The Tamesis
Hooshmand Aghili passed away on September 4, 2025, at the age of 88. We are with him, many thanks for the songs of our life time, similar to numerous individuals.
Birthed in Isfahan in 1937, he is a poet and blue floor tiles. As a young adult, he was educated by the terrific Taj Esfahani and by his very early years he was currently on the Isfahan radio terminal where individuals would certainly quit listening to the noise.
In Tehran, he has actually been researching – a graduate – and has actually started the nationwide phase. When Iran’s state tv released, he sang with the National Band and collaborated with the master author and Pros, a circle that made his timeless verbs larger and increased his insurance coverage.
If you matured in a Persian household throughout the globe, there is a likelihood that a track will certainly open a hundred memories: “Farda to Miayee”. This is the song when the living-room comes to be a dancing flooring and the relative comes to be a choir. Its initial notes are instantly well-known for numerous in our neighborhood and for our family members.
He additionally brought various other faves with him – “Cheraghe Khooneh”, “Darya”, “Ghesehgoo” – tunes throughout the sea, pushed right into plastic and tapes, which were later on bet generations.
In 1977, he relocated to the USA and developed a brand-new life while preserving Iran. For us – for most of the diaspora, his voice came to be a bridge in between locations: some notes, unexpectedly, you return to your grandparents’ cooking area, or cruise to Valiasr in the moonlight.
That’s the musician. This is a guy. He is the life of partying – informing jokes, stating verse, drawing in every area with an unwinded appeal. He is the kindest, sweetest being, constantly offering himself and his very own properties. He is a lively daddy that did college leave and instructed us just how to ride a bike and subjected us to all type of fantastic experiences – genuine love day-to-day job. He lives within us with his grand son, that, under his center name, is a silent resemble. Our mom, Farideh, never ever wed in 2007 after shedding her long-lasting love for him. In some cases, one of the most sensible efficiency is his life in the target market.
What does he indicate to Persians and songs anywhere? He demonstrates how timeless level of sensitivity satisfies preferred sensation without shedding any kind of a single person. He showed that a track was both fine-tuned and passionate, rooted and open. For years, he provided Iranians a nationwide anthem to collect, and the track can transform a lonesome evening right into a party of memory. That was his present: a pointer of where they originate from and that they belong with each other.
For every person that shares a wedding event dancing with “Farda to Miayee”, repeat “Cheraghe Khooneh” throughout a lengthy driving duration, or repeat “Cheraghe Khooneh” while paying attention to “Darya”– Thanks for allowing our daddy’s voice reside in your home. We will certainly remain to sing with you.
Packed with love and gratefulness,
Mae & Mike.
