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Faramarz Aslani
12+ albums
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Faramarz Aslani (Persian: فرامرز اصلانی; July 13, 1945 – March 20, 2024) was an Iranian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, and music producer. Aslani was born in Tehran, Iran. He was a graduate of London University's College of Journalism and wrote for several Persian and English publications after his graduation in the early 1970s. Upon returning to his native country, he worked for the English-language publication Tehran Journal. He was spotted by the President of CBS Records International at a party in Tehran hosted by Pari Zangeneh. His first album, Occupation of The Heart, recorded for CBS Records International in 1977, has remained on the best-sellers chart since its debut. He also recorded a second album, Hafez, a Memorandum, for the same company. In this album, he wrote music for eight poems of Hafez, one of the most celebrated Persian poets and mystics. After the 1979 revolution in Iran, he moved back to England with his family, where he worked both as a journalist and a musician. Aslani had two daughters, Phaedra and Roxana, who are both artists, from his first marriage to actress and author, Marilyn Aslani. His first tour of the United States began in 1992 when he opened at the Shrine Auditorium and was received by an excited audience. About his latest album, he said: "these songs are the addition of all the sweet and sorrowful memories of my life." In 2010, Aslani released his first album since 1999 titled The Third Line (Khatte Sevvom), in his first collabo
