Biography (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.

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 (Flowers of the Desert), 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 contniued 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, Sima Bina has focused on doing further research on Persian folk songs, collecting, recording, writing and re-interpreting popular...

Album Records (Sima Bina)

Naz Kardanet Vaveyla Passionate Heart Nareky Naz Barren Desert Popular Quatrains (Traditional) Let's Love Each Other Esfahân: Tasnif Esfahân Khan Djan Like A Flower My Beloved's Hair Nava'i Naz Karadanet Vaveyla Bi Parvaa Sho Bia Jana Delbar Alele Danse Populaire Popular Dance shoghe vasl Shirin Afshâri: Zarbi & Song Velam

Nava'i Central Asia Music of Nor