Maryama

Maryam Mirbagheri (Persian: مریم میرباقری; born February 18, 1992), known professionally as Maryama, is an Iranian-American singer, songwriter, composer, music producer based in Los Angeles.[1][2]

Maryam Mirbagheri
مریم میرباقری
Born (1992-02-18) February 18, 1992
Iran
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer, composer, songwriter
InstrumentsVocal, guitar
Websitemaryama-music.com

Early life and education

Maryama was born and raised in Iran to a musical family.[3] Her parents used to live in the United States until they decided to move back to Iran. She later moved to California to study Jazz voice and composition at the American River College and obtained her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Fine Arts in Music Composition and Film Music from the California Institute of the Arts.[4][5][6]

Musical career

Maryama started to take guitar lessons starting at an early age and started her first musical band during middle school, and she eventually ended up in Iranian underground music scene.[7] Maryama studied guitar with the Iranian rock stars Ardayan Anzabipour and Homayoun Majdzadeh who were the leaders of the metal band Kahtmayan.[8] After moving to California, she has performed in several jazz festivals and concerts such as Fajr International Music Festival, The Capital Jazz Festival, the Monterey Jazz Festival, and The Columbia Jazz Festival. Maryama also served as the lead singer for ARC Jazz band and performed at the Sacramento Music Festival for 2 consecutive years.[9] During her time in ARC, she studied with the jazz musician Joe Gilman. During her time at CalArts she performed and studied with Pirayeh Pourafar, Ulrich Krieger, Joe LaBarbera and Miroslav Tadić. [10][11]

Awards

Her 2014 single In Zendegist and 2017 single Sufi were both nominated for the Hollywood Music Media Award.[12] She has won the Jazz Downbeat Award with ARC vocal jazz ensemble.[4] Her 2017 debut album named Where the Mermaids Are was mixed and mastered by GRAMMY award winning producers Marc Urselli and Scott Hull. In 2018, Maryama won the California Video Music Award for Where the Mermaids Are.[13][14][15]

Maryama discography at Discogs

References
  1. "Calarts Music Source". California Institute of the Arts.
  2. "Single Review: "Where the Mermaids Are," Maryama". HuffPost. 2 March 2017.
  3. "Discover Where the Mermaids Are with Marayama". Almost Real Things. 22 April 2017.
  4. "Maryama "Where The Mermaids Are"". HIP Video Promo.
  5. "The Happy Fits with Maryama". bpt.me.
  6. "Maryama reveal the hypnotic 'Where The Mermaids Are' video". Music-News.com.
  7. "Maryamamusic". losanjealous.com.
  8. "Maryama "Where The Mermaids Are"". Essentially Pop. 2 March 2017.
  9. "March 2012". Shiftsync Media. Retrieved 2020-10-11.
  10. "Maryama New Video "Where The Mermaids Are" – Skope Entertainment Inc". skopemag.com.
  11. "Vox Musica - PICTURA: New Music for Women's Voices". www.sacchoralcalendar.com.
  12. "Maryam Mirbagheri". EDMJobs. 31 October 2018.
  13. "Maryam Mirbagheri to Perform a Mermaid Baptism". calarts.edu.
  14. "Maryama Nominated for Hollywood Music in Media Award". calarts.edu.
  15. "MCVA Visual Effects Award Winner – TasteTV". tastetv.com.
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