Diaspora Arts Connection proudly presents musician and vocalist Gelareh Sheibani at Diaspora Arts Connection @Home on Sunday, October 25, 2020 at 6:00 pm (PST). Gelareh will perform her music for us, accompanied by Turkey-based Iranian musician, Sina Saffarzadeh.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born in Iran, Gelareh Sheibani found the passion of music at a very early age, when she started taking keyboard lessons. Gelareh’s love for singing began as a teenager in Iran, where solo singing for women was not allowed. Gelareh and her other musician friends started an underground band whose only public performances were made in churches and embassies.

In 2013, Gelareh released her first music video for the song “Nagoo Tanhaei,” which was made with the help of a girlfriend who directed the video. She recorded her second single and made another music video, but was summoned by police for her musical activities. She was arrested and prosecuted for making the music videos and had to promise not to engage in music anymore as a condition to end the judicial case against her. Gelareh moved to China, where her sister lived at the time, and began singing again by performing pop and jazz songs. She then moved to Malaysia, where she released two more songs and music videos. After her family was questioned about her musical activities outside Iran, Gelareh never returned to Iran. She lives in Turkey now, where she creates and performs her music.

Check Gelareh’s Instagram here.

ABOUT DAC @Home

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