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Also known as Parvaneh Amir-Afshari, Parvaneh, Homayra

Parvaneh Amir-Afshari (; born March 17, 1945), better known by her stage name Homeyra (), 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.

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1945-03-17
persian pop

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
5,433
Total plays
56,823

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Homeyra (Persian: حميرا) is the stage name of Iranian singer Parvaneh Amir-Afshari (Persian: پروانه امير افشاری). She is a veteran celebrity of Iran's Golden Years of music. Her voice has been measured to span six octaves. She currently continues her music career from Los Angeles, her home since her exile after the Iranian Revolution. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Homeyra">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Musical artist.name
Homeyra
Musical artist.image
Homeyra.jpg
Musical artist.image_size
220px
Musical artist.background
solo_singer
Musical artist.native_name
حميرا
Musical artist.native_name_lang
tr
Musical artist.birth_name
Parvaneh Amir-Afshari()
Musical artist.alias
Homeyra, Homayra, Homeira
Musical artist.birth_place
Tahran, Imperial State of Iran
Musical artist.genre
Persian traditional music, Jazz Fusion, Pop
Musical artist.occupation
Singer
Musical artist.instrument
Vocal
Musical artist.years_active
1965–present
Musical artist.label
Taraneh Records, Caltex Records, Pars Video, Avang Records

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Iran
Place of birth
Tehran
Occupation
singer
Religion
Islam
Instrument
voice
Image
Homeyra 5.jpg
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name in native language
پروانه امیرافشاری
name
Homayra
Commons category
Homeyra
start of work period
1970-00-00
date of birth
1945-03-17
birth name
পারভানে আমির-আফসারি
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Career
  • Personal life
  • Other people's views
  • Discography
  • Compilations
  • References
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Parvaneh Amir-Afshari (; born March 17, 1945), better known by her stage name Homeyra (), 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.

==Early life== Parvaneh Amir-Afshari was born on March 17, 1945, to an aristocratic Iranian family in Tehran, Iran. Her family is from Zanjan..

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Homeyra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.