Anousha Nazari

Born in Sari, near the Caspian Sea, Anousha Nazari began singing with local orchestras before joining the Sonata Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir Ensemble. Parallel to her studies at the conservatory, she studied Architecture and graduated in 2012. Winner of the Fadjr International Music Festival Prize in the choir section in 2013 and 2014, she has participated in various national and international festivals and performed in the most prestigious halls in Iran (Roudaki Hall, Vahdat, Arasbaran etc). In 2014, she was selected for the Tehran Symphony Orchestra, then under the direction of Maestro Alexander Rahbari. Living in France since 2016, she joined the lyric singing section at the Conservatoire Rayonnement Régional de Cergy. Eager to improve her works, she has taken part in Jeff Cohen's masterclasses as well as the lyric workshops of François Le Roux and Isabelle Philippe. Her first album Sounds of Ancestors was produced and released in March 2021 by Samuel Jordan Center for Persian Studies & Culture, University of California.