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Morteza (Morteza Barjesteh) was born on 31 August, 1951 in Tehran, Iran, is an Iranian singer (born 1951). Discover Morteza's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

Popular As Morteza Barjesteh
Occupation Singer Songwriter Humanitarian
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 31 August 1951
Birthday 31 August
Birthplace Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iran

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1969

In 1969, he entered a singing festival in Mikhak-e Noghre-yi (Silver Carnation), a TV show which was performed by Fereydoon Farrokhzad and broadcast on Iran's national television for the first time, and won the competition.

This was the beginning of his professional singing career.

His first song called "Eshgh-e Zood-gozar" ("fleeting love") was written by Masoud Hooshmand.

The late Parviz Maghsadi composed the music for "Eshgh-e Zood-gozar".

Gradually thereafter, Morteza Barjasteh became known to people by his stage name, Morteza.

Until the Islamic Revolution of Iran, he sang about 180 songs while cooperating with many Iranian songwriters and composers.

He also sang about 50 songs for Iranian movies.

1980

Morteza Barjesteh, best known by his stage name Morteza (مرتضی), is an Iranian pop singer-songwriter and composer who gained fame in Iran during the 1980s.

Morteza was born in Tehran and spent his early years there.

Finishing primary and secondary education, he studied architecture and engaged in graphic designing.

During the years of living in Iran, he worked with several advertising companies as a designer.

By the age of 16, Morteza started singing in Iranian movies.

Considering the political conditions of Iran during the 1980s, he sang some political songs, the most prominent of which was "Darugheh" ("the sheriff") written by Masoud Amini.

Morteza also kept up graphic designing and designed the covers for some of his own albums and other artists' as well.

1981

In 1981, two years after the Islamic Revolution, he left Iran for the United States and settled in Los Angeles.

He continued his artistic activities in the United States attending Iranian folk music and despite financial pressures, recorded two albums called "Dayeh Dayeh" ("nanny nanny") and "Anar Anar" ("pomegranate"), both of which were well received by the Iranian society.

2002

Following his artistic activities, he founded the cultural center of "Iran culture house" in 2002 in order to gather the Iranian society of the US together.

The Iran culture house deals with social matters while doing cultural and artistic activities in the fields of theatre, music and so on and offering lectures and art classes.

2005

Since 2005, Morteza has also hosted a TV show called Navad (or 90).

2009

After the 2009 election and the protests of a great majority of Iranians and their being oppressed by the government which eventually resulted in the formation of "Iranian Green Movement", Morteza has been one of the few singers who performed some songs in regards to the mentioned political events.

The most outstanding of such songs was a bilingual one named "Hamishe ba Neda" ("united for Neda").

Composing the mentioned piece of music, he was accompanied by Dariush, Sattar and some of the otherIranian artists, such as Shohreh Aghdashloo, Parviz Sayyad, and some American artists.

Morteza has recorded over 300 songs of which about 180 were sung in Iran and more than 130 in L.A. About 50 of his songs were performed in Persian films.

His last album named "Sepasgozar" ("the grateful") published on the occasion of the 40s year of his artistic activity.