Search For The Star Musician Of Iran

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man ke chizi az music haalim nist.

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winner takes it all - star musician of iran .

Washington DC, September 28th, 2005 - The final rounds of the 2005 Star Musician of Iran competition have come to an end and the lucky winners have been announced. The two lucky winners are Katayoun Ooriel Moosazadeh (right) in the Vocal category and Behfar Bahadora (left) on Tar in the Instrumental segment. Both finalists walked away with $2500 in cash and additional prizes in kind.

The competition started earlier this year after an extensive world wide search, with live auditions on the east and west coasts of the United States. Contestants came from the US, Bahamas, Iran, Canada, and Belguim.

A total of 20 vocal and semi-finalists from around the world were selected to compete for the Star Musician of Iran title by Judges which included legendary composer Ostad Attaollah Khorram, Sadegh Nojooki, Hooshmand Aghili and Pop Icon Andy Madadian. The finals were held on live in Washington DC on September 17th, 2005.

The 10 Vocal Finalists were competing for over $10,000 worth of prizes which included $2,500 cash, Lyrics by Paksima, Music by Nami, and a music video by Koji.

The 10 Instrumental Finalists were also competing for $2,500 cash. Among the finalists were also Niloofar Safiri from Winnetka, California who got second place. She was followed by Amin Hedayat from Costa Mesa, California in the vocal category.

The instrumental runner-ups were Peyman Montazemi from Los Angeles, California on piano and Faraz Minooei from San Jose, California on Santour.

Congratulations to the winners!

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Congrats to Andy Madadian for winning