Biography (Hayedeh)

Hayedeh (Persian: هایده), born Masoumeh Dadehbala, was born in 1942 in Tehran. She imigrated to the UK shortly before the Islamic Revolution in 1979, and later moved to Los Angeles. She died from a heart attack in 1990, at the age of 47, after a performance at the Casablanca Club in Albany, California.

She is an iconic singer for Persian people.

According to Prof. Erik Nakhjavani in the Encyclopedia Iranica, "Hayedeh sang with technical authority and passionate energy. Her laryngeal control made it possible for her to produce a series of graceful vibrato and glissando vocalizations required by the Avaz [Persian vocal music]. She could smoothly pass from the upper reaches of her alto voice to the lower, fuller, and darker range of the contralto. This mixture of strong laryngeal strength and learned vocal technique gave her alto-contralto voice a rare, powerful resonance and texture in the performance of the Avaz. Furthermore an acute sense for musical timing,...

Album Records (Hayedeh)

Ravi Saghi Shanehayat Sogand Bahar Bahar Eshareh Zendegi Ey Khoda Parishoon Vasat Mimordam Soghati Asal Cheshm , Deklameh Ashiooneh Bezan tar Shabeh Eshgh Bezan Taar Nagoo Nemiam Siah Cheshmun Deleh Divuneh

Shanehayat Sogand Shabeh Eshgh