007
- Ashoora Opera-2008
- Vatanam Iran -2008
- Video Album of Dashti Concert– Vatanam Iran -2008
- In Memory Of Aref Ghazvini -2009
- Ey Asheghan -2009
- Rumi Opera -2009
- Video Album of Chavosh Concert – Iran Ey Saraye Omid -2009
- Saye- e Jan -2010
- So Long Goodbye -2010
- Gahi Segahi -2011
- Overwhelmed By Mist -2012
- Mohammad Motamedi & Chant Classique -2013
- Badeh Toei -2014
- In The Distance a Call -2015
- Pass -2015
- Eshghim Gal -2015
- Dauntless -2017
- The Long March -2018
- Told me where you are 2018
- Sarmast 2018
- Wait 2020
Significant works
- Rumi Opera
- Mohammad Motamedi & Chant Classique-2014
- The Long March -2018
Awards
- Radio France prize winner-2013
- Rumi Award- 2018
Concerts
- Extemporization concert in theatre of Paris
- Concert in historical Palace of Versailles
- Concert at The Festival Of China-Shanghai-2005
- Concert in Rasa theatre – Otrowkht, Trophen Theatre – Amsterdam
- Concert in Music Conservator Rome-Italy
- Participation in International Festival of Sufi Music in Karachi – Pakistan
- Participation in International Festival of Magham in Azerbaijan
- Concert in Headquarters of UNESCO paris – Paris
- Participation in Morgan Land Festival – Osnabruck – Germany
- Qasida Concert: Latin [Grammy Award for Best Flamenco Album|Rosario La Tremendita] & Mohammad Motamedi – Iran & Flamenco
- Rumi Ensemble & Mohammad Motamedi European Tour 2013
- Concert with Raz Music Ensemble at Konya, Turkey December 2015
- Qasida Concert: Rosario La Tremendita & Mohammad Motamedi at Centre for [Fine Arts, Brussels|BOZAR] – Brussels March 2016
- Qasida Concert: Rosario La Tremendita & Mohammad Motamedi at Cleveland Museum of Arts, Cleveland OH March 2016
- Qasida Concert: Rosario La Tremendita & Mohammad Motamedi at Zankel Hall – Carnegie Hall, New York March 2016
- Qasida Concert: Rosario La Tremendita & Mohammad Motamedi at Lisner Auditorium, Washington DC March 2016
- Qasida Concert: Rosario La Tremendita & Mohammad Motamedi at Berklee Performance Center, Boston MA March 2016
- Concert at Garonne Theater, Toulouse France April 2016
- Concert at Odeon Theater, Nîmes France April 2016