The following is an old program from Iran Radio perhaps from early 1970's (1348-49 or 50) "Golchin-e Hafteh" (The pick of the week). If you have any more info., please share it.
It
was an honor to be with Sima Bina, "An Artist for All seasons" and
listen to her amazing stories along with my skilled journalist friend,
Jamhid Chalangi.
Sima Bina this "Little Big Lady" has done a lot for
our "arts and culture" in the past 50 years. We should not forget that
she, as a woman, has not been allowed to perform in her motherland and
for her own people, while other "masters" of our music have benefited
from the "system" and have flourished exactly during her "artistic
imprisonment" in the past 30 some years. And non of those "Masters" have
tried to performed with her at least outside of Iran.
Simā Binā (Persian: سیما بینا) (born 1944 in Birjand, Iran) is notable Persian classical musician [1] and Iran's researcher, composer, singer and song-writer of Iranian folk music. She is currently living in Cologne, Germany.
Began to learn music when she was 9 under the driection of her father
Ahmad Bina an Iranian Classical musican and poet, After graduating from
Tehran University in 1969 with a major in Arts, Sima Bina continued and completed her studies with master Abdollah Davami.[2]
Her main focus is Iranian folk music. Bina has been able to gather
and revive a collection of almost forgotten Iranian folk songs and
melodies. A captivating vocalist, Sima Bina is one of the leading
exponents of the traditional music of Khorasan.
For decades she has done extensive research on Persian folk songs,
collecting, recording, writing and re-interpreting popular regional
music. Her works cover the whole spectrum of Iranian folk music
including Mazandarani music, Kurdish music, Turkmen music, Baloch music, Lor music.
Since 1993, Sima Bina has been invited to present her collection of Persian folk songs in festivals all over the world,[2] including "97 Världen I Norden" in Norway, and "99 WDR Weltmusik Festival" in Bonn, Germany.
Due to her devotion and dedication to the Iranian folk music, Sima
Bina can now see the materialization of thirty years of meticulous work
by making her music known worldwide.
