Farzad Farzin (; born 24 June 1981 in Tehran, Iran[ Allmusic Biography]) is an Iranian singer, songwriter, arranger, and actor.
Career
Early years Farzad was one of the founders and original band member of the Corouz Group in 2001. He left the band before they could release their first album. Farzad's spot in Corouz was taken by Shervin Sohrabian. Farzad had left Corouz Group for personal reasons,Facebook | Farzad Farzin but did keep the rights to all songs he had created for Corouz Group. Solo career After many revisions in terms of content, title and record label, he finally was able to release his first (legal) album Sharaareh in 2005IranSong آلبوم شراره فرزاد فرزین on the Navaaye Raameshe label. His second (legal) album Shock took quite a while to see the light of day. Originally it was planned for release in 2006, but was postponed. This was mainly due to the fact that his new album(s) were leaked on the Internet prematurely. As a result, he had a hard time publishing and performing his work inside Iran legally. In the meantime he was able to give a couple of European concerts together with Mohsen YeganehFarzad Farzin & Mohsen Yeganeh (concert) in the Netherlands and Germany in May 2007.Farzad Farzin – Sharareh live in NL The second album Shock was finally released in 2008.
To avoid the same problems from recurring, Farzad tried to come to some sort of understanding with blogs and pirate websites not to freely distribute songs from his next album directly after its release in stores. For his third album, Shaans, Farzad was so afraid it would be leaked and bootlegged that he could not sleep for nights, and he released the album prematurely on a late afternoon with a misprinted cover While (legal) music television is non-existent inside Iran, it was quite a novelty that this album was promoted in movie theatres and on VCD/DVDs with a 3-minute music video medleyFarzin flippin’! featuring four of the new album's songs.
Late August 2010, he managed to make his European chart debut with the second song Chikeh Chikeh from his third album Shaansnot a valid link and managed to stay there for two weeks with an introduction to his new album.null This received high attention in the Iranian on-line media.فرزاد فرزین در چارت رادیوی هلندی
Acting Farzad Farzin also has a modest acting career. His first role was that of singer in the movie Pesaraane Ajori, directed by Majid Gharizadeh. Many years before that he appeared in many shortfilms as well as the TeleFilm Donyaaye Mahboob, directed by Arsalan Amirhosseini. Farzad Farzin recently starred in a motion picture about an aspiring singer whose biggest dream is to sing a song for the Persian Gulf while standing on a boat. He also featured on the soundtrack. He also acted in Sag haye poshali and in a serial called Asheghaneh.He is also a cast member of Mankan Serial.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Director Notes 2007Brick Made Boys SafaMajid Gharizadeh2010Concert on the WaterJahangir Jahangiri2013Straw DogsReza Tavakoli2023Duet SongIliaArezoo Arzanesh Web Year Title Role Director Platform 2017RomanceTouraj Chelbiani / Farzad FarzinManouchehr Hadi2019–2020MannequinBahramHossein SoheilizadehFilimo, Namava2021Queen of BeggarsParsa Parsa (Barsam Afzali)Hossein SoheilizadehFilimo2023–2024Mafia Nights: Zodiac HimselfMohammad Reza RezaeeanFilimo2023Camp NouShahabManouchehr HadiFilimo2024The North PoleArsham YektaAmin Mahmoudi YektaFilimo
Discography Farzad released the following albums with a government permit. Sharareh (Persian: شراره), Navaaye Raameshe (2005)آلبوم شانس فرزاد فرزین فرزاد فرزین » شراره Shock (Persian: شوک), IranGaam (2008)آلبوم شانس فرزاد فرزین فرزاد فرزین » شوک Chance (Persian: شانس), Chehreye Khandan (2010)آلبوم شانس فرزاد فرزین فرزاد فرزین » شانس Shot (Persian: شلیک), IranGaam (2012) Personal (Persian: شخصی), IranGaam (2014) Six (Persian: شش), HonareAval (2016) The following albums were leaked on the Internet before Farzad was able to secure a government permit for official release. As a result, Farzad Farzin did not get the necessary permits and was even barred from publishing any work for a certain period of time. Chaseآلبوم شانس فرزاد فرزین فرزاد فرزین » تعقیب (Persian: تعقیب) Threatآلبوم شانس فرزاد فرزین فرزاد فرزین » تهدید (Persian: تهدید) Jazzab (Persian: جذاب), Avaye Doran (2019),(Arrangement By: Hamed Baradaran)New Music Farzad Farzin «Jazzab» Atish (Persian :اتیش)
Remixes Farzad released officially a remix album for his track "Tabestooneh". and after that a remix album for another track "Atish"
References
External links
Farzad Farzin on Spotify