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Homeyra (Parvaneh Amir-Afshari) was born on 17 March, 1944 in Tehran, Imperial Iran, is a Parvaneh Amir Afshari better known by her stage name Homeyra is singer singer. Discover Homeyra's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

Popular As Parvaneh Amir-Afshari
Occupation Singer
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 17 March 1944
Birthday 17 March
Birthplace Tehran, Imperial Iran
Nationality Iran

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1940

Homeyra was able to establish a new style (Homeraism) in Iranian traditional music and classical music of the 1940s by presenting a work called "Sabram Ata Kon" and give a special freshness to Iranian traditional music.

After the Iranian Revolution, Homeyra was nicknamed the "Credit of Iranian Music" due to her artistic status.

As a teenager, Homeyra married a German-educated Iranian businessman who his family encouraged her to sing professionally.

Homeyra's second marriage was to an Iranian musician, Parviz Yahaghi.

Homeyra has introduced Parviz Yahaghi as her first and last love.

After six years, for personal reasons, their life together ended.

During this period, lasting works were made with the voice of Homeyra and the composition of Parviz Yahaghi and the lyrics of Bijan Targhi who was a family friend of Parviz Yahaghi and Homeyra.

Homeyra was summoned to the courts of the Islamic Revolution after the revolution and, according to her, was reprimanded and harassed.

Her third husband, a tie merchant, became virtually unemployed after the revolution.

1945

Parvaneh Amir-Afshari (born March 17, 1945), better known by her stage name Homeyra (حميرا), is an Iranian singer.

She is a veteran celebrity of golden age for Iranian music.

According to her teacher, Ali Tajvidi her voice is from alto to soprano.

Homeyra, with more than half a century of artistic activity, has a legendary popularity among the Iranian people.

Parvaneh Amir-Afshari was born on March 17, 1945, to an aristocratic Iranian family in Tehran, Iran.

Her family is from Zanjan.

From Homeyra's childhood, their house, in honor of influential people in the government, witnessed large ceremonies with the presence of famous artists of the time, such as Rouhangiz, Gholam-Hossein Banan, Moluk Zarabi and many others, which was the initial motivation of the daughter of the family to sing.

Due to her father's opposition to her daughter singing, she began her artistic career under the pseudonym Homeyra.

But his father knows his daughter's voice, and because he considered his daughter's singing would discredit his family, he buys all the pages in the Tehran bazaar and stores them at home; and this is the reason why Homeira's voice pages are scarce at that time.

After a year, during a trip to Europe for Homeyra's father, she, who had the support of her mother, continues her artistic work.

Homeyra was rejected from her home and family before the revolution, and after the revolution she was rejected from her larger home and family, which was her homeland of Iran and her compatriots.

These two tragic events had a profound effects on Homeyra.

1965

"Sabram Ata Kon" on Segah Dastgah was Homeyra's first song which was written by Ali Tajvidi and a lyrics by Bijan Taraghi that was broadcast from Radio Tehran in the fall of 1965, It was welcomed by Iranian music experts and the public, which has been recorded in the book of enduring songs.

It was welcomed by Iranian music experts and the public.

The song "Pashimanam" other work that Homeyra has collaborated with Ali Tajvidi.

"Pashimanam" caused a great change in Iranian traditional music due to its beautiful modulation, which changes its position from Homayoun to Sahagah and returns.

Homeyra's marriage to a composer and master violinist, Parviz Yahaghi created other lasting works in Iranian music.

Homeyra performed successful songs on the prestigious program "Golhâye Rangârang"(Persian: گلهای رنگارنگ "Colorful Flowers") which was broadcast on Radio Iran before the revolution, which helped to establish her artistic credibility.

After parting ways with Parviz Yahaghi, Homeira continued her artistic activity with other well-known artists, during which she added Fusion music and Pop music to her artistic career.

Homa Mirafshar, who is a relative of Homeyra, is one of the songwriters who has had the most collaboration with Homeyra.

Babak Radmanesh is also one of the composers who has collaborated a lot with Homeyra after the Iranian revolution.

According to her teacher Ali Tajvidi, her voice is in the Alto range but she also has the ability to sing soprano.

According to experts, Homeyra's voice is powerful, emotional and beautiful.

1982

Homeyra remained in Iran until the end of 1982.

she left Iran for Afghanistan with her two-year-old daughter, Yasaman, and went to Pakistan; from there she emigrated to Spain and then to Costa Rica in Central America.

She suffered from severe depression in Costa Rica and was treated by a psychiatrist for a year.

Her husband, meanwhile, immigrated directly to the United States, regardless of his wife and child.

Homeyra then immigrated to California and resumed her artwork with the support of Ahmad Massoud, who worked In the field of music outside of Iran.

Homeyra is very interested in her homeland, Iran, and has sung many songs for Iran.

She has said many times that she never wanted to leave Iran.

After the Islamic revolution in Iran, and because of the problems and hardships that it created for her, Homeyra was forced to leave Iran against her will.