Behnam Safavi

Behnam Safavi
Safavi in 2013
Born
Sayyid Behnam Safavi

(1983-07-06)6 July 1983
Shiraz, Iran
Died13 May 2019(2019-05-13) (aged 35)
Isfahan, Iran
EducationIslamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch
Occupations
  • Singer
  • composer
  • music arranger
Years active2004–2019
Musical career
GenresIranian pop
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • percussion
  • guitar
Labels
  • Pouya Music (2009)
  • Avaye Honar (2012, 2014)
  • Exir Novin (2016)
Websitebehnam-safavi.ir

Sayyid Behnam Safavi (6 July 1983 – 13 May 2019) was an Iranian singer, composer and music arranger.[1]

Personal life

Safavi was born on 6 July 1983 in Shiraz. He had an older and a younger sister. Two weeks after his birth the family moved to Bandar-e Mahshahr, where they stayed until he was 16. He pursued a master's degree in civil engineering at the Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch, after which he moved to Tehran where he lived until 2018. In 2012, he married Hoda Khademi with whom he had a son.[2]

Career

Safavi started learning music at a young age by teaching himself piano. He then learned to play percussion instruments. His first official release was the album Eshghe Man Bash in 2009. He had started working on the studio album after receiving positive feedback on his single "Tamanna" (2006).[3][4] Safavi was considered one of the young stars of Iranian pop music, known by nicknames such as "Sultan of Peace" and "Polite Boy of Iranian Music".[4][5][6]

Illness and death

In 2013, Safavi was diagnosed with a brain tumor and underwent surgery on 20 July 2015. His condition improved afterwards and he released a studio album titled Mojezeh (lit. Miracle)[7] In 2017 his condition deteriorated and he went to Germany for further treatments. He underwent surgery by Majid Samii at the International Neuroscience Institute in Hanover before returning to Iran.[8] His treatment continued between 2017 and 2018 until he became critically ill on 26 December 2018, after which he was hospitalized for 43 days at a hospital in Tehran. He then moved to Isfahan for a more agreeable climate but was hospitalized again on 16 April 2019. He died 27 days later, on 13 May 2019, and was later buried at a cemetery in Shahinshahr.[9]

The death of another pop singer, Morteza Pashaei, became an unprecedented social phenomenon in Iranian society, forcing the media and sociologists to analyze and investigate the cause of this issue, but this did not happen after Safavi's death. The Iranian Students' News Agency wrote in an article titled Why Behnam Safavi Did Not Become Morteza Pashaei: "Both are pop singers. Both are popular. Both fall ill at once and pass away a few years apart; but the death of the first becomes a phenomenon and the other does not. Why?!"[10]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleReleaseNotesNumber of tracks
Begoo Doostam Dari2004unofficial release9
Eshghe Man Bash20099
Aramesh20119
Fogholadeh201411
Mojezh201613

Compositions and arrangements for other artists

Title Artist Writer Composer Arranger
Ta'ne Hamid Askari Farhad Zare Farhad Zare Behnam Safavi
Ki Avaz Shode Hamid Askari Hamid Askari Hamid Askari Behnam Safavi
Bavar Hamid Askari Farhad Zare Farhad Zare Behnam Safavi
Cheshmaye To Hamid Askari Mohammad Kazemi Shahab Ramezan Behnam Safavi
Cheshmane Siyah Eshan Aria Xaniar Khosravi Behnam Safavi Behnam Safavi
Kash Too Donyaye To Boodam Ehsan Aria Mohammad Bekrani Behnam Safavi Farhad Zare
Che Mehraboon Ehsan Aria Maryam Asadi Behnam Safavi Behnam Safavi
Albume Mahe Gharib Mehdi Abdoli various Ahmad Zakariyayi Behnam Safavi
Sargashte Hossein Keshtkar Fayez Dashti Behnam Safavi Behnam Safavi
Shabaye Sard Ali Pourian Milad Latifi Behnam Safavi Behnam Safavi
Khalvate Shab Afshin Sepehr Bita Riahi Behnam Safavi Behnam Safavi
Dar Entehaye Shab Afshin Sepehr Ahura Iman Behnam Safavi Behnam Safavi
Khatereh Afshin Sepehr Rouhangiz Bonyadloo Behnam Safavi Behnam Safavi
Sare in Koocheh Afshin Sepehr Zahra Kalateh Omid Hojjat Behnam Safavi
Ghabe Aks Afshin Sepehr Bita Riahi Afshin Sepehr Behnam Safavi
Ta'me Masti Afshin Sepehr Shahab Afshar Afshin Sepehr Behnam Safavi
Golkam Afshin Sepehr Bita Rihahi Behnam Safavi Behnam Safavi
Intro to Matame Eshgh Afshin Sepehr Behnam Safavi Behnam Safavi
Matame Eshgh Afshin Sepehr Rouhangiz Bonyadloo Afshin Sepehr Behnam Safavi
Ajab Hoseleh Dari Afshin Sepehr Dariush Izadpour Behnam Safavi Behnam Safavi
Vaghti Nisti (Entezar) Afshin Sepehr Mohsen Saeed os-Sadat Behnam Safavi Behnam Safavi
Ahooyi Daram Khoshgeleh Reza Neghabat Benyamin Bahadori Behnam Safavi
Zibatarin Ranginkaman Chera (fictional puppet) Reza Neghabat Reza Neghabat Behnam Safavi

References

  1. ↑ "مصاحبه اختصاصی با بهنام صفوی". Iran Music News. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "مصاحبه اختصاصی با بهنام صفوی". Iran Music News. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Eshghe Man Bash". Musicema (in Persian). Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  4. 1 2 "گفتگوی اختصاصی موسیقی ما با بهنام صفوی دربارهٔ شایعهٔ غیرمجاز بودن آلبوم‌اش". Musicema (in Persian). Retrieved 30 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "بهنام صفوی: تمام تلاشم را می‌کنم تا تیرماه آلبومم آماده شود". Music-e Iranian (in Persian). Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
  6. ↑ "گفتگوی خواندنی آهنگ‌سرا با بهنام صفوی؛ رضا صادقی اولین کسی بود که به من تبریک گفت". Musicema (in Persian). Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  7. ↑ بهنام صفوی درگذشت
  8. ↑ "بهنام صفوی به کما رفت". Asr Iran (in Persian). 24 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "بهنام صفوی درگذشت". Khabar Online (in Persian). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "چرا بهنام صفوی مرتضی پاشایی نشد؟". ISNA (in Persian). 15 May 201. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
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