About

Fatemeh Dehghani (born February 13, 1996), is an Iranian musician, Oud player and composer. She graduated from Tehran Music School where she completed her Oud studies, then obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degree in Iranian traditional music from the University of Tehran (Faculty of Fine Arts).

Negar Bouban, Moaana Jehad, Mohammad Firoozi, Yurdal Tokcan were among her professors in Oud playing, and she has learned The Radif of Iranian music from Dariush Talai and Dariush Pirniakan. Having studied the theoretical sciences of music, she has had the opportunity to benefit from the experience and knowledge of great masters such as Khosrow Molana, Hooman Asadi, Azin Movahed, Sasan Fatemi, Kiawasch Sahebnassagh and Maryam Gharasoo during her studies, and She has played oud in several albums and performed with various groups in Iran and different countries.

In 2020, Fatemeh composed and released her first album “The Spirit Afar”, in which the composition of the instruments consists of Oud, Kamancheh and Darbuka. Fatemeh and her band (The Spirit Afar Trio) were invited to Expo 2020 Dubai under her direction, where they performed Iranian classical music, folk music and her own pieces.

In 2021, Fatemeh participated as oud player in the National Orchestra of Iran, led by Bardia Kiaras and sung by Pouria Akhavas at Vahdat Hall. She also performed with Jiwar group in the documentary “Awazi Zahawy” on the television channel “Kurdistan TV” in Erbil, where she also gave an interview on “Rudaw Radio”.

In 2022, she composed and released a piece called “The Waterfall Flowing From Your Hair”, in which she collaborated with a Turkish Bağlama player. Fatemeh has sung, arranged and played Oud in the mentioned piece. In this context, it is worth noting that she has collaborated with Mücahit Kol (Bağlama player) in another song called “Liquorice”. In the middle of this year, she began a theater performance called “Farzande Yek Khonyagaram” as an actor, singer and Oud player, which was staged at the City Theater in ChaharSoo Hall. Later this year, Fatemeh was invited to perform at the Babylon Festival on March 19, 2022, in which she played Oud alongside the Darbuka player from “The Spirit Afar Trio”.

In 2023, “The Spirit Afar Trio” led by Fatemeh was invited to Shanghai, China for an Iranian music concert.

An article entitled «Investigating the existing etudes for Oud in Iranian classical music» written by Fatemeh has been published in Farahang Magazine. She currently teaches Oud at Tehran Music School and Rangahang Music School.