Mojgan Azimi
مژگان عظیمی
Born
Mojgan Azimi

(1991-08-21) August 21, 1991
Herat, Afghanistan
NationalityAfghan
Occupations
  • Singer
  • Songwriter
  • Painter
Notable workAyeh (song)
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano

Mojgan Azimi (Persian: مژگان عظیمی, born August 21, 1991) is an Iranian-born Afghan singer and painter.

Biography

Azimi was born on August 21, 1991, in Kerman, Iran. The Azimi family immigrated to Iran after the Afghan Civil War and settled in Mashhad then Kerman. She completed her primary and secondary education in Iran and then emigrated to Germany with her family. The Azimi family subsequently moved to Switzerland. She is currently living in Switzerland.

Activities

Azimi started her artistic activities at the age of 10 with oil painting. She later studied classical guitar and completed vocal lessons at the age of 18. She has recorded "Ayah" and "twenty-five years" in Iran in 2018.[1] The music video for "Ayah" is known as her first professional work. It has rich messages supporting women's human rights, and condemnation of customs and gender discrimination beliefs about them in Afghanistan.[2][3][4][5][6]

She published "Hakeman" at the beginning of autumn 2018. The song won the first prize for best singer, best music, and best songwriting at the 2018 San Francisco Rumi International Music Awards.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "از دو سوی آمو: از بزکشی شبنم تا ۲۵ سال مژگان و اواب". BBC Persian. 2018-02-22.
  2. ↑ "نماهنگ جدید مژگان عظیمی‌ درباره تبعیض‌ جنسیتی علیه زنان در ایران و افغانستان". Voice of America. 2020-04-18.
  3. ↑ "نماهنگ جدید مژگان عظیمی‌ درباره تبعیض‌ جنسیتی علیه زنان دراگر تن بدهی دل ندهی کار خراب است". kurdistan24. 2018-03-12.
  4. ↑ "مژگان عظیمی، خواننده افغان: جهان بر دخالت ایران و در افغانستان نظارت کند". Voice of America. 2021-08-14.
  5. ↑ "ترانه‌ی یک خواننده افغان، بیانگر تبعیض و سرکوب زن ایرانی نیز هست". voice of Israel. 2018-06-17.
  6. ↑ "مژگان عظیمی خواننده جوان که روزها در افغانستان و ایران محبوبیت بسیاری دارد". Iran International. 2018-10-22.
  7. ↑ "ترانه "حاکمان" با صدای مژگان عظیمی خواننده افغان". Melliun. 2017-10-08.
  8. ↑ "اگر تن بدهی دل ندهی کار خراب است". kurdistan24. 2018-03-24.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.